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Nigerian-American basketball player and coach (born 1976)

Mfon Udoka
Personal information
Born (1976年06月16日) June 16, 1976 (age50)
Listed height6ft 0in (1.83m)
Listed weight187lb (85kg)
Career information
High schoolBenson (Portland, Oregon)
CollegeDePaul (1994–1998)
WNBA draft 1998: undrafted
PositionForward
Career history
1998Detroit Shock
2003Houston Comets
2004Los Angeles Sparks
Career highlights
  • First-team All-CUSA (1997, 1998)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Nigeria
African Games (All-Africa Games)
Gold medal – first place2003 Abuja Team
Silver medal – second place2007 Algiers Team

Mfon Sunday Udoka (born June 16, 1976) is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player who is an assistant coach for the Nigeria women's national basketball team, the D'Tigress. Born in Portland, Oregon, Udoka graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School (1994) in Portland before attending DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois from 1994 to 1998. She is the older sister of coach and former NBA player Ime Udoka.[1]

1998-2003

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After leaving DePaul in 1998, Udoka signed with the Detroit Shock of the WNBA. With Detroit, she appeared in three games. Udoka left the U.S. following the 1998 season, moving to Portugal for the 1998–99 season. She returned to school to complete her degree in Communications in 2000, and also rehabilitated her ACL injury she suffered in the summer of 1999. In 2001, she slowly resumed her basketball career with the Birmingham Power of the National Women's Basketball League. Following the end of the 2001 NWBL season, Udoka again left the U.S., moving to Israel, where she played briefly with Electra Ramat HaSharon before moving to compete with Harbin in China for the 2002 season. For the 2003 season, Udoka went back to Harbin before playing with the Chicago Blaze, again of the NWBL. In 2003, she was invited to the Houston Comets training camp and made the roster as a free agent.

2003-2004

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Taking several years away from the WNBA, Udoka returned in 2003 with the Houston Comets. With the Comets, she played in 25 games and started 3 of them, averaging 3.2 points per game in 10 minutes. Udoka signed with the Los Angeles Sparks for the short remainder of the 2004 WNBA season, after competing for Nigeria in the Athens Olympics, but played in only 3 games.[2]

2004-2007

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After leaving Los Angeles, Udoka moved to Spain (2004), then the Athens Summer Olympics and Russia (2005). She played in Mersin, Turkey for the second half of the 2006 season and spent a short time with Tarbes Gespe Bigorre of France's Ligue Féminine de Basketball in 2007.[3]

International competitions

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Udoka led the Nigeria women's national basketball team to the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics, she was second in the tournament in scoring and rebounding but Nigeria finished 11th out of 12 teams. They became the first African team to ever win a game at the Olympics. Udoka also led Nigeria at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women, where Nigeria finished in last (16th) place.

Coaching

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In May 2011, Udoka was named as the new Assistant Coach for the Nigeria women's national basketball team [4] D'Tigress as they prepare for the African Nations Cup in Mali and the All Africa Games.

Udoka began her college coaching career for the 2024–25 season as the women's basketball head coach at Beacon College in Leesburg, Florida.[5]

Career playing statistics

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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

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Source[6]

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1998 Detroit 308.3.167–.5001.0.0.0.0.31.3
2003 Houston 25310.0.500.000.6962.0.2.2.1.83.2
2004 Los Angeles 306.3.000–.2501.0.0.0.0.3.3
Career 3 years, 3 teams 3139.5.458.000.6131.8.1.1.1.72.7

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2003 Houston 106.0––.5001.0.0.0.02.01.0

Head coaching record

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Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
2024–25 Beacon College 5–6[7] [8] USCAA Division I (New South Athletic Conference) 1st NSAC Champions[9]
2025–26 Beacon College 3–11[10] USCAA Division I (New South Athletic Conference) 3rd[11]
Total 2 Seasons 8–17 (.320)

References

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  1. ↑ Ime Udoka profile hoopshype.com
  2. ↑ Mfon Udoka Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine WNBA.com
  3. ↑ Profile Archived July 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine freeplayers.com
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". The Punch . Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ Staff Report (July 10, 2024). "Beacon College Joins New South Athletic Conference to Compete Across Southeast". leesburg-news.com.
  6. ↑ "Mfon Udoka WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  7. ↑ "2025 NSAC Women's Basketball Standings". newsouthconference.com. May 15, 2025.
  8. ↑ "2024-25 Basketball Statistics - Beacon (Women)". theuscaa.com.
    This source is for the game on February 24 (Trinity College of Florida).
  9. ↑ "Beacon College (2024-25 Schedule)". newsouthconference.com. May 15, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Beacon College (2025-26 Schedule)". newsouthconference.com. March 7, 2026.
  11. ↑ "2025-26 Standings - NSAC Women's Basketball". newsouthconference.com. March 7, 2026.
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