The 17 -year -old French basketball player, throws overturned in the game against Belgium
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Alicia Tournebize may not be a family name in female basketball yet, but they are viral moments like Sunday that will take her name to the heads of fans quickly.
Tournebize helped France a third place in the FIBA U18 female Eurobasket 2025 about Belgium.
The French won the game, 72-47.
But the most prominent moment came in the last quarter when he stole the ball of his Belgian opponent.
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Alicia Tournebize Dunks of France on July 13, 2025. (FIBA)
The 4 – -inch athlete was in transition alone and threw a sensational dump.
Tournebize, 17, scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds when France obtained his fifth consecutive podium.
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Alicia Tournebize de France celebrates with teammates on July 13, 2025. (FIBA)
The voyage was barely the first of her Tournebize career. He became the first French female basketball player to immerse himself in a game when he did it for Bourges spores in a confrontation of the NF2 League. Then he immersed himself for the Tango Bourges U18 basket in February.
The center will turn 18 in eight days from Sunday.
French female basketball has been in flames in the last 15 years. The French won the silver medal at the 2024 Olympic Games, bronze in the Tokyo and Silver Games in London in 2012.
Alicia Tournebize of France leaves the floor on July 13, 2025. (FIBA)
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The team was fourth in Women’s Eurobasket last June. Some Tango Bourges basket players are currently on the national list, including Tima Pouye and Pauline Astier.
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Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor of News Digital.