Yves Mekongo

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Yves Mekongo
College La Salle
Sport Basketball
Position F
Jersey # 12
Class Senior
Height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Nationality Cameroonian
Born (1986-11-02) November 2, 1986
Yaoundé, Cameroon
High school St. Patrick High School

Yves Mekongo Mbala (born July 25, 1987) is a Cameroonian amateur basketball player currently playing collegiately in the United States. He is a 6 ft 7 in, 210 lbs. forward originally from Yaoundé.[1][2] He is a three-year starter for the La Salle Explorers of the Atlantic 10 Conference.[3] During his 2008-09 junior year, Mekongo was the Explorers' leading rebounder, pulling down six boards per game, and third leading scorer, scoring 10.4 points per game.[4] He was named to the Atlantic Ten Conference's All-Academic Team in both the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.[5]

Mekongo participated in the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship as a member of the Cameroon national basketball team.[6] He pulled down a game-leading eight rebounds in the bronze medal game against Tunisia, but the team lost the game and finished short of qualifying for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.[7]

Mekongo was named to the 30-man preseason candidate list for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award prior to the 2009-10 season.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cameroononline.org
  2. ↑ FIBA Profile
  3. ↑ Profile at goexplorers.com
  4. ↑ La Salle Explorers statistics at ESPN.com
  5. ↑ cameroononline.org
  6. ↑ FIBA profile
  7. ↑ Tunisia v. Cameroon box score
  8. ↑ Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Names 2009-10 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Candidates


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