No. 8 – New York Liberty | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Berlin, Germany | 26 February 2000||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
College | Oregon (2018–2022) | ||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2022: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the New York Liberty | |||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2022–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
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2023–present | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | USK Prague | ||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Sacramento State (asst.) | ||||||||||||||
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Nyara Sabally (born 26 February 2000) is a German professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She also served as an assistant coach for Sacramento State. She played college basketball at Oregon. She represented Germany at the 2018 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship and won a gold medal. She also represented Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Playing career
[edit]College
[edit]On 7 November 2017, Sabally signed with Oregon.[1] During the 2018–19 season in her freshman year, she sat out the season after suffering a torn ACL during the championship game of the 2018 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship in August of 2018.[2] During the 2019–20 season in her redshirt freshman year, she re-tore her ACL in the summer of 2019 and missed a second consecutive season.[3]
During the 2020–21 season in her redshirt sophomore year, she played in 23 of Oregon's 24 games, making 21 starts. She led Oregon in scoring (12.9), rebounding (7.3), field goals (122), double-doubles (4) and double-figure scoring games (19). She ranked third in the Pac-12 in field-goal percentage (54.7), third in offensive rebounding (2.7), fourth in rebounding and tenth in scoring.[2] Following the season she was named to the All-Pac-12 team.[4]
During the 2021–22 season in her redshirt junior year, she led the team in scoring and rebounding and finished sixth in the conference in scoring (15.4) and third in rebounding (7.8). She recorded eight double-doubles, and reached double figures in scoring in 19 of the 24 games. She became the first Pac-12 player since Chiney Ogwumike in 2013 to average at least 15 points, seven rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals and blocks over the course of a season.[2] Following the season she was again named to the All-Pac-12 team.[5]
On 28 March 2022, Sabally declared for the 2022 WNBA draft. She finished her career at Oregon with 666 points, 354 rebounds and 87 assists in two seasons.[6]
WNBA
[edit]On 11 April 2022, Sabally was drafted fifth overall by the New York Liberty in the 2022 WNBA draft.[7] On 15 April 2022, Liberty general manager Jonathan Kolb announced Sabally would miss the 2022 WNBA season due to injury, after she aggravated her right knee, which has twice required surgery for a torn ACL.[8]
On 28 February 2023, Sabally signed a rookie scale contract with the Liberty.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]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 |
College
[edit]Source[10]
WNBA
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2023 | New York | 33 | 0 | 7.9 | .424 | .222 | .750 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 33 | 0 | 7.9 | .424 | .222 | .750 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
Postseason
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2023 | New York | 4 | 0 | 1.3 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 4 | 0 | 1.3 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
National team career
[edit]Sabally made her international debut for Germany at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women, where she averaged nine points, 13.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. She represented Germany at the 2018 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, where she averaged 17.3 points, 12.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, and won a gold medal, and was named tournament MVP.[11]
On 15 July 2024, Sabally was named to Germany women's national basketball team to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[12] On 29 July 2024, in Germany's first group stage game against Belgium, she suffered an injury when teammate Leonie Fiebich inadvertently hit her in the chin with her shoulder while passing her on a handoff in the final minute of the third quarter. Prior to her injury, she was tied with Fiebich as the team's second-leading scorer with 16 points, behind only her sister Satou Sabally.[13] Germany defeated Belgium 83–69, its first ever win in Olympic competition.[14]
Coaching career
[edit]On 12 July 2022, Sabally was named an assistant coach for Sacramento State.[15] During her first season, she helped lead the Hornet to a 25–8 record, the Big Sky Conference regular season championship, 2023 Big Sky tournament championship, and their first ever appearance in the 2023 NCAA tournament.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Nyara's older sister Satou, who played for Oregon in both seasons that Nyara missed due to injury, is a professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the WNBA.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ Medow, Shawn (7 November 2017). "Nyara Sabally and Taylor Chavez sign with Oregon". Daily Emerald. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Nyara Sabally". goducks.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Lim, Brady (31 August 2019). "Oregon women's basketball forward Nyara Sabally out for season with torn ACL". Daily Emerald. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Paopao, Sabally Receive All-Pac-12 Honors". goducks.com. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Trio Of Ducks Named All-Pac-12". goducks.com. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Ruth, Brady (28 March 2022). "Nyara Sabally declares for WNBA Draft after All-Conference season". Daily Emerald. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Staley, Antwan (11 April 2022). "New York Liberty selects Oregon's Nyara Sabally in the 2022 WNBA Draft". The Register-Guard. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Crepea, James (15 April 2022). "Nyara Sabally will miss 2022 WNBA season, to debut for New York Liberty in 2023". The Oregonian. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "New York Liberty Sign 2022 First Rounder Nyara Sabally". liberty.wnba. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Nyara Sabally College Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "Nyara Sabally". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Sabally Sisters Headed to Paris Games". goducks.com. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Magliocchetti, Geoff (29 July 2024). "Germany Survives Liberty Friendly Fire in Olympic Debut". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Arnold, Geoffrey C. (31 July 2024). "Paris Olympics: Former Oregon Ducks stars Satou and Nyara Sabally lead Germany to historic win". The Oregonian. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ Crepea, James (12 July 2022). "Former Oregon women's basketball forward Nyara Sabally joins Sacramento State coaching staff". The Oregonian. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ Davidson, Joe (19 March 2023). "'Big stage': Sac State's dream season ends with loss to UCLA in women's NCAA Tournament". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ Hatfield, Jenn (9 November 2021). "'I don't know if we've had one like her': Sabally sisters are both one of a kind at Oregon". thenexthoops.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com