July 21, 2016
Former Duquesne women's basketball forward Wumi Agunbiade has signed with TSV Wasserburg of the German Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga League. The team is located in Wasserburg which is 275 miles southeast of Frankfurt.
Agunbiade spent the 2015-16 season with Umbertide of the Liga Feminine in Italy. She averaged 11.5ppg and 6.5rpg and recorded three double-doubles. She scored a season-high 22 points in Umbertide's 78-73 win over Orvieto.
In her first season overseas, Agunbiade led Romania's Alba Iulia to a 20-6 regular season record (22-10 overall) and a fourth place finish in the 14-team league, including a berth in the finals of the Romanian Cup. She was second on team with 15.3 points per game and 7.9 rebounds per game while shooting 46.8 percent from the floor.
She recorded 10 total double-doubles, including a career-high 33 points and tied a career-high with 14 rebounds in 83-61 win over CS Nova Vita on November 19, 2014.
Agunbiade, who finished her career as Duquesne's second all-time leading scorer with 1,776 points, is the only player in Duquesne history to score 1,700 points and record 900 rebounds. She led the Class of 2014 to 88 wins, which is tied for best all-time. She finished her career with 919 rebounds which is third-best all-time. She amassed 21 20+-points games, including a career-high 32 at North Dakota State during the 2011-12 season. She had 21 10+-rebound games, which included her career-high 16 at Ohio also during the 2011-12 season. Agunbiade recorded 25 career double-doubles. Of her 130 career games played, she started 128.
FORMER PLAYERS THAT HAVE PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY UNDER DAN BURT Vanessa Abel - GiroLive Panthers (Germany), 08 Stockholm in the Damligan League (Sweden), Alba Iulia (Romania)
Wumi Agunbiade - CSU Alba Iulia (Romania), Umbertide (Italy),
TSV Wasserburg (Germany) Jocelyn Floyd - New Basket Oberhausen 92 (Germany)
Alex Gensler - ZTE NKK (Hungary)
Jose-Ann Johnson - Visby Ladies (Sweden)
Kristi Little - PINKK-Pesci 424 (Hungary)
Raegan Moore - Huima (Finland)
Belma Nurkic - KFUM Östersund Basket (Sweden)
Orsi Szecsi - Aluinvent-DVTK Miskolc (Hungary)
Diana Voynova - Dunav Ruse 8806 (Bulgaria), Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), Northumbria (England)
Deva'Nyar Workman - Telge Basket (Sweden)