Ben Strong (basketball)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 10, 1986 Manassas, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| College | Guilford (2004–2008) |
| NBA draft | 2008 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2008–2016 |
| Position | Power Forward/Center |
| Career history | |
| 2008–2010 | Maccabi Haifa B.C. |
| 2010 | Landstede Zwolle |
| 2010–2011 | Hapoel Kiryat Tivon |
| 2011–2013 | Iowa Energy |
| 2013–2014 | Delaware 87ers |
| 2014 | Austin Toros |
| 2014–2015 | Westchester Knicks |
| 2015 | Atletico Welcome |
| 2015 | Westchester Knicks |
| 2016 | Native Pride |
| 2016 | Nelson Giants |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Ben Strong (born September 10, 1986) is an American basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player. Strong is of Native American descent (Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians).[1]
Playing career
College basketball
Born in Manassas, Virginia,[2] Strong grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[3] After graduating from Chapel Hill High School in 2004, he enrolled at Guilford College, a NCAA Division 3 school from Greensboro, North Carolina. He left Guilford ranked second all-time in scoring (2231) as well as in blocked shots (236) and seventh all-time in rebounding (927),[4] taking home various individual awards during his four-year college career, including NCAA Division 3 Player of the Year distinction.[5] Strong won one Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championship with Guilford and led the Quakers to two appearances in the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament. He set a NCAA Division III Tournament record by scoring 59 points in a triple-overtime win over Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) in March 2007.[6]
Professional basketball
Strong launched his professional career in 2008 with Maccabi Haifa B.C. in the Israeli Premier League.[7] After a stint in the Netherlands[8] and a return to Israel, he took his game to the NBA Development League, where he appeared in a total of 183 regular season (7.7 points, 5.5 rebounds per game) and two post season (20.5ppg, 11.5rpg) contests. In the autumn of 2015, he had a brief stop in Uruguay, playing for Atletico Welcome.[9]
Rounding out his professional career, Strong played his final season in New Zealand with the Nelson Giants[10] and was named Australiabasket.com All-New Zealand NBL Center of the Year.[11]
Coaching career
After ending his playing career in 2016, he was named an assistant men's basketball coach at Huntingdon College in the fall of 2016.[12]
External links
References
- ↑ "Three American Indians to Watch in NBA D-League This Season". Native News Online. November 22, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Ben Strong". Guilford. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ Etter, Dan. "The Guilfordian : Ben Strong muscles his way into the spotlight". www.guilfordian.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Guilford College Basketball – Career History". Guilford. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Guilford's Ben Strong Named NABC NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Year". Guilford. March 21, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Guilford shocks Lincoln in triple-OT thriller". Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ Halip, Matt. "The Guilfordian : Ben Strong adjusts to life and basketball in Israel". www.guilfordian.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Ben Strong verlaat Landstede Basketbal | Nieuws | Stichting Sportief Zwolle". sportiefzwolle.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ elpais.com.uy. "Ben Strong llega al Parque Rodó". www.ovaciondigital.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Nelson Giants sign D-League player Ben Strong for National Basketball League". Stuff. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ "NBL_2016 Basketball League NEW-ZEALAND - australiabasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Huntingdon". www.huntingdonhawks.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.