Carmen Virginia Tyson-Thomas (born January 10, 1991) is an American

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player. She won both the Slovenian and Chilean championship in 2014 and led the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna in scoring in

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and

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. In 2018, she won the

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with Ferroviario Maputo.

College

Tyson-Thomas played for Syracuse from 2009 to 2013, averaging 8.9 points in 136 games.

Syracuse statistics

Source

Professional career

Tyson-Thomas became a

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champion on April 16, 2014, with ZKK Athlete Celje after beating ZKK Triglav Kranj in the finals. In July 2014, Tyson-Thomas helped Los Leones Quilpe win the Chilean championship after scoring 38 points in the title clinching game. She joined

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of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna prior the 2014–2015 season. She helped Keflavík to the Basketball Cup final. She played the game despite a broken rib, but was unable to prevent a loss to

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. Keflavík also made it to the Úrvalsdeild finals but lost 0–3 to Snæfell. In December 2015, Tyson-Thomas signed with Njarðvík of the Icelandic Division I. In nine games, she averaged league leading 36.1 points and 17.8 rebounds. Despite her play, Njarðvík missed the playoffs. However, in June, 2016, the club was offered a vacant spot in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna due to Hamar's withdrawal from the league. Thomas started the season with stellar play and was named the best player of the first half of the season by the

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. Despite leading the league in scoring with 36.7 points per game, Njarðvík cut its ties with Tyson-Thomas in March, siding communication difficulties with her. Furthermore, Njarðvík's head coach, Agnar Gunnarsson, criticized her for belittling her teammates and claimed she thought she was bigger than the club. In turn, Tyson-Thomas denied the allegation and criticized the head coach for his words, saying that her teammates fought against her firing. In July 2017, Tyson-Thomas signed with Skallagrímur. After Skallagrímur was knocked out of the 2018 Úrvalsdeild playoffs, Tyson-Thomas signed with the

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of the Australian

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. She went on to lead the league in scoring and rebounds with 25.3 points and 14.3 rebounds per game and was named to the Premier League All Star Five. In November 2018, Tyson-Thomas signed with Ferroviario Maputo in

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. On November 25, she won the

with the club, scoring 20 points in Ferroviario's 59–56 victory against Inter Clube in the finals. She made the go-ahead three point shot with 42 seconds remaining, giving Ferroviario a 58–56 lead. She returned to the Eastern Mavericks for the 2019 season where she averaged league leading 27.6 points in 21 games. She was again named to the Premier League All Star Five while also being awarded the ''Halls Medal''. In 2020 she signed with the

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of the Premier League, which had been rebranded as

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. Before the start of the 2020 season, it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Australia.

Awards and accomplishments

Club honours

champion: 2014 *Chilean champion: 2014

Individual awards

All-Star: 2014 *

All-Star MVP: 2014 * Úrvalsdeild scoring champion:

* Icelandic D1 scoring champion: 2016 * Icelandic D1 rebounding champion: 2016