Chika Maree Emeagi (born 4 January 1979) is a retired Australian women's

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player, who represented the country at both junior and senior levels.FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women
Player Profile: Chika Emeagi
Retrieved 2015-01-24.

Biography

Emeagi commenced playing in the

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(WNBL) in 1995. Since then, Emeagi has played for the

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(1995/96),

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(1997 to 1998/99) and

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(1999/00), totalling 107 games. Emeagi stopped playing basketball in Australia following the 1999/00 season, at the age of 21, deciding instead to play in

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. In season 1995, Emeagi won the

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for the most outstanding first year player. She was described as an exciting and talented player. At official

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events, Emeagi played for Australia at the 1997 World Championship for Junior Women, where she won a

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. At that tournament, Emeagi led the scoring for

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with 105 points at an average of 15.0 points per game, outscoring teammate

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with 100 points at 14.3.FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women
Player Leader Statistics
Retrieved 2015-01-24.

References

Living people Australian women's basketball players 1979 births Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players Forwards (basketball) 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women People from Box Hill, Victoria Basketball players from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (state) {{Australia-basketball-bio-stub