Mactabene Amachree
{{short description|Nigerian basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Mactabene Amachree
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| position = Forward
| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1
| weight_lbs = 179
| nationality = Nigerian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|1|30}}
| birth_place = Port Harcourt, Nigeria
| high_school =
| college = Abilene Christian
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| career_start = 2001
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| years1 = {{wnbay|2001}}
| team1 = New York Liberty
| years2 = {{wnbay|2003}}
| team2 = Seattle Storm
| years3 = {{wnbay|2005}}
| team3 = Washington Mystics
| highlights =
|bbr_wnba=amachma01w
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bkw|NGA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|African Games (All-Africa Games)}}
{{MedalGold|2003 Abuja|Team}}
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Mactabene Amachree (born 30 January 1978) is a Nigerian former professional basketball player.[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/mactabene_amachree/index.html WNBA Player Bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319135719/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/mactabene_amachree/index.html |date=2009-03-19 }} In 2001, she became the first Nigerian to play in the WNBA.(28 July 2005), [http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-07/2005-07-28-voa71.cfm Nigerian Finds Home in Washington, DC Women's Pro Basketball Team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319033726/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-07/2005-07-28-voa71.cfm |date=2009-03-19 }}, VOA News. Retrieved 03-06-2009. Amachree played on the Nigeria women's national basketball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She is also the princess of the Ojuka Clan of the Kalabari people in Nigeria.
Career statistics
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{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics{{cite web |title=Mactabene Amachree WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/a/amachma01w.html |website=Basketball Reference |access-date=}}}}
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| align=left | {{wnbay|2001}}
| align=left | New York
|2||0||1.5||—||—||.500||0.5||0.0||0.0||0.5||0.5||0.5
|- class="sortbottom"
| align=left | 2002
| align=center colspan=13| Did not play (waived)
|-
| align=left | {{wnbay|2003}}
| align=left | Seattle
|7||0||6.7||.300||—||.500||2.0||0.0||0.7||0.3||1.3||1.1
|- class="sortbottom"
| align=left | 2004
| align=center colspan=13| Did not play (Olympics)
|-
| align=left | {{wnbay|2005}}
| align=left | Washington
|3||0||1.0||.000||—||1.000||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| align=left | Career
| align=left | 3 years, 3 teams
|12||0||4.4||.273||—||.625||1.3||0.0||0.4||0.3||0.8||0.9
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References
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External links
- {{Basketball stats}}
- {{FIBA profile|new_id=130785|name=Mactabene Amachree|old_id=31437}}
- {{Basketball-Reference.com international player}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{Nigeria squad - 2005 FIBA Africa Championship for Women}}
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Category:Olympic basketball players for Nigeria
Category:Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Abilene Christian University alumni
Category:Nigerian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Category:Nigerian women's basketball players
Category:21st-century Nigerian sportswomen
Category:Beşiktaş women's basketball players
Category:Sportspeople from Port Harcourt
Category:African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
Category:African Games gold medalists in basketball
Category:Basketball players at the 2003 All-Africa Games
Category:Medalists at the 2003 All-Africa Games
Category:Forwards (basketball)
Category:Nigeria women's national basketball team players
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