Mohamed Niang

Mohamed Niang (born in Dakar, Senegal) is a professional basketball player, currently playing for British Basketball League rookies Everton Tigers, with whom he signed for in 2007. His cousin Assane Niang Faye played for University of New Hampshire and another cousin Mouhammad Faye currently stars for the Georgia Tech basketball team.

College career

After attending the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne in France from 1994–1996, 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.

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.

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).

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.

Sources

• National Basketball Development League Announces Inaugural Draft Results
• Mohamed Niang - Sæson 2003- 2004 - Grundspillet
• Mohamed Niang er ny cheftræner hos AaB Basket