Isabella Augustine Alarie (born April 23, 1998)[1] is an American former professional basketball player. She played her entire career for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is the daughter of Mark Alarie, a retired professional basketball player who played in the NBA for the 1986–1991 seasons.
College career
Alarie played college basketball for the Princeton Tigers. She was the three-time Ivy League Player of the Year (from 2018 to 2020)[2] and was selected to All-America Honorable Mention by the Associated Press (AP).[3] Alarie started in all 106 games during her career in Princeton from the 2016–17 to 2019–20 seasons. In her junior year (2018–19 season), she averaged a career best double-double of 22.8 ppg and 10.6 rpg. Alarie is a career 34.8% 3-point shooter who also averaged 1.2 steals and 2.3 blocks per game. Following the 2019-20 season, Alarie was named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press.
WNBA career
Alarie was selected as the 5th overall pick by the Dallas Wings in the 2020 WNBA draft, and proceeded to play a reserve role for the Wings for two seasons.
Alarie sat out the entire 2022 season due to "personal reasons".[4]. She officially announced her retirement from professional basketball on February 2, 2023, citing desires to want to explore the business side of basketball as opposed to playing.[5] Her final WNBA game was the First Round Playoff Game between Dallas and the Chicago Sky on September 23, 2021 where Dallas would be eliminated after losing to Chicago 64 - 81. Alarie played for 4 minutes and recorded 3 rebounds and 1 assist in her final game.
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | Princeton | 30 | 30 | 30.6 | .432 | .379 | .667 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 12.6 |
| 2017–18 | Princeton | 30 | 30 | 30.7 | .489 | .328 | .789 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 13.3 |
| 2018–19 | Princeton | 23 | 23 | 32.1 | .515 | .295 | .829 | 10.6 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 22.8 |
| 2019–20* | Princeton | 23 | 23 | 29.8 | .474 | .356 | .744 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 17.5 |
| Career | 106 | 106 | 30.8 | .480 | .348 | .761 | 9.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 16.1 | |
* 2020 NCAA tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Source: goprincetontigers.com[6]
WNBA
Regular season
Source[7]
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dallas | 22° | 3 | 14.0 | .364 | .077 | .833 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| 2021 | Dallas | 31 | 11 | 13.1 | .500 | .000 | .850 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
| Career | 2 years, 1 team | 53 | 14 | 13.5 | .431 | .067 | .844 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Dallas | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Personal life
Bella Alarie is the daughter of Mark Alarie and Rene Augustine. She has two brothers, Christian and Alexander. Mark Alarie was a two-time All-ACC first-team selection at Duke and was drafted in the first round of 1986 NBA draft. Rene Augustine was appointed the Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice in 2019[8] and the Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice in 2020. Bella's grandfather, Norman Augustine, graduated magna cum laude from Princeton and was a professor at Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Science from 1997 to 1999, and is the former CEO of Lockheed-Martin Corp.
References
- ^ "Isabella Augustine Alarie". FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup 2017: Players. FIBA. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Announces Major Awards and All-Ivy After Another Accomplished Season". ivyleague.com. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "2020 women's basketball Associated Press All-America Team announced | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "Bella Alarie To Miss 2022 WNBA Season". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/wings/2023/02/02/dallas-wings-center-bella-alarie-announces-retirement-from-wnba/?outputType=amp
- ^ "Bella Alarie - Women's Basketball". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Bella Alarie WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ^ "Antitrust Division Names Rene Augustine Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Responsible for International and Policy". www.justice.gov. July 29, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
