Benjamin Chukwukelo Uzoh was born on March 18,1988 and is a Nigerian-American former basketball player.
21 Facts About Ben Uzoh
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Ben Uzoh played for several teams across North America, Europe, South America and Africa.
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Ben Uzoh played for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane over his four-year college basketball career.
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Ben Uzoh is the only player in school history to be ranked top 10 among points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.
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Ben Uzoh started in 140 games out 141 game in his college career.
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On January 5,2011, Ben Uzoh was given a guaranteed contract to play out the rest of the year in New Jersey.
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Ben Uzoh was briefly assigned to the Springfield Armor of the NBA D-League, during the month of March 2011.
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Ben Uzoh joined the Denver Nuggets for their training camp in October 2012, but did not make the team's final roster.
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Ben Uzoh was then acquired by the D-League team the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
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However, on November 5,2012, Ben Uzoh was traded to the Armor for Tim Ohlbrecht.
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On October 31,2013, Ben Uzoh was acquired by the Tulsa 66ers in a trade involving the Iowa Energy and the Springfield Armor.
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Ben Uzoh went to Nigeria in 2015 where he signed on to play for the Lagos Islanders.
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On November 24,2019, Uzoh signed with Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro B On January 20,2020, Paris Basketball and Uzoh jointly decided not to continue their collaboration.
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Ben Uzoh scored the first-ever points in the BAL in the season opener against Patriots BBC.
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Ben Uzoh became the first ex-NBA player to play in the newly established competition.
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The Hoopers were eliminated in the regular season after two losses and one win, with Ben Uzoh averaging a team-leading 14.7 points per game.
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In September 2021, Ben Uzoh was on the roster of South African team Cape Town Tigers and helped the team win its first-ever national championship.
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Ben Uzoh recorded 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the championship game against Jozi Nuggets.
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In October 2023, Ben Uzoh became a scout for his former team, the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association.
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Ben Uzoh has played for the Nigerian national basketball team at the 2013,2015, and 2017 FIBA Men's African Championships.
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Ben Uzoh was a member of the Nigerian team that participated at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.