Benoit Mbala was born on July 13,1995 and is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for Champagne Basket of the LNB Pro B He played college basketball in the Philippines, playing for the SWU Cobras of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc and the De La Salle Green Archers of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.
23 Facts About Ben Mbala
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Ben Mbala was first into football until the age of 13 when he grew about 6 feet 2 inches tall and switched to playing basketball.
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Ben Mbala attended Institute Ndi Samba for his high school studies and made attempts to join his school's varsity team on his first two years.
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Ben Mbala continued to play for his municipality's team and managed to play for his high school in his last two years of secondary education.
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Ben Mbala failed in his goal of making the All-Star Selection on his first year of participation but achieved it on his second try when he was chosen as one of the top 20 players of the camp.
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Ben Mbala was further declared as one of the top five players of the Mbah a Moute's camp, which gave him the opportunity to participate in the Basketball Without Borders camp in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2011.
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Ben Mbala heeded to the invitation and went to study and play for the Southwestern University Cobras of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc in 2012.
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Ben Mbala was recruited by the De La Salle University Green Archers of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, after Mbala led SWU to victory in a match against DLSU in a summer tournament in Manila in 2012.
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Ben Mbala played for De La Salle at the University Athletic Association of the Philippines basketball tournament.
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Ben Mbala originally planned to study and play for De La Salle's archrivals Ateneo de Manila University.
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Ben Mbala was named part of the Mythical Five at the 2016 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup which was won by his team.
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Ben Mbala was the MVP in Season 80 despite De La Salle losing to Ateneo in the finals.
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On 22 December 2017, Ben Mbala announced his decision to not use his final year of eligibility and leave La Salle after five years.
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Ben Mbala had one year of eligibility left to play for De La Salle in Season 81.
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Two days before Ben Mbala announced his intention to leave La Salle, Fuerza Regia already announced via Instagram that Ben Mbala will play for them.
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For Roanne, Ben Mbala played 25 games where he averaged 11.6 points on 54 percent shooting and made an average of 5.6 rebounds per game.
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Ben Mbala was made a role player in Chorale Roanne and was offered a contract renewal.
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However Ben Mbala decided to move to South Korea after accepting an offer from the Seoul Samsung Thunders.
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Ben Mbala became a standby player for the Magnolia Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association during the 2018 PBA Governors' Cup due to their import Romeo Travis sustained an injury.
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Ben Mbala returned to France in late 2018 signing up for Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket which plays in the second tier of French basketball.
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January 2021, Limoges and Ben Mbala mutually decided to end their contract.
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Ben Mbala played for the national team in the aforementioned continental tournament.
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On January 26,2017, Ben Mbala was named the Smart College Player of the Year Award at the Collegiate Basketball Awards.