.jpg) McCowan withTurkey national team in 2025 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| League | EuroLeague Women Turkish Super League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-09-28)September 28, 1996 (age 29) Bryan, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Turkish | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 239 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Brenham (Brenham, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Mississippi State (2015–2019) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2019: 1st round, 3rd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2019–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Beijing Ducks | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | OGM Ormanspor | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Dallas Wings | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Beijing Ducks | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Çukurova Basketbol | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Teaira McCowan (born September 28, 1996; first name pronounced/tiːˈɛərə/tee-AIR-ə[1]) is Turkish-American professionalbasketball player who is currently a player forFenerbahçe of theEuroLeague Women andTurkish Super League. She playedcollege basketball for theMississippi State Bulldogs.
Following McCowan's junior season, she was named WBCA All-American, ESPNW First Team All-American and the Associated Press Third Team All-American. McCowan was also the inaugural winner of theNaismith Defensive Player of the Year Award.[2]
On January 10, 2019, McCowan was the projected first overall pick in the2019 WNBA draft in anESPN mock draft.[3] However, this particular mock draft included only college seniors and eligible international players. Later that month, ESPN compiled another mock draft, this time including draft-eligible juniors, the most notable of whom wasOregon'sSabrina Ionescu. In this second mock draft, McCowan was projected as third, but with the caveat that "if Ionescu decides to stay and play her senior season at Oregon, the whole first round looks different."[4] This qualification proved relevant as Ionescu announced that she would remain at Oregon for 2019–20.[5]
On January 21, 2019, she was voted as the espnW national player of the week.[6]
McCowan was drafted by theIndiana Fever with the third pick of the2019 WNBA draft. In her first game for the Fever, she hit a buzzer-beating layup to deliver an 81–80 victory.[7] Following the 2019 season in which she averaged 10 points, 9 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, McCowan was named to the All-Rookie Team. She was second in the league in rebounding and scored a career-high 24 points in three games.[8]
McCowan played for the Indiana Fever for the 2019 through 2021 seasons and, after a March 2022 trade, theDallas Wings for the 2022 through 2024 seasons.[9][10]
On August 3, 2025, she was waived by the Wings.[11]
On 1 August 2022, she signed withGalatasaray of the TurkishWomen's Basketball Super League (TKBL).[12]
On 8 January 2024, it was announced that a contract was signed with Galatasaray again.[13]
On November 6, 2024, McCowan signed a short term deal withÇukurova Basketbol.[14]
On October 18, 2025, McCowan signed a season-long deal with the Turkish powerhouseFenerbahçe.[15]
In November 2023, McCowan acquired Turkish citizenship and subsequently began playing for theTurkey women's national basketball team.[16]
McCowan was born inBryan, Texas and grew up inBrenham, Texas, where she graduated fromBrenham High School. She is the daughter of Tracy Nunn and Dayronn McCowan.[17]
| 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 |
Stats current through the end of the 2025 season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Indiana | 34 | 16 | 22.1 | .517 | — | .687 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 10.0 |
| 2020 | Indiana | 22 | 10 | 21.0 | .536 | .000 | .750 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 10.9 |
| 2021 | Indiana | 32 | 23 | 26.5 | .537 | — | .644 | 9.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 11.3 |
| 2022 | Dallas | 33 | 15 | 18.9 | .602 | — | .600 | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 11.0 |
| 2023 | Dallas | 30 | 29 | 26.1 | .551 | .000 | .586 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 11.9 |
| 2024 | Dallas | 39 | 38 | 25.3 | .570 | .250 | .718 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 11.7 |
| 2025 | Dallas | 17 | 0 | 12.9 | .537 | .500 | .759 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 5.6 |
| Career | 7 years, 2 teams | 207 | 131 | 22.6 | .553 | .154 | .664 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 10.7 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dallas | 3 | 1 | 24.7 | .480 | — | .533 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 10.7 |
| 2023 | Dallas | 5 | 5 | 30.4 | .622 | — | .522 | 12.6° | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 11.6 |
| Career' | 2 years, 1 team | 8 | 6 | 28.3 | .565 | — | .565 | 11.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 11.3 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Mississippi State | 35 | 1 | 13.7 | .495 | — | .667 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 6.6 |
| 2016–17 | Mississippi State | 39 | 6 | 19.7 | .569 | — | .611 | 7.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 8.7 |
| 2017–18 | Mississippi State | 39 | 39 | 30.5 | .601 | — | .633 | 13.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 18.2 |
| 2018–19 | Mississippi State | 36 | 36 | 29.9 | .662 | .000 | .758 | 13.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 18.4 |
| Career | 149 | 82 | 23.6 | .597 | .000 | .678 | 10.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 13.0 | |
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