{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1988)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Epiphanny Prince | image = Epiphanny Prince 2022.jpg | caption = Prince with the Seattle Storm in 2022 | image_size = | league = WNBA | team = New York Liberty | position = Director of Player & Community Engagement | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lbs = 179 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|1|11}} | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | nationality = American / Russian | high_school = Murry Bergtraum<br/>(New York City, New York) | college = Rutgers (2006–2009) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_year = 2010 | draft_round = 1 | draft_pick = 4 | draft_team = Chicago Sky | career_start = 2009 | career_end = 2023 | career_position = | career_number = | years1 = 2009 | team1 = Spartak Moscow | years2 = 2009–2010 | team2 = Botaş Spor | years3 = {{WNBA Year|2010}}–{{WNBA Year|2014}} | team3 = Chicago Sky | years4 = 2011–2012 | team4 = Galatasaray | years5 = 2012–2020 | team5 = Dynamo Kursk | years6 = {{WNBA Year|2015}}–{{WNBA Year|2018}} | team6 = New York Liberty | years7 = {{WNBA Year|2019}} | team7 = Las Vegas Aces | years8 = {{WNBA Year|2020}}–{{WNBA Year|2022}} | team8 = Seattle Storm | years9 = 2021 | team9 = Galatasaray | years10 = 2021–2022 | team10 = Dynamo Kursk | years11 = 2022 | team11 = Hatayspor | years12 = 2022–2023 | team12 = Galatasaray | highlights = * WNBA Champion (2020) * 2× WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013) * All-WNBA Second Team ({{WNBA Year|2015}}) * Commissioner’s Cup champion (2021) * 2× Third-team All-American – AP (2008, 2009) * Big East Most Improved Player (2008) * 2× First-team All-Big East (2008, 2009) * Big East All-Freshman Team (2007) * McDonald's All-American (2006) | wnba_profile = epiphanny_prince | bbr_wnba = princep01w }} '''Epiphanny Prince''' (born January 11, 1988) is a Russian-American former professional basketball player.

She is best known for scoring 113 points for Murry Bergtraum in a high-school game in 2006, breaking a girls' national prep record previously held by Hall of Famer Cheryl Miller.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=2315990 |title=Look out, Kobe: NYC girl scores 113 in HS game |website=ESPN |date=February 2, 2006 |access-date=March 31, 2016}}</ref> She participated in the 2006 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and McD's High School All-America Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usabasketball.com/women/2006/06_wu18_trials_guide-1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608064049/http://www.usabasketball.com/women/2006/06_wu18_trials_guide-1.pdf |archive-date=June 8, 2011}}</ref>

==Career==

===Overseas=== In June 2009, Prince announced plans to leave Rutgers after only three years to play professional basketball in Europe for a year. According to ''The New York Times'', Prince was only 10 units from earning a degree in criminal justice and African-American studies and planned to complete her degree during the summer of 2009. Her announcement was not binding until she signed with an agent; in August, Prince signed with Wasserman Media Group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/rutgerswomen/index.ssf/2009/08/epiphanny_prince_signs_with_ag.html |title=Epiphanny Prince signs with agent, formally ending career at Rutgers |date=August 6, 2009 |publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC |access-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref> Prince initially joined Russian team Spartak Moscow, then Turkish team Botaş Spor, before the 2010 WNBA draft.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bishop |first1=Greg |title=Ex-Rutgers Guard Seeks Overseas Path to W.N.B.A. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/sports/ncaabasketball/02prince.html |access-date=April 19, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=December 1, 2009}}</ref>

In 2015, Prince moved to Dynamo Kursk in the European League. Their team won the 2017 Euroleague.

On December 31, 2022, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/basketbol/kadin-basketbol/epiphanny-prince-galatasaray-cagdas-faktoringde/52439/ |title=Epiphanny Prince Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring'de! |last= |first= |date=December 31, 2022 |website= |publisher=Galatasaray |language=tr |access-date=December 31, 2022}}</ref>

As of July 2023, her contract had expired. Galatasaray club said "see you on the other side" to the player on July 6, 2023 by publishing a sarcastic bite-away message.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/basketbol/kadin-basketbol/tesekkurler/53507 |title=Teşekkürler! |publisher=Galatasaray S.K. |date=July 6, 2023 |access-date=July 6, 2023}}</ref>

===WNBA career=== On February 16, 2015, the Chicago Sky traded Prince to the New York Liberty for Cappie Pondexter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/liberty/news/liberty_acquire_epiphanny_prin_2015_02_16.html |title=LIBERTY: Liberty Acquire Epiphanny Prince in Trade |access-date=February 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217034841/http://www.wnba.com/liberty/news/liberty_acquire_epiphanny_prin_2015_02_16.html |archive-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>

In 2019, Prince was signed as a late season addition to the Las Vegas Aces.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aces.wnba.com/news/aces-sign-two-time-all-star-guard-epiphanny-prince/ |title=Aces Sign Two-Time All-Star Guard Epiphanny Prince |website=wnba.com |publisher=WNBA |date=August 28, 2019 |access-date=August 29, 2019}}</ref>

Over her WNBA career, she averaged 22.7 minutes per game, 37.6% on three-point field goals and 10.7 PPG.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stats.wnba.com/player/202259/career/ |title=Epiphanny Prince stats |date=September 19, 2016 |website=WNBA.com |access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref>

===National team career=== In 2010, she was granted Russian citizenship. She was not on the roster during the 2011 European Championships, nor did she compete for Russia during the 2012 Olympics in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=6624990 |title=Epiphanny Prince won't play in Euros |work=ESPN.com |date=June 4, 2011 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref>

Prince played as a point guard for the Russian national team in the European Championships of 2013, where the team finished in 13th place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/06/17/russias-loss-a-win-for-sky/ |title=Russia's loss a win for Sky - tribunedigital-chicagotribune |website=Articles.chicagotribune.com |date=June 17, 2013 |access-date=March 31, 2016}}</ref>

=== Post-Retirement === After retiring from the court, Prince serves as Director of Player and Community Engagement for the New York Liberty.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Apr 16 |first1=Hannah FrishbergPublished |last2=ETShare |first2=2025 at 4:23 p m |date=2025-04-16 |title=Inside the auditions for the New York Liberty's over-40 dance squad |url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/inside-the-auditions-for-the-new-york-libertys-over-40-dance-squad |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Gothamist |language=en}}</ref>

== Career statistics == {{WNBA player statistics legend}}

===WNBA===

====Regular season==== {{WNBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010 | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | '''34''' || 2 || 19.6 || .427 || .338 || .784 || 2.0 || 2.7 || 1.6 || 0.1 || 1.8 || 9.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2011 | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | '''34''' || 27 || 29.4 || .375 || .373 || .804 || 2.1 || 3.0 || '''2.3''' || '''0.4''' || 1.7 || 13.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2012 | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 26 || 25 || 30.0 || .442 || .407 || .899 || 3.5 || 3.1 || 1.8 || 0.3 || 2.0 || '''18.1''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013 | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 31 || '''31''' || 30.0 || .376 || .396 || .900 || 2.7 || 3.0 || 1.6 || '''0.4''' || 1.4 || 15.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014 | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 26 || 24 || '''32.3''' || .383 || .327 || .876 || 3.0 || '''3.8''' || 1.9 || '''0.4''' || 1.8 || 15.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015 | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 24 || 23 || 28.6 || .467 || .356 || .900 || 2.9 || 3.4 || 2.0 || 0.2 || 1.6 || 15.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016 | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 6 || 0 || 13.8 || .400 || .364 || '''1.000''' || 1.5 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 5.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017 | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 28 || 25 || 26.8 || .401 || .344 || .878 || '''3.6''' || 2.9 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 1.3 || 12.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2018 | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 16 || 12 || 19.1 || .393 || .419 || .875 || 1.6 || 1.7 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 1.1 || 8.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019 | style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas | 3 || 0 || 9.3 || '''.500''' || .429 || &ndash; || 0.7 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.3 || '''0.0''' || 4.3 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2020<sup>†</sup> | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 15 || 0 || 12.7 || .386 || .333 || .846 || 1.2 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.8 || 4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 29 || 2 || 14.3 || .439 || '''.500''' || .897 || 1.6 || 1.7 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 0.9 || 5.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 33 || 0 || 12.3 || .355 || .356 || .840 || 1.0 || 1.8 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 3.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023 | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 10 || 0 || 7.1 || .400 || .300 || '''1.000''' || 0.6 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.7 || 1.8 |- | style='text-align:left;'| Career | style='text-align:left;'| 14 years, 4 teams | 315 || 171 || 22.7 || .405 || .376 || .865 || 2.2 || 2.5 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 1.3 || 10.7 {{s-end}}

====Postseason==== {{WNBA player statistics start}} |- |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013 | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 2 || 2 || 33.5 || .333 || .286 || '''1.000''' || 1.5 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 0.0 || '''0.0''' || '''14.5''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014 | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | '''9''' || '''9''' || 29.1 || .296 || .273 || .800 || 3.4 || 2.1 || '''1.6''' || 0.8 || 1.4 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015 | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 6 || 6 || 32.7 || .359 || .379 || .750 || 2.8 || '''3.0''' || 1.2 || 0.3 || 1.8 || 13.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016 | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 1 || 0 || 17.0 || '''.500''' || '''.667''' || '''1.000''' || 3.0 || '''3.0''' || 0.0 || 0.0 || '''0.0''' || 12.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017 | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 1 || 1 || '''35.0''' || .444 || .286 || '''1.000''' || '''5.0''' || 2.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 12.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019 | style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas | 3 || 0 || 1.7 || .333 || &ndash; || &ndash; || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || '''0.0''' || 0.7 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2020<sup>†</sup> | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 5 || 0 || 13.0 || .471 || .364 || .833 || 0.8 || 2.2 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 5.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 1 || 0 || 9.0 || .000 || .000 || &ndash; || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || '''1.0''' || 2.0 || 0.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 6 || 0 || 5.0 || .200 || .000 || &ndash; || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.3 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 9 years, 4 teams | 34 || 18 || 20.3 || .339 || .319 || .842 || 1.9 || 1.7 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 0.9 || 7.2 |}

===College=== Source<ref name="NCAA Player stats"/> {{NBA player statistics legend}} {|class="wikitable" !Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |2006–07 |Rutgers |'''36''' |439 |43.2 |'''36.8''' |79.9 |4.1 |2.8 |2.5 |0.3 |12.2 |- |2007–08 |Rutgers |34 |469 |'''45.2''' |35.5 |74.4 |'''5.2''' |2.8 |2.5 |0.3 |13.8 |- |2008–09 |Rutgers |33 |'''644''' |41.7 |31.1 |'''80.6''' |4.9 |2.8 |'''2.6''' |0.3 |'''19.5''' |- |Career |Rutgers |103 |1552 |43.2 |34.2 |78.8 |4.7 |2.8 |2.5 |0.3 |15.1 |}

==Awards and honors== *''The Daily News Player of the Year'' (2004) *''Student Sports Sophomore of the Year'' (2004) *''USA Today All-USA'' **Second Team (2006) *''Parade Magazine All-American'' **First Team (2006) **Second Team (2005) *''Street & Smith’s All-American'' **First Team (2006) **First Team (2005)

==See also== *List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="NCAA Player stats">{{cite web |title=Women's Basketball Player stats |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch |website=NCAA |access-date=October 18, 2015}}</ref> }}

==External links== {{commons}} *{{Basketball stats}} *{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120123639/http://www.scarletknights.com/basketball-women/roster/prince.asp |title=Rutgers Scarlet Knights bio |date=mdy}} *[http://www.athleticsearch.com/bertrinon113.htm A Funeral For Sportsmanship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628090514/http://athleticsearch.com/bertrinon113.htm |date=June 28, 2017 }}

{{2010 WNBA draft}} {{Seattle Storm 2020 WNBA champions}} {{Dynamo Kursk 2016–17 Euroleague Women champions}}

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