Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (born July 26, 1999) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération of the La Boulangère Wonderligue. She was selected 21st overall in the 2023 WNBA draft by the Seattle Storm. She played college at South Florida.[1]

Early life

She attended Lycee Manengouba Nkongsamba in her hometown and ranked No. 3 overall in Cameroon coming out of high school.[2][3]

College career

Dulcy previously played for Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tennessee in her junior year(2018-2019). In her one season at Walters, she averaged 15.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game, also 18.1 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in conference play. And she was named the "TCCAA Women’s Co-Most Valuable Player".[3] She then played at the University of Memphis for 2 seasons, before transferring to the University of South Florida(2019-2020) and in 31 games she averaged 12.2 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.[1]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics[4]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2023 Seattle 33 21 14.2 .523 .000 .550 4.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.9 4.1
2024 Seattle 7 0 5.1 .667 .333 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9
Career 2 years, 1 team 41 21 12.3 .527 .000 .522 3.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 3.4

National team career

She helped her native country, Cameroon, to the semifinals of the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket in September. She had 16 points, 18 rebounds, three blocked shots, and three steals in a 67–61 win over Egypt in the quarterfinals.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu - Women's Basketball". USF Athletics. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu - 2020-21 - Women's Basketball". University of Memphis Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  3. ^ a b "Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu". Walters State Community College. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  5. ^ "Dulcy Fankam - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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