Ben Woodside

Ben Woodside
Position Point guard
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 (1985-07-01) (age 26)
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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High school

He attended Albert Lea High School where he set school career records for points, assists and steals.

College

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.

Professional career

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]

College statistics

College statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 North Dakota State 28 28 34.4 .432 .409 .796 3.0 5.1 1.5 0.2 17.5
2006–07 North Dakota State 28 28 34.1 .477 .392 .822 2.9 5.1 1.5 0.1 16.4
2007–08 North Dakota State 29 29 36.6 .461 .397 .830 2.7 5.1 1.5 0.1 20.7
2008–09 North Dakota State 33 33 34.5 .464 .427 .840 3.2 6.2 1.4 0.2 23.2

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