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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 on 2022 during [[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|Fiba Women's Basketball World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salimatou Kourouma - Player Profile |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/player/218449/Salimatou-Kourouma |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref>
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 on 2022 during [[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|Fiba Women's Basketball World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salimatou Kourouma - Player Profile |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/player/218449/Salimatou-Kourouma |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref>


She fight with Kamite Elisabeth Dabou during the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia after their 81-68 defeat against Serbia. On Tuesday 27th September 2022 the players apologize 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".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramsay |first=George |date=2022-09-27 |title=Mali basketball players apologize after mixed zone fight |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/27/sport/mali-basketball-world-cup-fight-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-27 |title=Mali players apologize for fighting; FIBA investigating |url=https://apnews.com/article/sports-africa-basketball-mali-b5f27840457df986e4dbbd354c141129 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
She fight with Kamite Elisabeth Dabou during the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia after their 81-68 defeat against Serbia. On Tuesday 27th September 2022 the players apologize 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".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramsay |first=George |date=2022-09-27 |title=Mali basketball players apologize after mixed zone fight |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/27/sport/mali-basketball-world-cup-fight-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-27 |title=Mali players apologize for fighting; FIBA investigating |url=https://apnews.com/article/sports-africa-basketball-mali-b5f27840457df986e4dbbd354c141129 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archive |first=View Author |last2=Author |first2=Email the |last3=Twitter |first3=Follow on |last4=feed |first4=Get author RSS |date=2027-09-27 |title=Mali's Kourouma, Dabou fight following loss to Serbia |url=https://nypost.com/2022/09/27/malis-kourouma-dabou-fight-following-loss-to-serbia/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>


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== References ==

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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
WNBA draft2024: undrafted
Playing career2021–present
PositionForward
Career history
2020-2021Grayson college
2022-2023Arkansas-Little Rock's years3 = 2023-2024 Season
Arizona wildcats

Salimatou Kourouma (born September 25, 1999 in Kati) is a forward basketball professional player who plays for Mali women's national basketball team and Arizona Wildcats.[1][2][3][4]

Personal life

Salimatou Kourouma parents are Souleymane Kourouma and Fatoumatou Guiro. She have two brothers and two sisters; Dramane and Karim, Batoma and Katiatou respectful. [5]

Career history

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 getting 17.8 points in each conference games.[6][7]

Kourouma started playing for the Arizona Wildcats during the 2023-2024 season.[8] She scored the first wildcat basket on their win over Point Loma Nazarene, 52-44.[9]

Mali National Team

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 on 2022 during Fiba Women's Basketball World Cup.[10]

She fight with Kamite Elisabeth Dabou during the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia after their 81-68 defeat against Serbia. On Tuesday 27th September 2022 the players apologize 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".[11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ Eurobasket. "Salimatou Kourouma, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  2. ^ "Salimatou Kourouma - Arizona Wildcats Guard". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  3. ^ a b "Salimatou Kourouma - Women's Basketball". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  4. ^ Proballers. "Salimatou Kourouma, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  5. ^ "Sali Kourouma - 2022-23 - Women's Basketball". Little Rock Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  6. ^ Morales, Javier (2023-04-11). "Arizona adds forwards Beh & Kourouma from transfer portal | ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com". Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  7. ^ "Little Rock Inks Sali Kourouma to National Letter of Intent". Little Rock Athletics. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  8. ^ Brown, P. J. (2023-09-27). "Arizona basketball transfer Sali Kourouma motivated by her 'big school' opportunity". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Salimatou Kourouma - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  11. ^ Ramsay, George (2022-09-27). "Mali basketball players apologize after mixed zone fight". CNN. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  12. ^ "Mali players apologize for fighting; FIBA investigating". AP News. 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  13. ^ Archive, View Author; Author, Email the; Twitter, Follow on; feed, Get author RSS (2027-09-27). "Mali's Kourouma, Dabou fight following loss to Serbia". Retrieved 2024-03-26. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)


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