ABA Alumni of the Week: Myriam Kone

Jan. 13, 2025

University of Calgary women’s basketball third-year guard Myriam Kone has been named the Alberta Basketball Association (ABA) Alumni of the Week for Jan. 6 - 12.

Kone helped the Dinos to a pair of road victories at the University of Winnipeg. On Jan. 10, she led all players with 22 points, eight rebounds and five steals as Calgary defeated the Wesmen 66-48. Kone then chipped in with 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field while pulling down eight rebounds in a 76-44 win for the Dinos on Jan. 11.

🦖🏀RECAP

Myriam Kone poured in 22 points as the Dinos opened the second semester with a solid road win.#GoDinos https://t.co/k3h1Ubhwh7
— UCalgary Dinos Women's Basketball 🏀 (@DinosWBB) January 11, 2025

Through the first 10 games of the Canada West season, Kone is scoring a team-high 16.8 points per game, while averaging 5.1 rebounds and 3.1 steals.

A native of Edmonton, Kone played for Team Alberta at the 2019 Canada Basketball 15U Girls National Championships.

Previous alumni of the week:

Dec. 30 - Jan. 5: Caelum Swanton-Rodger

Dec. 23 - Dec. 29: Yvonne Ejim

Dec. 16 - Dec. 22: Delaney Gibb

Dec. 9 - Dec.15: Katherine Plouffe

Dec. 2 - Dec. 8: Bubu Benjamin

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