Ball State University Athletics
Fontaine Claims German DBBL Weekly Honors
October 12, 2016 | Women's Basketball
MUNCIE, Ind. - Former Ball State forward Nathalie Fontaine continues to be successful in her professional career as she recently received Eurobasket.com Player of the Week honors.
Fontaine was the leading scorer for Wasserburg after a 24-point performance, which included 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists. She helped Wasserburg defeat Freiburg, 94-57. Wasserburg now sits in third in the German DBBL. After three games, Fontaine is averaging 14.7 points per game.
At Ball State, she ended her career as the Cardinals' career leader in points (2,166), games started (130), minutes played (4,320) and free throws made (541). She ranks second in program history for games played (130) and field goals made (805) and sixth for blocked shots (69). Fontaine finished third in rebounds (985).
A native of Stockholm, Sweden, Fontaine broke Ball State's single-game scoring record this past season with a career high 43 points at Evansville (12/21/15). She scored in double figures in all of Ball State's 32 games last season and 118 times out of 130 total games for her career. Fontaine earned 20 double-doubles last season and had 38 for her career. She also scored 20-or-more points 37 times in her career.
The 2016 MAC Player of the Year was also a three-time All-MAC First Team selection over her career. Fontaine led Ball State in scoring (20.6) and rebounding (10.2) as a senior. She ended her final campaign with 660 points which is the most a player has ever scored in a single season in program history.
She ranked eighth in the country in double-doubles and free throws made, 12th in free throw attempts (226), 21st in rebounds per game (10.2), 24th in scoring (20.6) and 26th in defensive rebounds (7.0).
Fontaine led Ball State to a record of 22-10 (13-5 MAC), its fourth-straight Women's National Invitation Tournament appearance and a first-round win over Big Ten foe Iowa (77-72).
You can follow Fontaine's professional career by clicking here: http://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/basketball.asp?Women=1
