Wang Quanze (; born June 8, 2000), known as Michael Wang, is a Chinese
basketball player for the
Xinjiang Flying Tigers
The Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers () is a professional basketball team based in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. The team play its home games at the Hongshan Arena, which has a capacity for 3,800 spectators. The club joined the Chinese Basketball ...
of the
Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He was a member of the
China national under-19 team in 2018, and (while attending the
Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania) played
college basketball for the
University's team named the Quakers, which plays in the
Ivy League.
Early life
Wang was born in
Taiyuan
Taiyuan (; ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; also known as (), ()) is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. ...
,
Shanxi
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
, but spent part of his childhood in
Beijing, where he played basketball at
Beijing No. 4 Junior High School.
High school career
Wang moved to the United States at age 14.
He enrolled at
Mater Dei High School in
Santa Ana,
California and played power forward for the majority of his high school career.
While in high school, he lived with teammate
Spencer Freedman
Spencer Freedman (born June 24, 1998) is an American college basketball player for the Harvard Crimson of the Ivy League. He attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, where he was ranked among the top players in California. Freedm ...
's family.
After graduating from high school, Wang played in the
Amateur Athletic Union in the summer of 2018.
College career
In 2018, Wang enrolled in the
Wharton School at the
University of Pennsylvania.
During his freshman year with the
Quakers, Wang averaged 8.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
On December 4, 2018, Wang scored a career-high 23 points off the bench in an 89–75 upset win over
Miami. Wang missed the entirety of his sophomore season due to knee tendonitis.
National team career
Wang competed for the
China national under-19 basketball team
The China national under-19 basketball team is the national basketball team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Basketball Association.
It represents the country in international under-19 and under-18 (under age 1 ...
in the
2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship
The 2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship was the 25th edition of the Asian Championship for Junior Men aged 18 years old and below. The tournament was held in Nonthaburi, Thailand from August 5 to 11.
held off , 72−63, to win their first-e ...
.
During the tournament, he averaged 20 points, 13 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.3 steals per game en route to the team's third place finish.
He led the tournament in rebounds and was selected in the team of the tournament.
Career statistics
College
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2018–19
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Penn
, 26 , , 9 , , 18.1 , , .455 , , .310 , , .708 , , 3.6 , , 1.1 , , .5 , , .2 , , 8.5
, -
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2021–22
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Penn
, 8 , , 3 , , 14.9 , , .404 , , .118 , , .600 , , 2.1 , , 1.3 , , .1 , , .0 , , 6.4
References
External links
Penn Quakers bio
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2000 births
Living people
Basketball players from Shanxi
Chinese expatriate basketball people in the United States
Chinese men's basketball players
Guangzhou Loong Lions players
Penn Quakers men's basketball players
People from Taiyuan
Power forwards
Sportspeople from Santa Ana, California
Xinjiang Flying Tigers players