Arica Carter
Personal information
Born (1996-07-19) 19 July 1996
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight143 lb (65 kg)
Career information
High schoolLong Beach Poly
(Long Beach, California)
CollegeLouisville (2014–2019)
WNBA draft2019: 3rd round, 32nd overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2019–present
PositionShooting guard
Number23
Career history
2019Phoenix Mercury
2019–2020Nissan CB Al-Qázeres Extremadura
2020–2022Movistar Estudiantes
2022Astros de Jalisco
2022–2023Panathinaikos
Career highlights and awards
  • LNBPF Finals MVP (2022)
  • Spanish league best forward of year (2021-22)
Stats at WNBA.com

Arica Derris Carter (born July 19, 1996) is an American professional women's basketball player for Perfumerias Avenidas in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto and, previously, was in Panathinaikos before os that she won the championship in Mexico after stints with teams in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto and Phoenix Mercury of the United States's Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Early life

Carter was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents Derrick Moses and Fern Carter and has six sisters and one brother. She played basketball at Long Beach Poly and was the first player from that school to be drafted and/or play in the WNBA.[1] She later described her mother and sister as role models because "they are three strong women who keep pushing through no matter what the circumstances are".[2]

Carter was a key member of the Long Beach Poly girls basketball team and won tournament MVP by, among the other tournament success, recording 12 points and eight steals in the final of the 2012 Inglewood City of Champions Elite Division.[3] This was followed up with being chosen as Dream Team Player of the Year in 2013, averaging over 11 points per game,[4] as Long Beach Poly won the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division 1 championship in a 46–28 win over Berkley including 11 points from Carter.[5] She averaged 10.5 points, 5.1 steals and 4.3 rebounds in her final 2014 season to win her second CIF championship with the Long Beach Jackrabbits; this time finishing champions in the Open Division[6][7] with Carter scoring five in the 70–52 victory over Salesian.

Long Beach Poly's coach Carl Buggs said of Carter that ""She has a complete game, She has the ability to score, to score in crunch time, to make an assist, and she plays great defense"[4] and that she chose to attend Louisville after high school because she saw that the players there practised hard - even when the coach was not watching them; he added that "it made me happy to be reminded that there are still players like that. She really cares about winning and about the game."[8]

College career

Carter, known as "AC",[9] played four years, including three as a starter, at Louisville for the Cardinals while studying for a degree in psychology.[2] She did not start in her freshman year, but played in 34 games and had a season that she later described as "a little rough" shooting zero for 15 from three point range. Her coach said that in that season she "couldn't hit the broad side of a barn."[9] She commented that her response to the first season was to spend more time practicing shooting in the gym and that resulted in shooting percentages of nearly 40 percent at 3-point range and 30 minutes per game in later years.[9] Carter did not play in the 2016–17 season due to a hernia, and took a medical redshirt that year, allowing her to be eligible for both the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. During this season, Carter and the Cardinals would win the ACC Tournament. Carter also participated in three NCAA Tournaments during her time at Louisville.[10][11]

In her college career she was known for her team leadership, mentoring of fellow players (including star guard Asia Durr) and quiet, unflashy but effective scoring and point-management in her role as point guard. Her coach Jeff Walz said that Carter was "just a heady, smart basketball player. AC, she just grinds it out"[9]

Louisville statistics

Source[12]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014-15 Louisville 34 83 33.3% 0.0% 58.6% 1.8 1.5 0.9 0.2 2.4
2015-16 Louisville 34 138 39.7% 41.0% 66.7% 2.3 2.6 1.2 0.3 4.1
2016-17 Louisville Medical redshirt year
2017-18 Louisville 38 287 44.4% 38.6% 78.6% 2.9 4.0 1.4 0.2 7.6
2018-19 Louisville 34 290 38.3% 37.5% 73.5% 3.1 2.9 1.0 0.5 8.5
Career 140 798 39.9% 36.7% 69.5% 2.5 2.8 1.1 0.3 5.7

Career

WNBA

Carter was selected as the thirty second overall pick of the 2019 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury.[13] After making the final roster with the Mercury, Carter would play under head coach Sandy Brondello and alongside the likes of Brittney Griner, DeWanna Bonner and Diana Taurasi. Carter played in the Mercury's first two games, totaling eight minutes of play. Carter was then waived to make room for Leilani Mitchell on June 1, 2019.[14] Carter would be picked back up by the Mercury in August on a seven-day contract but left to make way for the return of Diana Taurasi.[15][16][17]

WNBA statistics

Source[18]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019 Phoenix 6 0 4.0 .200 .000 – 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.3

Spanish league

After a year's absence Carter joined Nissan CB Al-Qázeres Extremadura in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto for the 2019–20 season and moved to Moviestar Estudiantes in the same league for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 season.[19] In her second season at Estudiantes, they qualified for the 2021–22 EuroCup but were eliminated in play-off round 1 to Flammes Carolo Basket of Belgium by only three points in a two-leg match.[20] Carter was voted best forward of the 2021–22 season of the Endesa Women's League and that year posted her career high 26 points and 8 assists in separate matches.[21][22]

Mexican league

At the conclusion of the 2021–22 season in Spain, Carter switched to Mexican club Astros de Jalisco in the first season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Femenil (LNBPF)[23][24] where she was chosen as MVP of the grand final series for her contribution in winning the Mexican championship for the Astros. They were losing the final series 2-3 when they travelled to the home court of opponents Adelitas of Chihuahua but won the final two games to clinch the championship. Astros were 20 points behind the second last match but Carter posted 31 points and six assists to square the series with a 73–67 victory.[25] Carter took 23 points and 7 assists in her 37 minutes on the court in the final championship match to win the title by 69 points to 64.[26][27]

Spanish and Mexican statistics

Competition Club G Min Pts 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO RNK
2019-20 Liga Femenina Endesa[28] Nissan CB Al-Qázeres Extremadura 22 614 203 34-108 37-106 24-36 11 52 63 35 24 48 95
2020-21[28] Liga Femenina Endesa Movistar Estudiantes 33 904 400 93-202 52-160 58-65 13 79 92 68 44 48 343
2021–22 Eurocup[29] Movistar Estudiantes 6 161 89 25-41 9-32 12-13 4 25 29 21 11 1 4 8 85
2021-22 Liga Femenina Endesa[29] Movistar Estudiantes 25 781 346 77-177 49-134 45-61 16 64 80 77 55 4 31 54 306
2022 Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Femenil (LNBPF)[30] Astros de Jalisco 24 697 353 78-158 50-133 47-61 17 60 77 85 35 1 33 46 296

Greek League

On June 29, 2022, she was announced by the Greek club Panathinaikos.[31]

Club honors

Panathinaikos

References

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  2. 1 2 uoflnews (2019-03-27). "UofL's Arica Carter: From free throws to Freud | UofL News". UofLNews. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  3. ↑ "GIRLS BASKETBALL: Long Beach Poly crushes St. Bernard in Inglewood tourney final". Pasadena Star News. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  4. 1 2 "FEATURE: Poly's Arica Carter Helps "Stretch" Rabbits' Season". Press Telegram. 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  5. ↑ "California Interscholastic Federation" (PDF). cifstate.org. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  6. ↑ Galluzzo, Steve (2014-03-29). "Long Beach Poly girls win first state basketball title in Open Division". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  7. ↑ "Long Beach Press-Telegram Girls Basketball Dream Team 2013-2014". Press Telegram. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  8. ↑ "'Old school' Arica Carter leading Poly girls basketball into state". Press Telegram. 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Lerner, Danielle. "A coach at heart, point guard Arica Carter doesn't need a spotlight to lead Louisville". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
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  11. ↑ "Arica Carter". wnba.com. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  12. ↑ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  13. ↑ Lerner, Danielle (April 10, 2019). "Louisville's Arica Carter, Sam Fuehring drafted in WNBA third round". courier-journal.com. USA Today. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  14. ↑ Metcalfe, Jeff (June 1, 2019). "Phoenix Mercury waive Arica Carter, perhaps clearing way for Leilani Mitchell to return". azcentral.com. USA Today. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
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  16. ↑ "Arica Carter, jugadora del Nissan CB Al-Qázeres, disputará la WNBA con Phoenix Mercury". FEB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-14.
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  20. ↑ "Movistar Estudiantes at the EuroCup Women". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
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  24. ↑ "Astros de Jalisco basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-latinbasket". Eurobasket. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  25. ↑ "Astros Femenil achieves epic comeback over Adelitas". Archysport. 2022-07-16. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  26. ↑ "Astros Femenil campeonas de la LNBP" (in Spanish). 2022-07-21. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  27. ↑ "¡Campeonas! Astros de Jalisco Femenil se coronan en la LNBP tras dramático juego". Esto (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  28. 1 2 "Competiciones FEB". baloncestoenvivo.feb.es. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
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  31. ↑ ""Πράσινη" η Κάρτερ!" (in Greek). Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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