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Karlene Kingi

NZ Tall Fern centre Karlene Kingi (Photosport)

NZ Tall Fern centre Karlene Kingi (Photosport)

Teams: Harbour Breeze & Christchurch Sirens (Australia)

Position: Centre

Born: October 31, 1985

Height: 1.88m

Kingi helped Tonga to fourth place at the 2003 Oceania Games and the following year, was a member of the Avondale College team that won the NZ Secondary Schools title in 2004.

She debuted for the Tall Ferns in Japan in 2007 and was selected after several outstanding performances for Harbour in the Womenís Basketball League.

Kingi has signed with the Christchurch Sirens for their debut season in the Australian WNBL.

International Statistics

Year Series G FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% PTS PPG REB RPG AST APG STL SPG BLK BPG
2007 FIBA Oceania Championships 2 10 12 83.3 - 1 0.0 20 10.0 9 4.5 1 0.5 - - 1 0.5
2007 William Jones Cup (Taiwan) 3 - - - - - - - - 1 0.3 1 0.3 1 0.33 - -
2007 NZ in China 4 4 10 40.0 2 3 66.7 10 2.5 10 2.50 - - 2 0.50 1 0.25
2007 NZ in Japan 1 1 5 20.0 1 2 50.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 - - - - 2 2.00
Total 10 15 27 55.6 3 6 50.0 33 3.3 21 2.1 2 0.2 3 0.30 4 0.40

International Debut

2007

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