Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...
) is a Romanian professional
women's basketball
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player who plays for the Turkey club
Ä°zmit Belediyespor
Ä°zmit Belediyespor is a Turkish women's basketball club based in Ä°zmit, Turkey. The club was founded in 1995 and currently competing in the Women's Basketball Super League.
History
The club was invited to the Super League in 2018 after the Ya ...
.
College career
Mărginean was a two-sport athlete at
Drexel University
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and led the NCAA in made free throws in her sophomore season. Her 2,581 career points while at Drexel makes her Philadelphia's highest scoring women's basketball player. This point total also med her the highest scoring athlete in the history of the CAA until 2013, when she was surpassed by
Elena Delle Donne
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.
While playing for the
Drexel Dragons
The Drexel Dragons are the athletic teams of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school's athletic program includes eighteen NCAA Division I sports including nine men's and nine women's teams, with most sports teams competing in ...
women's basketball team Mărginean played in 125 games and averaged 20.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Marginean led Drexel to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2009.
Statistic
Awards and honors
*2010 All- CAA First Team
*2009 PSWA Outstanding Amateur Athlete
*2009 CAA Player of the Year
*2009 All-CAA First Team
*2009 Dean Ehlers Leadership Award
*2009 CAA Tournament MVP
*2009 University of Colorado Coors Classic All-Tournament Team
*2009 CAA Preseason Player of the Year
*2008 All-CAA First Team
*2007 All-CAA Third Team
*2007 CAA Rookie of the Year
Professional career
WNBA
Mărginean was drafted to the
Minnesota Lynx
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, the 26th pick of the
2010 WNBA draft
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. In May the Lynx activated
Rebekkah Brunson
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and Mărginean was waived from the roster. She is the second
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
Florina Pașcalău
Florina Paşcalău (born January 19, 1982, in Cluj-Napoca) is a Romanian professional female basketball player who plays for the Romanian club CSM Târgovişte
CSM may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Cantigas de Santa Maria'', a collecti ...
who was the player of
Seattle Storm
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in 2008.
Europe
Later she played for
Panathinaikos Athens
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of ...
. Her stats read 17.3 points, 7.6 boards, 2.2 steals and 1.5 assists per game. Eurobasket.com named her ''All-Greek League Bosman Player of the Year''.
Gabriela Mărginean joined Arras Pays d'Artois in the summer of 2010. She appeared 26 times in
averaging 12.3 points and 3.6 rebounds. She managed to win in the 2012 French Cup handing a 58–64 loss to
Bourges
Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...
to take the trophy. Mărginean was one of the best Arras players in the final. She scored 11 points and pulled down 6 rebounds for 35 minutes on the court. Thanks to this victory Arras also booked a spot for the
EuroLeague Women 2012–13
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season. In EuroCup, Marginean added 16.9 ppg and 4.8 rpg for 10 games.
On July 7, 2012, it was reported that the Romanian champions
CSM Târgovişte
CSM may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Cantigas de Santa Maria'', a collection of medieval Galician-Portuguese vernacular songs and poems in praise of the Virgin Mary
* Chaos Space Marines, in the ''Warhammer 40,000'' fictional universe
* C ...
have signed Gabriela Mărginean.
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
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2010
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Minnesota
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