Yvonne Anderson
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| No. 12 – Crvena zvezda | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | First Women's Basketball League of Serbia | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | March 8, 1990 Springdale, Arkansas, US | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Hickman (Columbia, Missouri) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Texas (2008–2012) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2012: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Lady Cobras | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Visby Ladies | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | B.B.C. Amicale Steesel | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Pallacanestro Torino | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Kayseri Basketbol | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Mersin | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Beşiktaş JK | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Reyer Venezia | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Tango Bourges Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Çukurova Basketbol | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | ŽKK Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Yvonne Marche Anderson (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивон Андерсон, romanized: Ivon Anderson; born March 8, 1990) is an American-Serbian professional basketball player for ŽKK Crvena zvezda of the First Women's Basketball League of Serbia. She also represents the Serbia national team.
Born in the United States, she obtained Serbian citizenship and represents Serbia internationally.[1][2] She was a standout basketball player at the University of Texas.[3][4] She is the daughter of basketball coach Mike Anderson.[5]
Professional career
WNBA
Connecticut Sun (2022)
On February 22, 2022, Anderson signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun.[6] Anderson made the roster[7] and played in 11 games before getting waived on June 11.[8]
On February 6, 2025, Anderson signed a two-year contract with the Sun.[9] However, she was waived by the Sun on May 15, before the start of the season.[10]
Minnesota Lynx (2025)
On July 28, 2025, Anderson signed a 7-day contract with the Minnesota Lynx.[11] Anderson made her Lynx debut on August 2 versus the Las Vegas Aces, where she record 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 rebound in the Lynx 111-58 victory.[12] On August 4, Anderson signed a second 7-day contract with the Lynx, but she was released by the team on August 9.[13]
National team career
On 11 November 2020, Anderson made her international debut for Serbia in an 82–71 win over Lithuania at the EuroBasket Women 2021 qualification.[14] She recorded 13 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists in her debut.[15]
In June 2021, she won a gold medal at the Eurobasket 2021 in Valencia with the Serbian national team.
Texas statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year[16] | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Texas | 33 | 154 | 42.9% | 29.4% | 69.5% | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 4.7 |
| 2009-10 | Texas | 33 | 141 | 39.5% | 32.4% | 57.4% | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 4.3 |
| 2010-11 | Texas | 33 | 389 | 46.6% | 43.2% | 70.2% | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.7 | - | 11.8 |
| 2011-12 | Texas | 31 | 363 | 40.8% | 30.4% | 67.7% | 3.5 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 11.7 |
| Career | 130 | 1047 | 42.9% | 135.5% | 56.5% | 17.9 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 8.1 |
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Connecticut | 11 | 0 | 9.2 | .462 | .400 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 11 | 0 | 9.2 | .462 | .400 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
See also
References
- ^ Έναρξη συνεργασίας με την Ιβόν Άντερσον Archived 2017-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. Olympiacos official website (in Greek)
- ^ Στον Ολυμπιακό η Ιβόν Άντερσον Archived 2017-07-24 at the Wayback Machine. sport24.gr (in Greek)
- ^ Texas Student-Athlete Spotlight: Yvonne Anderson, big12sports.com
- ^ Yvonne Anderson - 2011-12 Women's Basketball, texassports.com
- ^ Mike Anderson's daughter gets WNBA contract, wholehogsports.com
- ^ "Yvonne Anderson Accepts Training Camp Contract, Joins Connecticut". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ LeBlanc, Jacqueline (2022-05-05). "How the Sun reached their final 11 players". The Next. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Connecticut Waives Yvonne Anderson". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Connecticut Sun Signs Two-Time Olympian Yvonne Anderson". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Connecticut Sun Waive Yvonne Anderson". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ "Minnesota Lynx Sign Guard Yvonne Anderson". lynx.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ^ "Yvonne Anderson Game Logs". acrossthetimeline.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ "Minnesota Lynx Release Yvonne Anderson". lynx.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ^ "Debitovala Amerikanka Ivon, Srbija slomila žilavu Litvaniju". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Group Phase Group E - Lithuania 71-82 Serbia". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
External links
- Yvonne Anderson at galatasaray.org
- Yvonne Anderson at columbiamissourian.com
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