Mwadi Mabika

Mwadi Mabika
Personal information
Born	27 July 1976; Kinshasa, Zaire
Nationality	Congolese/American
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1991–2008
Position	Guard / Forward
Number	4
Career history
1991–1997	Tourbillon Kinshasa
1997–2007	Los Angeles Sparks
1998–1999	ASA Jerusalem (Israel)
1999–2000	Bnei Yehuda (Israel)
2008	Houston Comets
Career highlights and awards
	2× WNBA champion (2001, 2002); 2× WNBA All-Star (2000, 2002); All-WNBA First Team (2002);
Career statistics
Points	3,572 (10.5 ppg)
Rebounds	1,327 (3.9 rpg)
Assists	778 (2.3 apg)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Mwadi Mabika (born July 27, 1976) is a retired Congolese-American basketball player. She was an All-Star in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Career

National and club career in Zaire/DRC

Mabika represented Zaire at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

She won a silver medal with the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the 2003 All-Africa Games.[1]

In December 2005, she again represent the DR Congo's women's national basketball team - known as Simba Ladies - at the 2005 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.

For six seasons prior to joining the WNBA, Mabika played for the Tourbillon club in Kinshasa.[2][3]

WNBA

She was brought to the United States by NBA star and fellow Zairean Dikembe Mutombo, who personally appealed to the government officials in Zaire for permission to bring her to the U.S.[4]

She played for the Los Angeles Sparks during the WNBA's inaugural season in 1997. Mabika helped guide the Sparks to consecutive championships in 2001 and 2002.

In February 2008, she signed a free agent contract with the Houston Comets.

Personal life

Mabika studied biology and chemistry at the Massamba School in Kinshasa.

Mabika became a U.S. citizen in 2011.[5]

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 high	°	League leader

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1997	Los Angeles	21	1	15.5	.390	.184	.542	2.6	1.0	1.1	0.3	1.3	6.0
1998	Los Angeles	29	23	24.5	.339	.308	.698	4.4	1.5	1.0	0.3	1.3	8.2
1999	Los Angeles	32	28	29.3	.372	.281	.718	4.8	3.5	1.4	0.5	1.8	10.8
2000	Los Angeles	32	32	29.4	.388	.384	.820	5.6	3.1	1.8	0.6	1.6	12.3
2001^†	Los Angeles	28	24	29.6	.387	.382	.861	4.6	3.1	1.4	0.4	1.6	11.2
2002^†	Los Angeles	32	32	32.8	.423	.366	.839	5.2	2.9	1.2	0.3	1.9	16.8
2003	Los Angeles	32	30	32.6	.407	.264	.866	4.4	2.6	0.9	0.6	2.3	13.8
2004	Los Angeles	31	31	31.1	.415	.404	.824	3.9	2.4	1.2	0.1	1.6	14.4
2005	Los Angeles	17	14	21.6	.320	.224	.500	1.6	1.7	0.9	0.0	0.8	5.8
2006	Los Angeles	32	32	21.2	.377	.333	.889	2.0	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.2	8.5
2007	Los Angeles	33	23	23.1	.364	.310	.754	3.8	2.2	0.9	0.1	2.2	8.1
2008	Houston	20	11	16.4	.303	.274	.714	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.6	4.6
Career	12 years, 2 teams	339	281	26.3	.385	.327	.799	3.9	2.3	1.1	0.2	1.6	10.5

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1999	Los Angeles	4	4	31.8	.378	.176	.000	4.5	2.8	3.3	0.3	2.5	9.3
2000	Los Angeles	4	4	34.0	.543	.531	.750	5.3	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.3	17.5
2001^†	Los Angeles	7	7	33.0	.318	.250	.786	6.6	2.4	1.0	0.9	1.4	9.0
2002^†	Los Angeles	6	6	35.3	.378	.320	.692	6.8	4.2	1.3	0.2	1.7	14.7
2003	Los Angeles	9	9	38.2	.438	.353	.846	5.6	2.3	1.6	0.2	2.2	14.3
2004	Los Angeles	3	3	35.7	.370	.350	.938	2.7	3.3	2.3	0.0	2.0	18.7
2005	Los Angeles	1	1	11.0	.250	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0
2006	Los Angeles	5	4	28.0	.388	.433	.706	4.0	2.0	1.4	0.0	1.6	15.4
Career	8 years, 1 team	39	38	33.5	.400	.350	.769	5.2	2.5	1.6	0.4	1.8	13.4

References

"Women Basketball VIII Africa Games 2003 Abuja (NGR) - 05-10.10 Winner Nigeria". Retrieved 2017-07-21.
"Mwadi Mabika Player File: Sparks". Archived from the original on 2000-08-23. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
"Youyou Mwadi, une star aux USA". Le Soir. September 27, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
"Mwadi Mabika". WNBA. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008.
"10 more players who helped boost the WNBA". Espn.com. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2017-03-03.

External links

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[1] "Women Basketball VIII Africa Games 2003 Abuja (NGR) - 05-10.10 Winner Nigeria". Retrieved 2017-07-21.

[WNBA_2000-2] "Mwadi Mabika Player File: Sparks". Archived from the original on 2000-08-23. Retrieved 2017-03-03.

[3] "Youyou Mwadi, une star aux USA". Le Soir. September 27, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2016.

[WNBA-4] "Mwadi Mabika". WNBA. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008.

[5] "10 more players who helped boost the WNBA". Espn.com. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2017-03-03.