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{{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) The Amateur Association Basket Alcamo is the main female
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team from
Alcamo Alcamo (; scn, Àrcamu, italic=no) is the fourth-largest town and commune of the Province of Trapani, Sicily, with a population of 44.925 inhabitants. It is on the borderline with the Metropolitan City of Palermo at a distance of about 50 kilo ...
. The team plays at the stadium Palazzetto Tre Santi and the uniform is white and blue.


History

Previously Known as ''Sport Club Alcamo'', the team played in
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1 already in 1996. Numerous notable athletes played for this team, including
Angela Aycock Angela Lynette Aycock (born February 28, 1973), later known as Sister Paula, is an American former professional basketball player. She played for two seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) before retiring to a monastic life ...
, Cynthia Cooper,
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, Francesca Zara and Susanna Stabile. In 1996 the Sport Club Alcamo reaches the final of the
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.


Stadium

The team plays at the PalaTreSanti''. Built in 1990, it holds 1000 spectators. In the past hosted Universiades matches and in 2009 hosted many Basketball Trapani matches.


Notable players

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Angela Aycock Angela Lynette Aycock (born February 28, 1973), later known as Sister Paula, is an American former professional basketball player. She played for two seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) before retiring to a monastic life ...
* Cynthia Cooper *
Lisa Leslie Lisa Deshaun Leslie (born July 7, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. She is currently the head coach for Triplets in the BIG3 professional basketball league, as well as a studio analyst for Orlando Magic broadcasts on F ...
*
Tari Phillips Tari L. Phillips (born March 6, 1969) is an American professional women's basketball player. She currently plays with Acer ERG Priolo, an Italian A1 team based in Priolo Gargallo, Sicily. Her cousin Tayyiba Haneef-Park plays for USA Volleyball ...
* Francesca Zara * Susanna Stabile * Diāna Skrastiņa * Roli-Ann Nikagbatse * Karolina Piotrkiewicz * Zsuzsa Tarnai * Andra Simina Mandache * Anna Caliendo Women's basketball teams in Italy