ABA Alumni of the Week: Phillipina Kyei

Mar. 24, 2025

University of Oregon women’s basketball student-athlete Phillipina Kyei has been named the Alberta Basketball Association (ABA) Alumni of the Week for March 17-23.

Over two games in the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball Tournament, the senior center averaged 10.5 points, 11 rebounds and 1.5 blocks.

Big bucket by Kyei!

📺: @espn x @OregonWBB pic.twitter.com/K2GCkfO5QQ
— Big Ten Women's Basketball (@B1Gwbball) March 23, 2025

In the first round, on March 21, Kyei recorded 7 points and 9 rebounds to help the Ducks defeat Vanderbilt 77-73 in overtime for their first NCAA Tournament win in four years. She then racked up 14 points and 13 boards in the second round, as the Ducks came up just short against Duke by a score of 59-53 on March 23.

A native of Calgary, Kyei represented her province at the 15U Canada Basketball National Championships in 2018, and helped Team Alberta win silver at the 17U Canada Baksetball Championships in 2019.

Previous alumni of the week:

March 10 - March 16: Maya Flindall

March 3 - March 9: Morgan Harris

Feb. 24 - March 2: Pelumi Ajayi

Feb. 17 - Feb. 23: Tea DeMong

Feb. 10 - Feb. 16: Kyra Collier

Feb. 3 - Feb. 9: Raya Hafez

Jan. 27 - Feb. 2: Geoffrey James

Jan. 20 - Jan. 26: Reece Hall

Jan. 13 - Jan. 19: Nate Petrone

Jan. 6 - Jan. 12: Myriam Kone

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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