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Temi Fagbenle
Fagbenle with Beşiktaş in 2024
No. 14 – Beşiktaş
PositionForward
LeagueTurkish Super League
Personal information
Born (1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 32)
Baltimore, Maryland
NationalityNigerian/British/American
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school
College
WNBA draft2016: 3rd round, 35th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2019Minnesota Lynx
2017–2019CCC Polkowice
2019BOTAŞ
2019–2020Perfumerías Avenida
2020–2021Reyer Venezia
2021–2022Çukurova Basketbol
2022–2023ZVVZ USK Praha
2023–2024London Lions
2024Indiana Fever
2024–presentBeşiktaş
2025–presentGolden State Valkyries
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Fagbenle in 2019

Tèmítọ́pẹ́ Títílọlá "Temi" Fágbénlé is an American-born Nigerian-British professional basketball player for the Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Beşiktaş of the Turkish Super League. She was chosen for the Great Britain team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

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Fagbenle was born on 8 September 1992 to a Nigerian family in Baltimore, Maryland, and has eleven siblings, including actor O. T. Fagbenle, film producer Luti Fagbenle, and video producer Oladapo 'Daps' Fagbenle.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Her family moved to London, United Kingdom when she was aged 2 and she began playing basketball at the Haringey Angels club.[8] When she was fifteen she returned to the United States to study at Blair Academy in New Jersey.[5] She attended Harvard University before transferring to the University of Southern California for her final year of NCAA basketball.[6] As of 2012 she was 1.93 metres (6 ft 4 in) tall and weighs 79.5 kilograms (175 lb).[4]

High school career

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Smiling Fagbenle dancing with young girl fan
Fagbenle dancing with a fan in 2017

During her time at Blair Academy Fagbenle was voted on to the McDonald's All American High School team.[5]

Professional career

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Fagbenle has won several national championships in Spain, Italy and Great Britain as well as the EuroCup 2024 with the London Lions.

WNBA

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Minnesota Lynx (2017–2019)

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In her WNBA rookie season 2017 she won the WNBA championship as a member of the Minnesota Lynx.

Indiana Fever (2024)

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In January 2024, Fagbenle was signed by the Indiana Fever to a training camp contract.[9] She made the final roster and appeared in the first eight regular season games (24 minutes / 9.1 points / 5.6 rebounds) during the first month of the season for the Fever before suffering an undisclosed left foot injury.[10]

Golden State Valkyries (2025–present)

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On December 6, 2024, Fagbenle was selected as the Golden State Valkyries' pick from the Indiana Fever's 2024 roster in the WNBA's expansion draft.[11]

International career

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She has represented Great Britain at the under-16, 18 and 20 levels and competed at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship held in Serbia.[6]

She was named in the British team for the women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London having been fast-tracked into the senior side from the under-20s.[12] She averaged 4.8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1.2 blocks and 1 steal in 19.2 minutes per game. GB went 0-5 and failed to qualify from their group.[13]

Her selection for the Olympics came after a 12-month period in which she was unable to play for the Harvard Crimson women's basketball team due to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) declaring her ineligible.[6] Fagbenle had taken the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exam whilst at school in the UK and NCAA rules say that an athlete must be enrolled in college within two years of sitting for the exam; Fagbenle took an additional year to graduate from high school because she repeated a year after moving to the United States.[14]

Career 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
† Denotes seasons in which Fagbenle won a WNBA championship

WNBA

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Regular season

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Stats current through end of 2024 regular season

Temi Fagbenle WNBA Regular Season Statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2016 Did not play (continuing education)
2017† Minnesota 21 0 4.2 .500 — .778 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.2
2018 Minnesota 30 2 9.4 .506 — .696 2.0 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.7 3.1
2019 Minnesota 18 0 15.1 .519 .167 .722 2.9 0.8 0.3 0.3 1.8 5.4
2020 Did not appear in WNBA
2021
2022
2023
2024 Indiana 22 2 18.9 .509 .167 .786 4.7 0.9 0.5 0.7 1.2 6.4
Career 4 years, 2 teams 91 4 11.6 .510 .167 .744 2.6 0.6 0.3 0.4 1.0 3.9

Playoffs

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Temi Fagbenle WNBA Playoff Statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2017† Minnesota 2 0 2.0 .667 — — 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
2018 Minnesota 1 0 24.0 .875 1.000 — 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 15.0
2019 Minnesota 1 0 16.0 .500 — — 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 4.0
2024 Indiana 2 1 24.0 .444 .500 — 5.5 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 4.5
Career 4 years, 2 teams 4 1 15.3 .625 .667 — 2.8 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 5.3

College

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Temi Fagbenle NCAA Statistics[15][16]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2012–13 Harvard 29 28 25.0 .578 .667 .684 7.7 1.1 1.0 1.3 2.8 12.3
2013–14 Harvard 30 30 25.7 .539 .286 .705 9.3 1.7 0.8 1.4 2.6 13.0
2014–15 Harvard 27 27 29.4 .490 .250 .773 10.1 2.0 1.2 1.0 3.0 14.3
2015–16 Southern California 32 32 30.3 .514 .250 .705 8.7 1.3 1.8 1.2 2.1 13.6
Career 118 117 27.6 .526 .393 .722 8.9 1.5 1.2 1.2 2.6 13.3

References

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  1. ^ "Temi Fagbenle". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA.
  2. ^ Fagbenle, Temi (7 July 2012). "Passions: Basketball star loves to tread the boards" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Temi Fagbenle has many ambitions, and one is to play for the Lynx". Star Tribune.
  4. ^ a b "Temi Fagbenle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b c Gallagher, Brendan (31 May 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Temi Fagbenle to take centre stage for British team after being fast-tracked from juniors". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d McCluskey, Jack (25 July 2012). "Temi Fagbenle on English holiday". ESPN Boston. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  7. ^ Henson, Mike (4 February 2020). "Haringey, Harvard & Hollywood: The fabulous Temi Fagbenle and family". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  8. ^ "The fabulous Miss Fagbenle & family". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  9. ^ Yapkowitz, David (19 January 2024). "Fever sign key role player ahead of WNBA Free Agency". ClutchPoints. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  10. ^ Peterson, Chloe (25 June 2024). "Temi Fagbenle gave Fever 'a spark' before her injury. She's back, ready to give more". The Indianapolis Star. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  11. ^ Henderson, Cydney; Horrow, Ellen J. (6 December 2024). "WNBA expansion draft live updates: Golden State Valkyries pick their players for 2025". USA Today. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  12. ^ Telegraph Staff (22 June 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Temi Fagbenle in Team GB women's basketball squad". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  13. ^ "Temi Fagbenle's profile - 2012 Olympic Women". FIBA. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  14. ^ Nocera, Joe (27 January 2012). "Et Tu, Harvard?". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  15. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Temi Fagbenle College Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
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