Kouat Noi

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Kouat Noi
No. 21 – Sydney Kings
PositionForward
LeagueNBL
Personal information
Born (1997-10-29) 29 October 1997 (age 26)
Khartoum, Sudan
NationalitySouth Sudanese / Australian
Listed height201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight93 kg (205 lb)
Career information
High school
CollegeTCU (2017–2019)
NBA draft2020 / Undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2022Cairns Taipans
2022USC Rip City
2022–presentSydney Kings
Career highlights and awards
  • NBL1 North MVP (2022)
  • NBL1 North All-Star Five (2022)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Australia Australia
FIBA World U17 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2014 Dubai

Kouat Noi (born 29 October 1997) is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player for the Sydney Kings of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL).

Early life

Noi was born in Khartoum, Sudan during the height of the Second Sudanese Civil War. His family fled the country amid escalations of the conflict, first to Egypt and later to Australia in 2002.[1] Growing up in Newcastle, he blossomed into a basketball star, and went on to average 9.1 points and 4.3 rebounds while helping lead Australia to a silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Dubai.[2]

Noi attended St Francis Xavier's College in Newcastle.[3] In 2014, Noi moved to the United States and enrolled at Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida, where he briefly played alongside Ben Simmons.[4] As a senior in the 2015–16 season, Noi averaged more than 19 points per game for the Eagles.[5]

College career

Noi enrolled at Texas Christian University (TCU) on a basketball scholarship in the summer of 2016, and redshirted in his first season on campus as the Horned Frogs won the 2017 NIT title[6] under first-year head coach Jamie Dixon.

In 2017–18, Noi played in all 33 of TCU's games, starting nine of them. He averaged 10.2 points per game as the Frogs finished the season with a 21-12 record and secured a berth in the 2018 NCAA tournament, the program's first in 20 years.[7]

As a sophomore, Noi registered his first collegiate 20-point game with a 27-point performance against Eastern Michigan on 26 November 2018[8] and his first career 30-point game against Oklahoma on 12 January 2019.[9] Noi averaged 13.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore playing in 31 games, including 19 starts. He declared for the 2019 NBA draft, forfeiting his remaining two years of eligibility.[10] He later withdrew from the draft.[11]

Professional career

Cairns Taipans (2019–2022)

In July 2019, Noi signed with the Cairns Taipans of the Australian National Basketball League.[12] In March 2021, he suffered a PCL injury that ruled him out for 12 weeks.[13]

In June 2021, Noi signed a two-season contract with the club (the second year being a mutual option).[14]

Following the 2021–22 NBL season, Noi joined the USC Rip City in the NBL1 North, where he earned All-Star Five honours.[15]

Sydney Kings (2022–present)

In June 2022, Noi signed a two-season contract with the Sydney Kings (the second year being a mutual option).[16]

Personal life

Noi was born in Sudan but considers himself as South Sudanese.[17] His father, Ater Dhiu, played basketball for the Sudan men's national basketball team.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ "TCU's Noi Goes from Fleeing South Sudan to College Basketball Success". NBSDFW.com. 31 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Kouat Noi". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. ^ Keeble, Brett (10 September 2014). "Newcastle's Kouat Noi, out of Africa and bound for the US". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Newcastle's Kouat Noi, out of Africa and bound for the US". Newcastle Herald. 10 September 2014.
  5. ^ "TCU announces addition of Noi". GoFrogs.com. 22 August 2016.
  6. ^ "TCU uses fast start to rout Georgia Tech, captures first NIT title". ESPN.com. 30 March 2017.
  7. ^ "A Record 7 Texas Teams Are In The NCAA Tournament". KERA News. 12 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Frogs Down Eagles, 87-69". GoFrogs.com. 26 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Noi scores 30, Frogs fall to Sooners". GoFrogs.com. 12 January 2019.
  10. ^ Davison, Drew (11 April 2019). "'It's my time.' TCU's Kouat Noi is 'all-in' pursuing NBA, professional dreams". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  11. ^ Triebwasser, Melissa B. (13 June 2019). "Kouat Noi withdraws from the NBA Draft". Frogs o' War. SB Nation. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Former Frog Kouat Noi signs with Cairns Taipans". Frogs O'War. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Injury News: Kouat Noi". Taipans.com. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  14. ^ "The sssssilent star". www.twitter.com. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Congratulations to the NBL1 North Men's All Star Five". facebook.com/basketballqld. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Kouat Noi signs on for two years with the Sydney Kings". SydneyKings.com | Kings. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Olivieri, Anthony (15 February 2019). "Fleeing violence in Sudan, TCU's Kouat Noi found a home in Australia". ESPN. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  18. ^ Keeble, Brett (16 September 2013). "Noi's Aussie hoop dream alive again". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  19. ^ Kerry, Craig (21 May 2012). "Long on ambition: Teenager reaches NSW Country start". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

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