| WNBA's Tulsa Shock – No. 8 | |
| Center | |
| Born | August 18, 1991 London, England |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| College | Padua College, Mornington |
| Draft | 2nd overall, 2011 Tulsa Shock |
| Profile | WNBA Info Page |
| WNBA Teams | |
| Tulsa Shock (2011-present) | |
| Overseas Teams | |
| Dandenong Rangers (2007) Australian Institute of Sport (2007-2008) Bulleen Boomers (2009-present) |
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| Awards and Honors | |
| 1× WNBL Most Valuable Player (2011) 2× WNBL All-Star Five (2010, 2011) 1× WNBL Champion (2011) 1× WNBA All-Star (2011) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2011) |
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Elizabeth "Liz" Cambage (born 18 August 1991[1]) is an Australian basketball player who plays for the Bulleen Boomers[2] of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball team.
Cambage was born in London to a Nigerian father and Australian mother. Her parents separated when Cambage was three months old and Cambage moved to Australia with her mother. First settling in Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, the family then moved to Melbourne and later the Mornington Peninsula.[3]
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Cambage played her junior basketball with Dandenong Rangers, joining their WNBL team for the 2007-08 season. In 2007, she accepted a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and played for the AIS WNBL team, based in Canberra, for the remainder for the 2007-08 season and the following season.[4]
In 2009-10 Cambage returned to Melbourne to play with the Bulleen Boomers and in her first season with the club made the WNBL all-star five.[4] During the 2009-10 Season, Cambage scored a career-high 36 points against her old team, the Dandenong Rangers, on national television.
Cambage was the MVP for the 2010–11 WNBL season in a season where the Bulleen Boomers won the WNBL championship for the first time in the club's history.[5]
Cambage was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft (2nd overall) by the Tulsa Shock.[6] In March 2011, Cambage expressed a reluctance to play for the Shock, stating "I don't want to play at Tulsa, I've made that clear. They want to make me a franchise player, but I'm not going to the WNBA for that. I'm going there to learn and improve my game. But what can you do?".[7] Cambage later stated that this was a misinterpretation and that she was happy to play with the Shock and that she couldn't wait to get to Oklahoma.
Cambage made her debut against the San Antonio Silver Stars at the AT&T Center on June 3, 2011. She appeared calm in the early stages, scoring two quick jumpshots to give Tulsa an 8-5 lead, which they held for only 5 minutes. She was dominant on the boards and in defense, altering many shots. Cambage also was a force on offense, going to the free-throw line six times in the third quarter. She ended the game with a team-high 18 points and game-high 10 rebounds, shooting 3-10 from the field and making 12 of her 14 free-throw attempts, including ten in a row. Tulsa lost 92-72 in front of 12,406 people in San Antonio.
In her rookie season, Cambage was named to the Western Conference All-Star Team as an injury replacement for Candace Parker for the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game in San Antonio. After coming of the bench, Cambage scored 13 points, all in the first half, while grabbing four rebounds, two steals and a block, in only 12 minutes of game time. She also made seven-of-eight from the free-throw line.
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| 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 high | League leader | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 2011 | Tulsa | 33 | 11 | 20.0 | .511 | .000 | .794 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.39 | 11.5 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 33 | 11 | 20.0 | .511 | .000 | .794 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.39 | 11.5 |
The 6'8 center has been filmed dunking during a feature on herself on an Australian television channel news program but has yet to actually dunk in a WNBL or WNBA game. During the 2011 WNBL Grand Final, Cambage was open for a fastbreak score and looked as though she would dunk, but instead was fouled by Canberra's Jessica Bibby.
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