Okapi Aalstar | |||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||
League | BLB Division I | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Born |
Houston, Texas |
March 18, 1988 ||||||||||||
Nationality | American / Nigerian | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school | Warren (San Antonio, Texas) | ||||||||||||
College | Tulsa (2006–2010) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2010 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
Playing career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
2010–2011 | New Jersey Nets | ||||||||||||
2011 | → Springfield Armor | ||||||||||||
2011 | Lokomotiv Kuban | ||||||||||||
2012 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | ||||||||||||
2012 | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||
2012 | Toronto Raptors | ||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Springfield Armor | ||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Tulsa 66ers | ||||||||||||
2014 | Canton Charge | ||||||||||||
2017–present | Okapi Aalstar | ||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||
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Benjamin Chukwukelo Uzoh (born March 18, 1988) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Okapi Aalstar of the Basketball League Belgium Division I.
Uzoh played for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane over his four-year college basketball career.
Uzoh is the only player in school history to be ranked top 10 among points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. He's a three time All-Conference USA recipient including his selection to the first team his senior year. He started in 140 games out 141 game in his college career.
In the summer of 2010, Uzoh earned Portsmouth Invitational Tournament All Third Team.
After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft, Uzoh signed a partially guaranteed contract with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association. On January 5, 2011, Uzoh was given a guaranteed contract to play out the rest of the year in New Jersey. He was briefly assigned to the Springfield Armor of the NBA D-League, during the month of March 2011.
In October 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Lokomotiv Kuban of the Russian League, but was released after playing just two games.
On March 27, 2012, he signed a 10-day contract with the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. On April 16, 2012, the Raptors announced they had signed Ben Uzoh for the remainder of the 2011-2012 season. He recorded a triple-double on April 26, against the Nets, the first by a Raptor in eleven years.