Mohamed Niang
{{Short description|Senegalese basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
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| position = Power forward / center
| name = Mohamed Niang
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
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| team = retired
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| nationality = Senegalese
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|3|14}}
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| highschool =
| college = Delaware (1998-1999)
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| career_start = 1999
| career_end = 2008
| years1 = 2000–2001
| team1 = Jilin Northeast Tigers
| years2 = 2003–2004
| team2 = BG DEK/Fichte Hagen
| years3 = 2007–2008
| team3 = Everton Tigers
}}
Mohamed Niang (born 1976 in Dakar, Senegal) is a retired professional basketball player, who lastly played for British Basketball League rookies Everton Tigers, with whom he signed for in 2007.
College career
After attending the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne in France from 1994 to 1996, the 6 ft 10 in Centre then moved to the U.S. and to the University of Delaware, where from 1996 to 1999 he played on the university's Blue Hens basketball team.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
In his first season, he played 12 games, scoring five points and pulled 10 rebounds. The 1997–98 season saw him feature in 11 games, scoring nine points, pulling six rebounds and blocking two shots.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
Professional career
Mohamed was a fifth round pick for the Huntsville Flight in the 2001-02 inaugural draft of the National Basketball Development League (Now called NBA D-League).{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
Niang most recently played in Denmark for Aalborg in 2004, averaging 22.5 pts, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1.4 assists. He coached the team the following season while recovering from ACL injury and signed up to be a player/coach for Everton Tigers during the summer of 2007.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
Sources
- [http://www.nba.com/nbdl/nbdl/draft_results_011101.html National Basketball Development League Announces Inaugural Draft Results]
- [http://www.ligastats.dk/basketstats/stat_spiller.php?saeson=2003&turnering=grundspil&plno=6848 Mohamed Niang - Sæson 2003- 2004 - Grundspillet]
- [http://www.dr.dk/Regioner/Nord/Nyheder/Sport/2005/11/22/160447.htm Mohamed Niang er ny cheftræner hos AaB Basket]
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Category:Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball players
Category:University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne alumni
Category:Mersey Tigers players
Category:Phoenix Hagen players
Category:Senegalese men's basketball players
Category:Senegalese expatriate basketball people in Denmark
Category:Senegalese expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom
Category:Senegalese expatriate basketball people in the United States
Category:Basketball players from Dakar
Category:Senegalese expatriates in France