Lucila Pascua
Lucila Pascua in a game with CB Conquero
No. 13 – AE Sedis Bàsquet
PositionCenter
LeagueLiga Femenina
Personal information
Born (1983-03-21) March 21, 1983
Ripollet, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career information
Playing career2001–present
Career history
2001–2005Mann Filter Zaragoza
2005–2009CB San José León
2009–2011Mann Filter Zaragoza
2011–2013Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca
2013–2014ŽKK Novi Zagreb
2013–2014PINKK-Pécsi 424
2014–2016CB Conquero
2016–2018Mann-Filter
2018–2019Lointek Gernika Bizkaia
2019-presentAE Sedis Bàsquet
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2014 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place2010 Czech Republic
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place2007 Italy
Bronze medal – third place2003 Greece
Bronze medal – third place2005 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place2009 Latvia
Bronze medal – third place2015 Hungary/Romania

María Lucila Pascua Suárez (born 21 March 1983) is a Spanish basketball center.[1]

She is a member of the Spain women's national basketball team at the Olympic Games of Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, and Rio 2016, achieving a silver medal in the latter. She is amongst the few players of Spain with more than 200 caps,[2][3] and shares with Amaya Valdemoro and Laia Palau, the distinction of representing Spain in 4 FIBA World Championship for Women where Spain won silver and bronze medals.

Having played most of her career in several professional teams[4] in Spain, she signed with ŽKK Novi Zagreb at the beginning of season 2013–2014. At the middle of the season she was released[5] and moved to PINKK-Pécsi 424 with whom she won the Hungarian League. She returned to Spain to play for CB Conquero during season 2014–2015. Since February 2019 she is at AE Sedis Bàsquet.

Club career

Pascua started playing at age 9, at home club in Ripollet, and continued her formation at CN Sabadell. She then joined Segle XXI, a project of the Catalan Federation for young prospects. She made her debut in the Spanish League with Mann Filter at 18. In the following four years, she was chosen as Best Center in the 2002-03 league, participated in the 2003-04 Eurocup Women and was Spanish Cup runner-up in 2005. She spent the next four seasons at CB San José, participating in the Eurocup Women and again Spanish Cup runner-up in 2008. After two more years at Mann Filter, she signed for the 2010-11 Euroleague champions Perfumerías Avenida, where she went to win the 2012 Cup and the 2013 League.

She spent the 2013–14 season abroad, first at Croatian team ZKK Novi Zagreb and then at Hungarian team PINKK-Pécsi 424, winning the Hungarian League. Back in Spain, she spent two seasons at CB Conquero, winning the 2016 Spanish Cup. Two days after winning the Cup, she was released by the club,[6] looking to get more playtime for the incoming 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. She ended the season at Mann Filter, thus starting her third stint at Zaragoza. In November 2016, she became the League's all-time top rebounder[7] with 2,510 rebounds, surpassing Érika de Souza.

National team

She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 18. She has played with the senior team since 2001. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 244 caps and 3.7 PPG.[8] She participated in three Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016), four World Championships and six European Championships:

References

  1. ↑ Profile in Eurobasket.com
  2. ↑ List of Spanish National Team appearances in FEB.es
  3. ↑ Pascua y Domínguez homenajeadas (Spanish language)
  4. ↑ Career stats in Liga Femenina
  5. ↑ "PINKK Pecsi 424 signs Lucila Pascua, releases Janka Mincikova | Love Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-17. PINKK Pecsi 424 signs Lucila Pascua
  6. ↑ "Acuerdo de rescisión del contrato con Lucila Pascua". Club Baloncesto Conquero (in European Spanish). 2016-02-09. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  7. ↑ "Luci Pascua amplía su leyenda y se convierte en la máxima reboteadora". ligafemenina.es. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  8. ↑ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.