{"id":308167,"date":"2021-07-26T06:59:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T03:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/st-johns-mike-anderson-roots-on-daughter-yvonne\/"},"modified":"2021-07-26T06:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T03:59:57","slug":"st-johns-mike-anderson-roots-on-daughter-yvonne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/st-johns-mike-anderson-roots-on-daughter-yvonne\/","title":{"rendered":"#St. John&#8217;s Mike Anderson roots on daughter Yvonne"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36886995e3a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36886995e3a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/st-johns-mike-anderson-roots-on-daughter-yvonne\/#Follow_all_the_2020_Olympics_action\" >Follow all the 2020 Olympics action<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#St. John&#8217;s Mike Anderson roots on daughter Yvonne<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mike Anderson\u2019s alarm clock is set. His Monday began earlier than most.<\/p>\n<p>Before the sun rose, he and his wife Marcheita plan to be in front of their television set eagerly anticipating the next few hours.<\/p>\n<p>Their 31-year-old daughter, Yvonne, is playing for the Serbian women\u2019s national basketball team in Tokyo, and making her Olympic debut for the country from which she recently gained dual citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere she goes, I go. We\u2019ll be wide awake at 4:30 in the morning,\u201d the St. John\u2019s coach told The Post in a phone interview Sunday. \u201cTo see her at this stage, for me and my wife, it\u2019s amazing what she\u2019s done. We\u2019re talking about the whole world. These are all the countries being represented and you have a daughter that\u2019s participating in it, that tells me she\u2019s special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The youngest of Anderson\u2019s three children, Yvonne became the one to have a professional basketball career. A point guard like her father was, she played four seasons at Texas, averaging 8.1 points and 2.8 assists per <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, and has been playing professionally overseas since 2013, with stints in Sweden, Luxembourg, Turkey, Greece and Italy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"&quot;To have a daughter that has an opportunity to participate in it is kind of mind-boggling,&quot; Anderson said.\" class=\"wp-image-18919605 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AndersonOlympics.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AndersonOlympics.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AndersonOlympics.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AndersonOlympics.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AndersonOlympics.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>St. John\u2019s coach Mike Anderson (c.) his daughter Yvonne (l.) and his wife Marcheita.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Anderson family<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Serbian coach, Marina Maljkovic, was her coach in the Turkish Women\u2019s Basketball League in 2016-17 and invited the 5-foot-9 Yvonne to play for Serbia. She began playing for the country last November in an Olympic qualifying tournament.<\/p>\n<p>In the EuroBasket Championship final last month, she scored a team-high 18 points in a victory over France. She averaged 14 points in the tournament after playing for Reyer Venezia in the top division in Italy. A bronze medalist in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, Serbia, which faced Canada on Monday, is in Group A with Spain, South Korea and the Canadian team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Follow_all_the_2020_Olympics_action\"><\/span>Follow all the 2020 Olympics action<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so proud of her and excited for her. You\u2019re talking about a spectacular event where the whole world gets a chance to participate,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cTo have a daughter that has an opportunity to participate in it is kind of mind-boggling. It didn\u2019t dawn on me until she sent me a picture of her at the opening ceremonies. Kids always have dreams of doing things, playing in the NBA [and the WNBA], playing college basketball, but you never fathom to have an opportunity to play in the Olympics. That\u2019s pretty unique.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" alt=\"Anderson\" class=\"wp-image-18919831 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AFP_9D97BT.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AFP_9D97BT.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/AFP_9D97BT.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1000 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><figcaption>Yvonne Anderson<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Basketball has been a part of Yvonne her entire life. She was born a few weeks before her father would help Arkansas reach the Final Four as an assistant coach. She always played against the boys, in baseball and basketball, and had the same tenacious, take-no-prisoners style on the court that made her father a strong college player and later a top coach. She\u2019ll tell her father she\u2019s a better shooter than he is, which he admitted is probably true, and will put her coaching hat on occasionally to try to help him during the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach year she has continued to elevate her game. She\u2019s a serious ballplayer,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cThe thing I\u2019m proud of is she\u2019s done it her way. She\u2019s done her own thing. Nobody\u2019s given her anything. She\u2019s worked at it.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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His Monday began earlier than most. Before the sun rose, he and his wife Marcheita plan to be in front of their television set eagerly anticipating the next few hours. 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