Cameron Ridley

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

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| name = Cameron Ridley

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| position = Center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 306

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1993|10|27}}

| birth_place = Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.

| highschool = Fort Bend Bush (Richmond, Texas)

| college = Texas (2012–2016)

| draft_year = 2016

| career_start = 2016

| career_end =

| years1 = 2016–2017

| team1 =Hiroshima Dragonflies

| years2 = 2017–2018

| team2 = Nishinomiya Storks

| years3=2021

| team3=GNBC

| years4 = 2022-2023

| team4 = Bumi Borneo Pontianak

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Cameron DeVon Ridley (born October 27, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Bumi Borneo Pontianak of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL).{{cite web |last=Nishinomiya Storks |first= |url=https://www.storks.jp/roster/cameron_ridley.htmll|title=Cameron Ridley|date=February 15, 2018 |accessdate=February 15, 2018}}

Career

Ridley was a former McDonald's All-American. In his four-year career at Texas, he averaged 8.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game. Ridley averaged 11.1 points, a team-high 8.5 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game as a senior. He played in 13 games before fracturing his foot and missing all of conference play. He played for the Chicago Bulls in NBA Summer League.{{cite news|last1=Hummer|first1=Chris|title=Cameron Ridley lands on Chicago Bulls summer league roster|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/cameron-ridley-lands-on-chicago-bulls-summer-league-roster/|accessdate=April 26, 2018|work=CBS Sports|date=June 28, 2016}}

In April 2021, Ridley signed with GNBC from Madagascar ahead of the 2021 BAL season.{{cite news |title=Basketball Africa League : Cameron DeVon Ridley en renfort de GNBC {{!}} NewsMada |language=fr |url=https://www.newsmada.com/2021/04/26/basketball-africa-league-cameron-devon-ridley-en-renfort-de-gnbc/ |access-date=28 April 2021 |work=Newsmada.com |date=26 April 2021 |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428095435/https://www.newsmada.com/2021/04/26/basketball-africa-league-cameron-devon-ridley-en-renfort-de-gnbc/ |url-status=dead }} He made his BAL debut against US Monastir and scored 12 points before falling out with an injury.

BAL career statistics

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| style="text-align:left;"|2021

| style="text-align:left;"|GNBC

| 1 || 1 || 16.7 || .750 || – || – || 2.0 || .0 || 2.0 || .0 || 12.0

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| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 1 || 1 || 16.7 || .750 || – || – || 2.0 || .0 || 2.0 || .0 || 12.0

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