Baden signs Antoinette Thompson, ex Penza

- October 26, 2023

POSTED BY: Luca Maffioli

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Antoinette Thompson

Antoinette Thompson

Baden Basket 54 (SBL) signed 33-year old American guard Antoinette Thompson (170cm-1990, college: TCU). Thompson played most recently at Penza in Kosovan Superliga, but left the team in Dec.'22. In 10 games she had very impressive stats: 19.5ppg, 6.8rpg, 3.7apg and 2.3spg last season. She also played 4 games in Liga Unike where she recorded also remarkable stats: 20.3ppg, 6.3rpg, 4.0apg and 1.3spg.
The previous (2021-22) season she played at Saarlouis Royals in German DBBL. In 5 games she averaged 11.0ppg, 3.6rpg, 1.6apg and 1.6spg in that year.
Thompson is quite experienced player. She has played in nine different countries on three different continents (Europe, Latin America and of course North America). Thompson has played previously professionally in Bosnia (Banovici), Puerto Rico (Moca), Romania (Targoviste, Timisoara and Targu Mures), Serbia (ZKK Spartak Subotica), Sweden (IK Eos), Czech Republic (Ostrava), WMLBA (Lightning), Ecuador (Leones) and WBDA (Atlanta M.).
The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others her team made it to the Puerto Rican BSNF Semifinals in 2019. She was voted to Eurobasket.com All-Swedish Damligan Honorable Mention back in 2017.
Thompson is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league on the market.
She graduated from Texas Christian University in 2012 and it will be her twelfth (!!!) season as a professional player.