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Boubacar Moungoro

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Boubacar Moungoro
Free agent
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Personal information
Born (1994-09-22) September 22, 1994 (age 30)
Bamako, Mali
NationalityMalian
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolIMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida)
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2015Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2013–2015Viten Getafe
2015–2017Oklahoma City Blue
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Mali
FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2009 Maputo Mali

Boubacar Moungoro (born September 22, 1994) is a Malian professional basketball player. He declared for the 2014 NBA draft after averaging 8.0 points and 2.5 rebounds with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada.[1]

Professional career

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Moungoro forwent college after completing his high school career with IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.[2] The Bamako native is currently represented by agent Travis King, who has also worked with Robert Covington, and Amar'e Stoudemire in the past.[3] Moungoro has also played for the youth teams of the Mali national basketball team in the past, logging an average of 26 minutes in the 2013 Nike Global Challenge.[4] On November 3, he was acquired by the Oklahoma City Blue after a successful tryout.[5]

Mali national team

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In February 2015, it was announced that Moungoro would join the Mali national team at play in the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship qualification against Senegal.[6] In the first game, won by Mali by 65–43, Moungoro scored 12 points and retrieved five rebounds,[7] while in the second leg he scored seven points in the win abroad of his team by 50–47.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Boubacar Moungoro Player Profile". RealGM. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  2. ^ "DraftExpress - Boubacar Moungoro". DraftExpress. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  3. ^ "DraftExpress - Travis King". DraftExpress. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Boubacar Moungoro - D1 Circuit". D1Circuit. Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Oklahoma City Blue Announces Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. November 3, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  6. ^ "Boubacar Moungoro, internacional absoluto por Mali". ACB.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  7. ^ Mali 65–43 Senegal boxscore
  8. ^ Senegal 47–50 Mali boxscore
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