Ben Uzoh

Ben Uzoh
Free agent
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1988-03-18) March 18, 1988
Houston, Texas
Nationality American / Nigerian
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Warren (San Antonio, Texas)
College Tulsa (2006–2010)
NBA draft 2010 / Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2011 New Jersey Nets
2011 → Springfield Armor
2011 Lokomotiv Kuban
2012 Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2012 Cleveland Cavaliers
2012 Toronto Raptors
2012–2013 Springfield Armor
2013–2014 Tulsa 66ers
2014 Canton Charge
2017 Okapi Aalstar
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Nigeria
FIBA Africa Championship
2015 Tunisia

Benjamin Chukwukelo Uzoh (born March 18, 1988) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player who currently plays for Caballeros de Culiacán of CIBACOPA Mexico. He also plays for the Nigerian National Team.[1]

College career

Uzoh played for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane over his four-year college basketball career.

FreshmanSophomoreJuniorSenior
9.9 PPG15.6 PPG14.0 PPG15.3 PPG
5.0 RPG5.4 RPG4.9 RPG4.7 RPG
1.5 APG2.3 APG4.7 RPG4.7 APG

Uzoh is the only player in school history to be ranked top 10 among points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. He's a three time All-Conference USA recipient including his selection to the first team his senior year. He started in 140 games out 141 game in his college career.

Professional career

In the summer of 2010, Uzoh earned Portsmouth Invitational Tournament All Third Team.

After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft, Uzoh signed a partially guaranteed contract with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association. On January 5, 2011, Uzoh was given a guaranteed contract to play out the rest of the year in New Jersey. He was briefly assigned to the Springfield Armor of the NBA D-League, during the month of March 2011.[2]

In October 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Lokomotiv Kuban of the Russian League,[3] but was released after playing just two games.[4]

On March 27, 2012, he signed a 10-day contract with the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association.[5] On April 16, 2012, the Raptors announced they had signed Ben Uzoh for the remainder of the 2011-2012 season. He recorded a triple-double on April 26, against the Nets, the first by a Raptor in eleven years.[6]

Uzoh joined the Denver Nuggets for their training camp in October 2012,[7] but did not make the team's final roster.[8] He was then acquired by the D-League team the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.[9] However, on November 5, 2012, Uzoh was traded to the Armor for Tim Ohlbrecht.[10]

On October 31, 2013, Uzoh was acquired by the Tulsa 66ers in a trade involving the Iowa Energy and the Springfield Armor.[11] On January 22, 2014, he was traded to the Canton Charge.[12] On March 21, 2014, he was waived by the Charge due to a season-ending injury.[13]

Ben Uzoh went to Nigeria in 2015 where he signed on to play for the Lagos Islanders[14].

On March 12, 2017, Uzoh signed with Belgian club Okapi Aalstar for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[15]

National team career

Uzoh has played for the Nigerian national basketball team at the 2013, 2015, and 2017 FIBA Men's African Championships. He was also a member of the Nigerian team that participated at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.[16]

Afrobasket 2013AfroBasket 2015Rio Olympics 2016
10.6 PPG5.6 RPG5.0 APG
8.1 PPG3.1 RPG3.0 APG
7.4 PPG1.4 RPG2.6 APG

NBA statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 New Jersey 42010.4.424.375.5891.51.60.30.23.8
2011–12 Cleveland 206.5.400.000.0002.01.00.50.02.0
2011–12 Toronto 16822.3.351.000.5793.93.71.00.24.8
Career 60813.5.395.333.5872.12.20.50.24.0

References

  1. ↑ D-Tigers Begin World Cup Qualifier
  2. ↑ Nets send Uzoh to D-League.
  3. ↑ Lokomotiv Kuban announces Ben Uzoh.
  4. ↑ Lokomotiv Kuban and Ben Uzoh part ways.
  5. ↑ Raptors rule Jerryd Bayless out for season; sign Ben Uzoh to 10-day contract. Archived July 23, 2012, at Archive.is
  6. ↑ Uzoh has triple-double as Raptors rout Nets.
  7. ↑ Nuggets announce 2012 training camp roster.
  8. ↑ Denver Nuggets waive guards Anthony Carter, Ben Uzoh.
  9. ↑ Full List of 2012 Returning, Affiliate and Local Tryout Players Invited to NBA D-League Training Camps. Archived 2015-12-18 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Armor acquire Uzoh.
  11. ↑ 66ers Acquire No. 1 Overall Pick and Ben Uzoh Archived 2013-12-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ Canton Acquires Uzoh From Tulsa Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ Charge Reacquire Shane Edwards Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ "Jason Ebie, Ben Uzoh and William Ndoumbe combine for 61 points against Warriors on historic night at Landmark Centre | BWB". www.basketballwithinborders.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  15. ↑ Ben Uzoh signs with Okapi Aalstar
  16. ↑ "Ben Uzoh impressed with the growing basketball culture in Nigeria | BWB". www.basketballwithinborders.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
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