Draft:Salimatou Kourouma

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Salimatou Kourouma
Personal information
Born (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999 (age 24)
Kati, Mali
NationalityMalian
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
High schoolLife Prep Academy
CollegeGrayson (2019–2021)
Little Rock (2021–2023)
Arizona (2023–present)
PositionForward

Salimatou Kourouma (born September 25, 1999) is a forward basketball professional player who plays for Mali women's national basketball team and Arizona Wildcats.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Salimatou Kourouma parents are Souleymane Kourouma and Fatoumatou Guiro. She has two brothers and two sisters; Dramane and Karim, Batoma and Katiatou respectively.[2]

Career history[edit]

During Kourouma high school she played for Life Prep Academy where she earned HCAA all-state honors.[3]

Before she begin her college career 2020-2021, she redshirted in 2019-2020 at Grayson College and then transferred to Arkansas-Little Rock in 2021-2022 where she earned Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year after averaging 17.8 points per game in conference play.[4][5]

Kourouma started playing for the Arizona Wildcats during the 2023-2024 season.[6] [7] She scored the first collegiate basket on their win over Point Loma Nazarene, 52-44.[8] Kourouma have played 13 games at Arizona Wildcats with 9.5 points per game, 3.3 rebounds per game, 0.8 assist per game, 1.2 steals per game, 1.2 personal fouls and 1.4 turnovers in 21 minutes per game before been transferred to Oregon Duck's women's basketball.[9][10][11][12][13]

National team career[edit]

Kourouma started her basketball career with Mali national youth team on 2015 during the FIBA Africa U16 women's and started playing with Mali national senior team at the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.[14]

She fought with Kamite Elisabeth Dabou during the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia after their 81-68 defeat against Serbia. On 27 September 2022 the players apologized for their fight. According to them, they said "it was not our intention and we were frustrated because of the loss. We are here to apologize to the world of basketball and FIBA Word Cup".[15][16][17][18][19][20]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Salimatou Kourouma Biography". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  2. ^ "Sali Kourouma - 2022-23 - Women's Basketball". Little Rock Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  3. ^ "Salimatou Kourouma - Women's Basketball". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  4. ^ Morales, Javier (2023-04-11). "Arizona adds forwards Beh & Kourouma from transfer portal | ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com". Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  5. ^ "Little Rock Inks Sali Kourouma to National Letter of Intent". Little Rock Athletics. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  6. ^ Brown, P. J. (2023-09-27). "Arizona basketball transfer Sali Kourouma motivated by her 'big school' opportunity". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  7. ^ Morales, Javier (2023-04-11). "Arizona adds forwards Beh & Kourouma from transfer portal | ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com". Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  8. ^ Brown, P. J. (2023-11-03). "New Wildcat Sali Kourouma comfortable stepping into the spotlight, helping teammates in any way". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  9. ^ Doss, K. (2024-04-20). "Former Arizona forward Sali Kourouma transfers to Oregon women's basketball". Arizona Desert Swarm. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  10. ^ "Oregon women's basketball secures commitment from Arizona transfer Salimatou Kourouma". The Register-Guard. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  11. ^ "Oregon women's basketball secures commitment from Arizona transfer Salimatou Kourouma". Yahoo Sports. 2024-04-20. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  12. ^ "Ducks land wing player Sali Kourouma from Arizona in transfer portal". 247Sports. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  13. ^ "Oregon women's basketball is signing transfer guard Salimatou Kourouma from Arizona". Happy ADV. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  14. ^ "Salimatou Kourouma - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  15. ^ Ramsay, George (2022-09-27). "Mali basketball players apologize after mixed zone fight". CNN. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  16. ^ "Mali players apologize for fighting; FIBA investigating". AP News. 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  17. ^ "Mali's Kourouma, Dabou fight following loss to Serbia". 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  18. ^ Owusu, Eric (2022-09-27). "Mali players fight each other at Basketball World Cup". Adomonline.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  19. ^ "Women's Basketball World Cup: Fiba launch investigation after fight breaks out among Mali players". BBC Sport. 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  20. ^ Mintah, Yaw Loic (2022-09-27). "[VIDEO]:Malian teammates fight as team crashes out of Women's Basketball World Cup". Citi Sports Online. Retrieved 2024-03-26.

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