RUS – Prince poised for place in Russia squad
MOSCOW (2010 FIBA World Championship for Women) – Spartak Moscow Region signing Epiphanny Prince has been granted Russian citizenship and is expected to play for the women’s national team, according to media reports in the country. While there was no mention of the American being in the national squad named by the country’s basketball ...
MOSCOW (2010 FIBA World Championship for Women) – Spartak Moscow Region signing Epiphanny Prince has been granted Russian citizenship and is expected to play for the women’s national team, according to media reports in the country.
While there was no mention of the American being in the national squad named by the country’s basketball federation on July 6, Spartak’s general manager Steve Costalas did say in a recent interview with FIBA Europe the 22-year-old would be “the starting point guard of the Russian national team” at the FIBA World Championship for Women.
Right now, Prince is playing in the WNBA with the Chicago Sky.
The fourth overall pick in this year’s draft by the Sky, Prince has averaged 9.1 points and 2.4 assists in almost 19 minutes per contest.
The former Rutgers guard spent the 2009-10 campaign in Turkey with Botas-Spor Adana.
American Becky Hammon became a Russian citizen and played for the country at the 2008 Olympics and last year’s EuroBasket Women in Latvia.
At the FIBA World Championship for Women in the Czech Republic, Russia will compete in Group C with Spain, Korea and Mali.
Russia are second in the FIBA World Rankings for Women.
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