UNCASVILLE, Conn. (February 13, 2009) - The Connecticut Sun announced Friday it has signed Latvian star Anete Jekabsone-Zogota to a training camp contract. As per team policy, no terms were released.
"We're really excited to sign her, although she won't be here until the last week of June because of the European Championships," Sun coach Mike Thibault said. "We feel she will make an impact when she comes."
Averaging a team-high 15.9 points per game for defending FIBA EuroCup champion Moscow Dynamo this season, the 25-year-old Jekabsone-Zogota is 22-of-44 from three-point range in 10 EuroCup games.
The FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year in 2007 and the FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year in 2005, Jekabsone-Zogota helped Moscow Dynamo win the EuroCup title last year, averaging 20 points per game in the finals. She is the daughter of former Latvian men's basketball star Andris Jekabsone.
"She's one of the best young shooters in all of Europe, and she is the captain of her Olympic team" Thibault said of Jekabsone-Zogota, who averaged 15.8 points for Latvia during the Summer Games in Beijing. "When we finished last season, we said we needed to add a great shooter to our team, we feel like she can do that. This is a big off-season signing for us."
The Connecticut Sun tip off its seventh season at Mohegan Sun Arena on June 6th with a 4 p.m. game against the Washington Mystics. Season tickets and mini-plans are on sale now and can be reserved by calling a Sun Ticket Representative at 1.877.SUN.TIXX (786-8499) or by visiting www.connecticutsun.com.
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