Ndidi Madu Explained

Ndidi Madu
Birth Date:17 March 1989
Birth Place:Nashville, United States
Nationality:American/Nigerian
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Position:Forward
League:Serie A1
Team:Broni
Number:12
College:Florida

Ndidi Madu (born March 17, 1989) is an American-born Nigerian basketball player who last played basketball for Broni and the Nigerian national team.[1]

Florida statistics

Source[2]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2007-08Florida1350.0%0.0%50.0%3.0---3.0
2008-09Florida266251.0%0.0%50.0%1.80.30.30.32.4
2009-10Florida3212135.0%0.0%59.5%2.90.50.50.33.8
2010-11Florida3525145.4%0.0%76.7%5.00.50.50.47.2
2011-12Florida3316539.7%28.0%61.5%4.31.20.60.35.0
Career12748141.9%28.0%62.5%3.60.60.50.33.8

International career

She participated at the 2017 Women's Afrobasket.[3] she averaged 3.9 pts, 3.9 RBG and 1.6 APG during the tournament.[4]

FIBA stats

During the FIBA Africa championship for women in 2013, she averaged 9.3 points per game. During the 2014 FIBA Africa cup for women's club final round, she averaged 10pts, 3.3RPG, 0.8APG. During the 2015 Afrobasket for women; final round she averaged 8.1pts, 9.5 RPG and 0.6 APG. In the 2015 FIBA champions cup for women, she averaged 9pts, 5.8RPG, 1.1APG. During the 2016 FIBA women's Olympic qualifying tournament, she averaged 7pts, 6.5RPG, 1APG. At the 2017 Afrobasket for women she averaged 3.9pts, 3.9 RPG and 1.4 APG. She also averaged 7.2pts, 7RPG and 1.6 APG at the 2017 FIBA champions cup for women in which she played for interclube of Angola.

Retirement

On June 25, 2018, Madu announced her retirement via social media from Professional basketball[5] ahead of the 2018 FIBA Women's World cup in Spain. She stated her retirement will help her focus on her life after Basketball which is Coaching and her foundation the Team Madu Foundation which centers on youth development.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Ndidi_Madu/pid//_//players.html FIBA profile
  2. Web site: NCAA Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2021-06-03.
  3. Web site: Ndidi MADU at the FIBA Women's Afrobasket 2017. FIBA.basketball.
  4. Web site: Ndidi Madu profile, FIBA Africa Champions Cup for Women 2015. 2021-06-04. FIBA.COM.
  5. Web site: BasketballWithinBorders - Training the World, One Baller at a Time.
  6. Web site: Madu calls it quits ahead of FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. FIBA.basketball.