Ben Strong (basketball)

Ben Strong
Personal information
Born (1986-09-10) September 10, 1986
Manassas, Virginia
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Chapel Hill
(Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
College Guilford (2004–2008)
NBA draft 2008 / Undrafted
Playing career 2008–2016
Position Power Forward/Center
Career history
2008–2010 Maccabi Haifa B.C.
2010 Landstede Zwolle
2010–2011 Hapoel Kiryat Tivon
2011–2013 Iowa Energy
2013–2014 Delaware 87ers
2014 Austin Toros
2014–2015 Westchester Knicks
2015 Atletico Welcome
2015 Westchester Knicks
2016 Native Pride
2016 Nelson Giants
Career highlights and awards

Ben Strong (born September 10, 1986) is an American basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player. Strong is of Native American descent (Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians).[1]

Playing career

College basketball

Born in Manassas, Virginia,[2] Strong grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[3] After graduating from Chapel Hill High School in 2004, he enrolled at Guilford College, a NCAA Division 3 school from Greensboro, North Carolina. He left Guilford ranked second all-time in scoring (2231) as well as in blocked shots (236) and seventh all-time in rebounding (927),[4] taking home various individual awards during his four-year college career, including NCAA Division 3 Player of the Year distinction.[5] Strong won one Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championship with Guilford and led the Quakers to two appearances in the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament. He set a NCAA Division III Tournament record by scoring 59 points in a triple-overtime win over Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) in March 2007.[6]

Professional basketball

Strong launched his professional career in 2008 with Maccabi Haifa B.C. in the Israeli Premier League.[7] After a stint in the Netherlands[8] and a return to Israel, he took his game to the NBA Development League, where he appeared in a total of 183 regular season (7.7 points, 5.5 rebounds per game) and two post season (20.5ppg, 11.5rpg) contests. In the autumn of 2015, he had a brief stop in Uruguay, playing for Atletico Welcome.[9]

Rounding out his professional career, Strong played his final season in New Zealand with the Nelson Giants[10] and was named Australiabasket.com All-New Zealand NBL Center of the Year.[11]

Coaching career

After ending his playing career in 2016, he was named an assistant men's basketball coach at Huntingdon College in the fall of 2016.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Three American Indians to Watch in NBA D-League This Season". Native News Online. November 22, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ben Strong". Guilford. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ Etter, Dan. "The Guilfordian : Ben Strong muscles his way into the spotlight". www.guilfordian.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Guilford College Basketball – Career History". Guilford. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Guilford's Ben Strong Named NABC NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Year". Guilford. March 21, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Guilford shocks Lincoln in triple-OT thriller". Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  7. ↑ Halip, Matt. "The Guilfordian : Ben Strong adjusts to life and basketball in Israel". www.guilfordian.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ben Strong verlaat Landstede Basketbal | Nieuws | Stichting Sportief Zwolle". sportiefzwolle.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  9. ↑ elpais.com.uy. "Ben Strong llega al Parque Rodó". www.ovaciondigital.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Nelson Giants sign D-League player Ben Strong for National Basketball League". Stuff. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  11. ↑ "NBL_2016 Basketball League NEW-ZEALAND - australiabasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Huntingdon". www.huntingdonhawks.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
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