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Nationality
  
Senegalese

Name
  
Bamba Fall

Position
  
Center

College
  
SMU (2005–2009)

Weight
  
107 kg


Listed weight
  
236 lb (107 kg)

Height
  
2.16 m

Listed height
  
7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)

Role
  
Basketball Player

Pro career
  
2009

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League
  
Kosovo Basketball Superleague

Born
  
May 27, 1986 (age 37) Saint-Louis, Senegal (
1986-05-27
)

High school
  
Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)

Education
  
Oak Hill Academy, Southern Methodist University

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Bamba Fall (born May 27, 1986) is a Senegalese professional basketball player who currently plays for Azad University of the Iranian League. He played college basketball for the Southern Methodist University and represents the Senegal national basketball team in international competition.

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College career

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Fall attended Oak Hill Academy from 2003–2005. While at Oak Hill, the team finished ranked #1 in the country both years Fall attended. Fall began attending SMU in 2005 and since then has played in 43 games (18 as a freshman, 25 as a sophomore) and averaged a career high of 7.1 points per game in 2006-2007 while also leading Conference USA in blocked shots (19th nationally). He was also voted to the conference all-defensive team in 2006-2007.

International career

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Chosen to represent Senegal in July 2007, Fall was the youngest player on the Senegalese squad that finished in ninth place at the FIBA Africa Championship 2007 in Angola.

Professional career

Fall started his professional career in Israel where he signed for Hapoel Afula from the Israeli Basketball Super League in September 2009, but was released before he played for the team and moved to Hapoel Gilboa Galil, where he played one game before being released again.

Then he moved to Hapoel Lev Hasharon from the National League where he averaged 12.8 pts and 9.4 rebounds in 27 minutes of play in a span of 12 games, which followed in him choosing to leave in order to go back to Senegal to obtain a new visa in order to finish his season in the NBA Development League.

In August 2011, Fall signed a three-year contract with BC Kalev/Cramo of Estonia. He was chosen as the KML Defensive Player of the Year after his first season with the team.

In July 2014, he signed with the Latvian team VEF Rīga.

References

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