Tully Bevilaqua

Information about the player
Australia Tully Bevilaqua
Full name	Tully Louise Bevilaqua
birthday	July 19, 1972
place of birth	Merredin , AustraliaAustralia
size	170 cm
WNBA Draft	- (not drafted)
Clubs as active
1991-2000	Australia Perth Breakers
2000-2001	Germany DJK Wildcats Aschaffenburg
2001-2003	Hungary Gysev Sopron
2003-2004	Australia Perth Lynx
2004-2008	Australia Canberra Capitals
2010-2011	Australia West Coast Waves
WNBA clubs as active
1998	United States Cleveland Rockers
2000-2002	United States Portland Fire
2003-2004	United States Seattle Storm
2005-2010	United States Indiana Fever
2011–2012	United States San Antonio Silver Stars
¹ As of March 6, 2017

Tully Bevilaqua (born July 19, 1972 in Merredin , Australia ) is a former Australian basketball player . Most recently she played for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association in 2012 .

Career

Australia (Women's National Basketball League)

Tully Bevilaqua began her professional basketball career in 1991 with the Perth Breakers in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). From 1998 she played in the American WNBA during the summer break. After ten years in the WNBL, she switched to team in Europe for a few years. From the 2003/04 season onwards she played again for different teams in her native country between the WNBA seasons. Her last season in Australia was 2011/2012 for the West Coast Waves .

Women's National Basketball Association

Bevilaqua only moved to the Cleveland Rockers in the WNBA at the age of 25 for the 1998 season , without being drafted by a team. After she was not active in the WNBA in 1999, she moved to the newly formed team of the Portland Fire before the 2000 season , where she played until 2002 and was regularly in the starting lineup. Before the 2003 season, Bevilaqua moved to the Seattle Storm , where she fulfilled her contract until 2004. In Seattle she was no longer part of the team's starting line-up, but was regularly used as a substitute. In 2004 she won the WNBA championship with the Storm team. From 2005 she played for the Indiana Fever . There she is regularly part of the starting line-up. Bevilaqua's last team in the WNBA were the San Antonio Silver Stars . After she was regularly in the starting lineup there in the 2011 season , she was only used as a substitute in 2012 and her playing time was significantly reduced. During that season, Bevilaqua declared the end of her basketball career at the end of the season.

During her time in the United States, she played 426 regular season games in 14 WNBA seasons, starting 297 times and scoring 1768 points, 768 rebounds and 854 assists. In 39 playoff games (28 of them in the starting line-up) she scored 199 points, 85 rebounds and 77 assists.

Europe

During the WNBA season break, Bevilaqua, like many WNBA players, plays several seasons in Europe. From 2000 to 2003 she was on the field for teams from Germany and Hungary. Most recently she played for the Hungarian club Gysev Sopron in the 2002/03 season .

National team

At the 2006 World Cup , she won the title with the Australian team. In 2008 she took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and won the silver medal with the women's team. At the 2010 World Cup she finished with the Australian team only in fifth place.

Individual evidence

^ Former Jayco Opal Bevilaqua retires. Basketball Australia, accessed March 6, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Bevilaqua, Tully
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 19, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Merredin , Australia

[1] Former Jayco Opal Bevilaqua retires. Basketball Australia, accessed March 6, 2017 .