Angela Dugalić Explained

Angela Dugalić
League:Big Ten Conference
Team:UCLA Bruins
Number:32
Position:Power forward
Birth Date:29 December 2001
Birth Place:Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality:Serbian
American
High School:Maine West
(Des Plaines, Illinois)
College:Oregon (2020–21)
UCLA (2021–present)
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
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Angela Dugalić (Serbian: Ангела Дугалић; ; born 29 December 2001) is a Serbian basketball player for the UCLA Bruins. She represents the Serbian national team internationally and also holds American citizenship.

College career

Dugalić had played her first season of college basketball in 2020–21 with the Oregon Ducks,[1] before transferring to conference foes UCLA after that season.[2] However, she did not debut for the Bruins until February 11, 2022, against Washington State, having suffered a preseason knee injury in October 2021 while the team was on a trip to play in a scrimmage against Texas.[3] Dugalić also missed the entirety of the 2022–23 season for UCLA due to injury, after tearing her ACL while playing for the Serbian national team at the FIBA World Cup.[4]

National team career

Dugalić decided to represent the national team of her parents' homeland of Serbia.[5] [6]

In June 2021, Dugalić was a member of the Serbian national team that won the gold medal at the Eurobasket 2021 in Valencia, Spain.[7]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Oregon| 24||1||12.3||42.4||23.8||83.3||4.0||0.7||0.3||0.3||0.8||3.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| UCLA|14||0||17.0||46.4||33.3||42.9||4.5||0.7||0.9||0.6||1.8||6.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| UCLA| style="text-align:center;" colspan="12" |Did not play due to injury|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| UCLA| 30||29||23.8||35.5||31.4||72.7||6.5||2.1||1.2||0.6||2.4||8.7|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career|68||30||18.3||38.8||30.5||63.3||5.2||1.3||0.8||0.5||1.7||6.4|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Angela Dugalic - Women's Basketball - University of Oregon. goducks.com. 27 June 2021.
  2. Women's Basketball Announces Four Transfer Signees . UCLA Bruins . June 26, 2021 . July 5, 2021.
  3. Web site: Gina Conti, Angela Dugalić to Miss Start of UCLA Women's Basketball Season With Injuries . Benjamin . Royer . Sports Illustrated Fan Nation: UCLA . November 9, 2021 . December 9, 2021.
  4. Web site: UCLA Women's Basketball Forward Angela Dugalic Suffers Torn ACL. Connon. Sam. 5 October 2022. Sports Illustrated Fan Nation: UCLA. 18 February 2024.
  5. https://www.youthbasket.com/player/Angela-Dugalic/Pac12/University-of-Oregon/581231?Women=1 Angela Dugalic profile
  6. Web site: BEFORE OREGON, ANGELA DUGALIC TURNS TO SERBIAN ROOTS FOR NATIONAL TRYOUT. nothingbutnylon.com. 28 May 2019 . 27 June 2021.
  7. Web site: Serbia proclaimed FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2021 champions after defeating France in Final. FIBA. 27 June 2021.
  8. Web site: Angela Dugalic College Stats. Sports-Reference. April 15, 2024.