Amanda Zahui B is single but a lesbian. Her partner remains undisclosed.
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“Has it always been easy to be openly gay for me? 100% yes! My family has always been accepting and supportive of my sexuality, because there is nothing wrong with loving someone with the same gender as you”, she had once said.
“I am confident and open to the fact that I was made to love women. I was created to celebrate the beautiful women on this earth. To love the most powerful creature on this earth, the woman.” Zahui B. stated that she has a family who has “always been accepting and supportive” regarding her sexuality.
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Zahui B played three seasons for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. In February 2015, Zahui B recorded a career-high 39 points in a game against Iowa Hawkeye basketball team.
She also recorded 29 rebounds in that game, the most ever by a player in the Big Ten Conference. The last NBA player to record at least 39 points and 29 rebounds in a game was Moses Malone in October 1979.
Zahui B was drafted second overall by the Tulsa Shock when she was only a sophomore. She was 21 years old.
In 2016, she was transferred to the Russian Nadezhda Orenburg where she became the highest scoring player.
Her name Zahui caused some stir due to its similarity with an obscene word in Russian. In 2017 the team decided to use the name Bazoukou instead.
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