Miguel "Ali" Berdiel

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Miguel Ali Berdiel
Position Shooting Guard
League BSN
Height ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Team Humacao Gray's
Nationality Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Born December 27, 1983
Ponce, Puerto Rico
College Valparaiso
Draft undrafted
Pro career 2006–present

Miguel Ali Berdiel (born December 27, 1983 in Ponce) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Berdiel has played in the NCAA and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with Ponce Lions and the Coamo Marathon Runners before being traded last year to the Humacao Grays for Ismael Caro. Berdiel was drafted by the Arkansas RimRockers with the 7th pick of the sixth round of the 2006 (NBDL) Draft, unfortunately he was cut from the team before the start of the season and since has returned to his sub-25 Puerto Rico development league team Villalba Royals. Berdiel is a member of the Under 21 Puerto Rican National Team.

[edit] Brief biography

Berdiel played his college career with Valparaiso from 2001-2006. During his college career he earned the Second Team All-Mid-Continent.

Berdiel has played professionally in the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico since 1999. In 2006 Berdiel was drafted by the Arkansas RimRockers with the 7th pick of the sixth round of the 2006 (NBDL) Draft. He was waived at the conclusion of the NBDL Pre-Season on November 22, 2006.

[edit] Career stats

Berdiel's NCAA stats in 124 games are 981 points with a 7.9 PPG, 507 assists with a 4.1 APG, 340 rebounds with a 2.7 RPG, 176 steals with a 1.4 SPG, .391 field goal percentage, .668 free-throw percentage, and .338 3-point percentage.