Mfon Sunday Udoka (born June 26, 1976 in Portland, Oregon, United States) is a Nigerian American women's basketball player with Tarbes Gespe Bigorre of France's Ligue Féminine de Basketball. Udoka graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland before attending DePaul University in Illinois. She is the sister of NBA player Ime Udoka.^[1]

[edit] 1998-2003

After leaving DePaul in 1998, the Nigerian American signed with the Detroit Shock of the WNBA. With Detroit, she appeared in three games. Udoka left the U.S. following the 1998 season, moving to Portugal for the 2000-01 season. In 2001, she returned to the U.S. with the Birmingham Power of the Women's National Basketball League. Following the end of the 2001 NWBL season, Udoka again left the U.S., moving to Israel, where she played briefly with Electra Ramat HaSharon before moving to China for the 2002 season. For the 2003 season, Udoka played with the Chicago Blaze, again of the WNBL.^[2]

[edit] 2003-2004

Taking several years away from the WNBA, Udoka returned in 2003 with the Houston Comets. With the Comets, she played in 25 games and started 3 of them, averaging 3.2 points per game in 10 minutes. Udoka signed with the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2004 WNBA season, but played in only 3 games.^[3]

[edit] 2004-Present

After leaving Los Angeles, Udoka moved to Spain then the Summer Olympics and then Russia. Since January 2007, Udoka has played with Tarbes Gespe Bigorre of France's Ligue Féminine de Basketball.^[4]

[edit] International competitions

Udoka led the Nigeria women's national basketball team to the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics, she was second in the tournament in scoring and first in rebounding but Nigeria finished 11th out of 12 teams. Udoka also led Nigeria at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women, where Nigeria finished in last (16th) place.

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