{{Short description|Belgian basketball player (born 1995)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Hind Ben Abdelkader | image = Hind Ben Abdelkader 24 Valencia Basket (women) EuroLeague Women 20251104 (4).jpg | caption = | width = | number = | team = Free agent | league = | position = Guard | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8 | weight_lbs = 148 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|07|21}} | birth_place = Brussels, Belgium | high_school = | college = * California (2013–2014) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_year = 2017 | draft_round = | draft_pick = | draft_team = | career_start = 2012 | years1 = 2012–2014 | team1 = Sint-Katelijne-Waver | years2 = 2014–2015 | team2 = Cadí La Seu | years3 = 2015–2016 | team3 = Cavigal Nice Basket 06 | years4 = 2016–2017 | team4 = Wisła Can-Pack Kraków | years5 = 2017–2021 | team5 = Hatayspor | years6 = {{WNBA Year|2018}} | team6 = Indiana Fever | years7 = 2021–2022 | team7 = Nika Syktyvkar | years8 = 2022–2023 | team8 = ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq | years9 = 2023–2024 | team9 = Galatasaray | highlights = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's 3x3 basketball}} {{Medal|Country|{{3x3w|BEL}}}} {{Medal|Competition|FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2014 Bucharest|Team}} }}
'''Hind Ben Abdelkader''' (born July 21, 1995) is a Belgian professional basketball player who plays for the Galatasaray in the Turkish Women's Basketball League. She is also a member of the Belgium women's national basketball team.
==Professional career== ===WNBA=== Ben Abdelkader went undrafted in the 2017 WNBA draft. She was signed by the Indiana Fever in 2018 to a training camp contract and made the opening day roster.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dull |first1=Ben |title=Indiana Fever sign Hind Ben Abdelkader |url=https://highposthoops.com/2018/02/14/indiana-fever-sign-hind-ben-abdelkader/ |website=highposthoops.com |date=14 February 2018 |publisher=High Post Hoops |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> Ben Abdelkader was waived by the Fever in July, when they signed veteran guard Cappie Pondexter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Veteran guard Cappie Pondexter signs with the Indiana Fever |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2018/07/01/veteran-guard-cappie-pondexter-signs-with-the-indiana-fever/36543407/|website=usatoday.com |publisher=AP |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref>
She made another attempt at the WNBA in 2019 when she signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kenney |first1=Madeline |title=Chicago Sky sign guard Hind Ben Abdelkader |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/3/19/18482532/chicago-sky-sign-guard-hind-ben-abdelkader |website=chicago.suntimes.com |date=19 March 2019 |publisher=Chicago Sun Times |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> She didn't make the final squad, as she was waived at the end of training camp.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicago Sky Waives Victoria Macaulay, Linnae Harper, Hind Ben Abdelkader |url=https://sky.wnba.com/news/chicago-sky-waives-victoria-macaulay-linnae-harper-hind-ben-abdelkader/ |website=sky.wnba.com |publisher=WNBA |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref>
===Overseas=== ====Galatasaray==== On 21 July 2023, 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/hind-ben-abdelkader-galatasaray-cagdas-faktoringde/53585|title=Hind Ben Abdelkader Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring'de|last=|first=|date=July 21, 2023|website=|publisher=Galatasaray|language=tr|access-date=July 21, 2023}}</ref>
==WNBA career statistics== {{WNBA player statistics legend}}
===Regular season=== {{WNBA player statistics start}} |- | align="left" | 2018 | align="left" | Indiana | 14 || 0 || 10.1 || .186 || .207 || .875 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.9 || 2.1 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 1 year, 1 team | 14 || 0 || 10.1 || .186 || .207 || .875 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.9 || 2.1 {{S-end}}
==College career== Ben Abdelkader decided to join the California Golden Bears women's basketball team for the 2013-2014 season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kranz |first1=Nick |title=Welcome To Cal Part 1: Hind Ben Abdelkader! |url=https://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2013/7/24/4492492/welcome-to-cal-part-1-hind-ben-abdelkader |website=californiagoldenbearsblog.com |date=24 July 2013 |publisher=SB Nation |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> During February of her freshman season, Ben Abdelkader announced she was leaving California and returning to Belgium.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=hoopfeed|date=February 5, 2014|number=431158900729982977|title=California: Freshman Hind Ben Abdelkader (4.9 ppg/1.6 rpg) leaves program to return to Belgium to be closer to her family. #ncaaw}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Basketball stats}} * {{FIBA|new_id=170499|old_id=72785}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ben Abdelkader, Hind}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian women's basketball players Category:Guards (basketball) Category:California Golden Bears women's basketball players Category:Indiana Fever players Category:Belgian expatriate basketball people in France Category:Belgian expatriate basketball people in Russia Category:Belgian expatriate basketball people in the United States Category:Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players Category:21st-century Belgian sportswomen