Position | Point guard |
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Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
League | Super Liga EuroChallenge |
Team | BC Armia |
Number | 20 |
Born | July 1, 1985 Albert Lea, Minnesota |
Nationality | American |
High school | Albert Lea HS, Albert Lea, MN |
College | North Dakota State |
Pro career | 2009–present |
Career history | BCM Gravelines (2009-11) Union Olimpija (2011) BC Armia (2011-present) |
Awards | 2009 Honorable Mention AP All-American 2009 CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-American 2009 Summit League Player of the Year 2009 First-Team All-Summit League 2008 First-Team All-Summit League |
Ben Woodside (born July 1, 1985) is an American basketball player. He currently plays point guard for BC Armia in Georgia.
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He attended Albert Lea High School where he set school career records for points, assists and steals.
From 2005 to 2009, he was a member of the North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team. Woodside sat out the 2004–05 season as a redshirt in the Bison program. He was later selected to two All-Conference first teams and was named the 2009 The Summit League Player of the Year.
Woodside helped the Bison to upset Marquette and Wisconsin, both nationally ranked teams.[1] On December 22, 2008, Woodside broke the NDSU career scoring record against Northern Arizona.[2] In 2009 Woodside led the Bison to win the Summit League Tournament and get an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament in their first year of eligibility.
In the summer of 2009, Woodside joined the Minnesota Timberwolves' summer league team.[3]
Woodside played for BCM Gravelines, a French Pro A team in northern France, in 2009-10. He averaged 14.8 ppg and 4.9 apg, and was invited to the French League All-Star Game December 9, 2009. [4]
In the summer of 2010, Woodside joined the Golden State Warriors summer league team.[5]
In July 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Slovenian club Union Olimpija.[6]
In December 2011 he left Union Olimpija because of the club's financial problems and signed with BC Armia in Georgia.[7]
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