Tom Wamukota
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Position | Center | |||||||||||||
League | Basketball Africa League | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | Bungoma, Kenya | 28 September 1993|||||||||||||
Nationality | Kenyan | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
College | Wichita State (2014–2016) | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2016 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 2016–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | PAEEK | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Eko Kings | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | MAS Fes | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | US Monastir | |||||||||||||
2020 | JS Kairouan | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Patriots | |||||||||||||
2021–present | Cobra Sport | |||||||||||||
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Tom Bush Wamukota (born 28 September 1993) is a Kenyan basketball player who currently plays for Cobra Sport of the Basketball Africa League. He also represents the Kenya national basketball team.
College career
Wamukota played two years with the Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team.[1] He was the first Kenyan player to ever play in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.[2]
Professional career
In the summer of 2018, he played for Águilas Doradas Rionegro in Mexico. In the 2018–19 season, he played with Moroccan club MAS Fes.
In 2019, Wamukota played in Tunisia for US Monastir and later JS Kairouan.[3]
In September 2020, Wamukota joined Rwandan side Patriots BBC.[4] He won the national championship later that year, before extended his contract until 2023 in January.[5]
In December 2021, Wamukota joined South Sudanese club Cobra Sport to strengthen the team for the second round of the 2022 BAL qualification.[6]
National team career
Wamukota plays with the Kenya national basketball team and has represented the team at AfroCan 2019, where have averaged 10.5 points. He was named to the tournament's All-Star Five.[7]
He has been part of Kenya's national team at the AfroBasket 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda.[8]
BAL career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2021 | Patriots | 6 | 3 | 21.8 | .213 | .143 | .500 | 6.3 | 1.2 | .5 | .3 | 4.2 |
Career | 6 | 3 | 21.8 | .213 | .143 | .500 | 6.3 | 1.2 | .5 | .3 | 4.2 |
References
- ^ "Tom "Bush" Wamukota - Men's Basketball". Wichita State Athletics. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Bush Wamukota, 1st Kenyan ever in NCAA sweet 16". Kenya Page. 2015-03-28. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Tom Wamukota joins US Monastir". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Wamukota joins Rwanda's Patriots with Basketball Africa League title in mind". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Wamukota extends Rwandese stay". Michezoafrika.com. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Kenya's Wamukota joins South Sudan's Cobra Sport for second BAL appearance". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Tom Wamukota". Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Kenya - FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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