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  • Bernadette Ngoyisa
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  • Center - Indiana Fever
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2008 Statistics

PPG
2.8
RPG
1.90
APG
0.3
EFF
+ 2.80
Born: Aug 26, 1982
Height: 6-4 /  1,93
Weight: 195  lbs. / 88,5  kg.
From: Congo
Years Pro: 3








Background


2008 Fever Player Bio Pages (pdf)

A French-speaking member of the Congolese National Team, Ngoyisa (pronounced GOY-suh) was signed by the Fever after her negotiating rights were acquired from the Chicago Sky in a training camp trade, in exchange for K.B. Sharp…she did not play during the 2007 WNBA season.

PRO - WNBA
2006: Chosen with the 11th pick in the 2006 WNBA Expansion Draft by Chicago, she was the Sky's leading rebounder (5.7 rpg) and second-leading scorer (10.1 ppg)…she ranked 20th in the league in rebounding overall and was 18th in offensive rebounds per game (2.2)…she scored in double figures 16 times, including a career-high 23 points on 9-of-17 FG and 5-of-7 FT at Charlotte, 8/12…she scored 10+ points in each of the season's last four games (15.0 ppg) and shot 25-of-42 from the floor (.595) in those contests…she had a pair of double-doubles, including the first of her career – 11 points and 10 boards at Sacramento, 6/10…she claimed a career-high 11 rebounds while scoring 12 points at Minnesota, 7/19…she dealt a career-high four assists vs. Minnesota, 7/28. 2005: After a two-year absence from the WNBA, she was signed by the San Antonio Silver Stars in April, 2005…she averaged 4.3 ppg and 2.3 rpg, connecting on better than 56 percent from the floor (46-of-81, .568) and a career-best 73.1 percent from the foul line (19-of-26)…she scored 10+ points four times for the Silver Stars…she had a season-high seven rebounds vs. Sacramento, 8/2. 2002: As a rookie, she made seven appearances for the New York Liberty, totaling 12 minutes with six points and five rebounds…she collected two boards in her first career outing at Portland, 5/29.

PRO - OVERSEAS
2007-08: She helped lead Famila Wuber Schio to the Italian A1 championship by averaging 10.7 ppg and 4.9 rpg, both of which were third-best on the team…having shot a team best 62.5 percent from the floor, she ranked second in the league in field goal accuracy…she played in 33 of 34 games for Schio and started 15 times…in 16 EuroCup games, she averaged 11.0 ppg and 5.1 rpg…she had one double-double, scoring 21 points and hauling in 11 rebounds vs. Nadezhda of the Russian Superleague…Schio also won the EuroCup championship. 2006-07: In 10 appearances and seven starts for Schio, she averaged 10.1 ppg and 6.6 rpg…her rebounding average was second on the team…she shot 38-of-68 from the floor (.559) and was second on the team in field goal accuracy. 2005-06: Playing for Cercle Jean Mace Bourges French LFB, she averaged 15.1 ppg and 7.5 rpg…she led the LFB by making better than 75 percent of her shots from the floor (.752)…in 15 EuroLeague games, she averaged 13.1 ppg and 7.7 rpg…she also led EuroLeague in field goal accuracy by shooting 67.8 percent from the floor. 2004-05: In her first season in Europe, she played for Banco di Sicilia Ribera of the Italian A1 league, where she was the team's leading scorer and rebounder at 18.4 ppg and 11.0 rpg…she shot nearly 64 percent from the floor (.637) and 71.2 percent from the foul line.

PERSONAL
She has played for the Democratic Republic of Congo's national team…her native language is French.


Personal
Career Transactions
created:7/24/2008 6:25:30 AM
Thursday
July 24
Shock at Comets
9:30 p.m. ET
ESPN2
Friday
July 25
Sparks at Liberty
7:30 p.m. ET
NBA TV
Monday
July 28
WNBA Olympic Break Begins
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