Sparkle Taylor (ex H.Petah Tikva) joins Liaoning

Sparkle Taylor

Liaoning Henye (WCBA) has agreed terms with 30-year-old American guard Sparkle Taylor (178cm-1995, college: UTEP). She started the season at H.Petah Tikva in the Israeli D1 league. In 20 games, she had very impressive stats: 23.9ppg, 6.0rpg, 3.0apg, and 1.2spg. She was also named League Player of the Week three times. Last season, she played at Dinamo Sassari in the Italian league. Taylor also played 24 games in the Italian Serie A1, where she recorded remarkable stats: 19.0ppg, 5.2rpg, 1.6apg, and 1.0spg. It was a good season as she was also named League Player of the Week twice.
She is quite an experienced player. Her career allowed her to visit three different continents, while she played in ten different countries. Taylor tasted the life as a pro basketball player in Europe, Latin America, and of course North America. She has played professionally in Cyprus (Apollon), Italy, Mexico (Fuerza Regia), Poland (Lublin and Bydgoszcz), Romania (Satu Mare), Russia (UMMC Yekaterinburg and Dynamo Novosibirsk Region), Spain (Gran Canaria), WNBA (Chicago Sky), and GWBA (Flint LM).
Among many awards, she won the Russian PBL championship title in 2024. Taylor was voted to the Eurobasket.com Polish EBLK All-Imports Team back in 2023.
She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2017 and is currently in her ninth season as a professional player.


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