1. Joseph Alexander Ragland was born on November 11,1989 and is an American-Liberian professional basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League.
17 Facts About Joe Ragland
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Joe Ragland played college basketball for North Platte Community College and Wichita State.
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Joe Ragland played basketball for West Springfield High School, where he earned the Lahovich Award as a senior.
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Joe Ragland finished his career at North Platte, as the college's all-time leading scorer, with 1,286 total points scored, with career averages of 19.5 points and 3.1 assists per game.
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Joe Ragland helped the Shockers to win the 2011 NIT championship.
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Joe Ragland had a career-high scoring performance against UNLV, with 31 points, to go along with another career high of 8 three-pointers made.
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In total, over his two seasons with the Shockers, Joe Ragland appeared in 69 games, and had averages of 10 points, 3 assists, and 2.3 rebounds per game.
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Joe Ragland next played in the 2012 NBA Summer League, with the Golden State Warriors' summer league squad; although he played in all 5 games for the undefeated Warriors summer league team, he was not able to secure an NBA contract with the Warriors.
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Joe Ragland signed a two-year contract with the Spanish club.
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In 2013, Joe Ragland was loaned by UCAM Murcia, to the Italian A League side Cantu, to play in the Serie A playoffs.
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Joe Ragland proved to be an instant hit in Italy, as he played in all of his team's games, and contributed greatly to their run to the league's semi-finals.
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On July 21,2017, Joe Ragland signed a two-year deal with the Russian VTB United League club club Lokomotiv Kuban.
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On July 19,2019, Joe Ragland signed a one-year deal with the Turkish Super League club Darussafaka Tekfen, but he never appeared in any games with the team, because of an injury.
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On 12 December 2019, Joe Ragland returned to Italy, to play in the Serie A, after he signed again with Cantu.
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On July 31,2020, Joe Ragland signed with the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Eilat.
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On July 21,2021, Joe Ragland signed with Hapoel Holon, of the Israeli Premier League.
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On June 23,2023, Joe Ragland signed with the Greek Basket League club Peristeri Athens.