Epiphanny Prince

Epiphanny Prince

Prince with the Seattle Storm in 2022
New York Liberty
Position	Director of Player & Community Engagement
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1988-01-11) January 11, 1988 (age 37) New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American / Russian
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	179 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High school	Murry Bergtraum (New York City, New York)
College	Rutgers (2006–2009)
WNBA draft	2010: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Sky
Playing career	2009–2023
Career history
2009	Spartak Moscow
2009–2010	Botaş Spor
2010–2014	Chicago Sky
2011–2012	Galatasaray
2012–2020	Dynamo Kursk
2015–2018	New York Liberty
2019	Las Vegas Aces
2020–2022	Seattle Storm
2021	Galatasaray
2021–2022	Dynamo Kursk
2022	Hatayspor
2022–2023	Galatasaray
Career highlights and awards
WNBA Champion (2020) 2× WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013) All-WNBA Second Team (2015) Commissioner’s Cup champion (2021) 2x Third-team All-American – AP (2008, 2009) Big East Most Improved Player (2008) 2x First-team All-Big East (2008, 2009) Big East All-Freshman Team (2007) McDonald's All-American (2006)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Epiphanny Prince (born January 11, 1988) is a Russian-American former professional basketball player.

She is best known for scoring 113 points for Murry Bergtraum in a high-school game in 2006, breaking a girls' national prep record previously held by Hall of Famer Cheryl Miller.[1] She participated in the 2006 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and McD's High School All-America Games.[2]

Career

Overseas

In June 2009, Prince announced plans to leave Rutgers after only three years to play professional basketball in Europe for a year. According to The New York Times, Prince was only 10 units from earning a degree in criminal justice and African-American studies and planned to complete her degree during the summer of 2009. Her announcement was not binding until she signed with an agent; in August, Prince signed with Wasserman Media Group.[3] Prince initially joined Russian team Spartak Moscow, then Turkish team Botaş Spor, before the 2010 WNBA draft.[4]

In 2015, Prince moved to Dynamo Kursk in the European League. Their team won the 2017 Euroleague.

On December 31, 2022, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).[5]

As of July 2023, her contract has expired. Galatasaray club said "see you on the other side" to the player on July 6, 2023 by publishing a sarcastic bite-away message.[6]

WNBA career

On February 16, 2015, the Chicago Sky trades Prince to the New York Liberty for Capey Pondexta.[7]

In 2019, Prince was signed as a late season addition to the Las Vegas Aces.[8]

In the WBA, she averaged 3.5 minutes per game, 37.3% three-point field goals, and 13.9 PPG through 2016.[9]

National team career

In 2010, she was granted Russian citizenship. She was not on the roster during the 2011 European Championships, nor did she compete for Russia during the 2012 Olympics in London.[10]

Prince played as a point guard for the Russian national team in the European Championships of 2013, where the team finished in 13th place.[11]

Career statistics

Legend

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

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2010	Chicago	34	2	19.6	.427	.338	.784	2.0	2.7	1.6	0.1	1.8	9.8
2011	Chicago	34	27	29.4	.375	.373	.804	2.1	3.0	2.3	0.4	1.7	13.6
2012	Chicago	26	25	30.0	.442	.407	.899	3.5	3.1	1.8	0.3	2.0	18.1
2013	Chicago	31	31	30.0	.376	.396	.900	2.7	3.0	1.6	0.4	1.4	15.0
2014	Chicago	26	24	32.3	.383	.327	.876	3.0	3.8	1.9	0.4	1.8	15.0
2015	New York	24	23	28.6	.467	.356	.900	2.9	3.4	2.0	0.2	1.6	15.0
2016	New York	6	0	13.8	.400	.364	1.000	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	5.2
2017	New York	28	25	26.8	.401	.344	.878	3.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	1.3	12.0
2018	New York	16	12	19.1	.393	.419	.875	1.6	1.7	0.9	0.0	1.1	8.4
2019	Las Vegas	3	0	9.3	.500	.429	–	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	4.3
2020^†	Seattle	15	0	12.7	.386	.333	.846	1.2	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	4.3
2021	Seattle	29	2	14.3	.439	.500	.897	1.6	1.7	0.7	0.2	0.9	5.8
2022	Seattle	33	0	12.3	.355	.356	.840	1.0	1.8	0.6	0.1	0.5	3.9
2023	New York	10	0	7.1	.400	.300	1.000	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.8
Career	14 years, 4 teams	315	171	22.7	.405	.376	.865	2.2	2.5	1.4	0.2	1.3	10.7

Postseason

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2013	Chicago	2	2	33.5	.333	.286	1.000	1.5	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	14.5
2014	Chicago	9	9	29.1	.296	.273	.800	3.4	2.1	1.6	0.8	1.4	9.2
2015	New York	6	6	32.7	.359	.379	.750	2.8	3.0	1.2	0.3	1.8	13.2
2016	New York	1	0	17.0	.500	.667	1.000	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
2017	New York	1	1	35.0	.444	.286	1.000	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	12.0
2019	Las Vegas	3	0	1.7	.333	–	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
2020^†	Seattle	5	0	13.0	.471	.364	.833	0.8	2.2	1.0	0.0	0.4	5.0
2021	Seattle	1	0	9.0	.000	.000	–	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
2022	Seattle	6	0	5.0	.200	.000	–	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3
Career	9 years, 4 teams	34	18	20.3	.339	.319	.842	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.9	7.2

College

Source[12]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006–07	Rutgers	36	439	43.2	36.8	79.9	4.1	2.8	2.5	0.3	12.2
2007–08	Rutgers	34	469	45.2	35.5	74.4	5.2	2.8	2.5	0.3	13.8
2008–09	Rutgers	33	644	41.7	31.1	80.6	4.9	2.8	2.6	0.3	19.5
Career	Rutgers	103	1552	43.2	34.2	78.8	4.7	2.8	2.5	0.3	15.1

Awards and honors

• The Daily News Player of the Year (2004)
• Student Sports Sophomore of the Year (2004)
• USA Today All-USA
  • Second Team (2006)
• Parade Magazine All-American
  • First Team (2006)
  • Second Team (2005)
• Street & Smith’s All-American
  • First Team (2006)
  • First Team (2005)

See also

• List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game

References

1. "Look out, Kobe: NYC girl scores 113 in HS game". ESPN. February 2, 2006. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
3. "Epiphanny Prince signs with agent, formally ending career at Rutgers". New Jersey On-Line LLC. August 6, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
4. Bishop, Greg (December 1, 2009). "Ex-Rutgers Guard Seeks Overseas Path to W.N.B.A." The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
5. "Epiphanny Prince Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring'de!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
6. "Teşekkürler!". Galatasaray S.K. July 6, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
7. "LIBERTY: Liberty Acquire Epiphanny Prince in Trade". Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
8. "Aces Sign Two-Time All-Star Guard Epiphanny Prince". wnba.com. WNBA. August 28, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
9. "Epiphanny Prince stats". WNBA.com. September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
10. "Epiphanny Prince won't play in Euros". ESPN.com. June 4, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
11. "Russia's loss a win for Sky - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. June 17, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
12. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 18, 2015.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com  and Basketball Reference 
• Rutgers Scarlet Knights bio at the Wayback Machine (archived January 20, 2008)
• A Funeral For Sportsmanship Archived June 28, 2017, at the Wayback Machine