Petey Cipriano

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Petey Cipriano
Southern Jaguars
Position Assistant coach
League Southwestern Athletic Conference
Personal information
Born (1983-02-07) February 7, 1983 (age 41)
Jersey City, New Jersey
Nationality American / Cape Verdean
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 244 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school St. Anthony
(Jersey City, New Jersey)
College Southern (2002–2006)
NBA draft 2006 / Undrafted
Playing career 2006–2011
Position Power forward/center
Number 15, 4, 10
Coaching career 2013–present
Career history
As player:
2006–2007 BG Karlsruhe (Germany)
2008 Kouvot (Finland)
2008–2009 Norrköping Dolphins (Sweden)
2009 PBG Basket Poznań (Poland)
2010–2011 Eco Örebro (Sweden)
As coach:
2013–present Southern (asst.)
Career highlights and awards
  • SWAC Tournament MVP (2006)

Pedro "Petey" Cipriano (born February 7, 1983) is an American-Cape Verdean basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at Southern University.

Early life

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Cipriano graduated from St. Anthony High School and played basketball at St. Anthony under coach Bob Hurley.

Collegiate career

Going by "Peter", Cipriano attended and played basketball at Southern University from 2002 to 2006.[1] As a senior on the team that won the 2006 SWAC Tournament, Cipriano had 10.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game.[2]

Professional playing career

He played professionally from 2006 to 2011 for various European teams.[3]

In the 2006–2007 season, he played for BG Karlsruhe of the German Basketball Bundesliga with jersey #15.[4] He averaged 6.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.[3]

Cipriano signed with Kouvot in the Finnish Korisliiga for the 2007–2008 postseason, with jersey #4.[5][3] Helping Kouvot make the 2008 Korisliiga Finals, Cipriano averaged 7.7 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.[3]

In the 2008–2009 season, Cipriano played for the Norrköping Dolphins of the Swedish Basketligan, with jersey #10.[6] Cipriano averaged 7.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.[3] The Dolphins advanced to the 2009 Basketligan semifinals.[7]

For three games in October 2009, Cirpiano played for PBG Basket Poznań of the Polish Basketball League. Cipriano then played 11 games for Eco Örebro of Swedish Basketligan from February to March 2010 with 7.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game.[8] Cipriano returned to the team for the 2010–11 season, averaging 7.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.[3] He wore jersey #10 with Orebro.[9]

International career

A member of the Cape Verde national basketball team, Cipriano joined Cape Verde after they won a bronze medal at the FIBA Africa Championship 2007, qualifying for a wildcard tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[10]

Coaching career

After completing his bachelor's degree at Southern University in 2013, Cipriano became an assistant coach in Roman Banks's staff in the 2013–14 season.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ ESPN.com player profile
  2. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/southern/2006.html
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Pedro Cipriano accumulated stats
  4. ↑ http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Germany/BG_Karlsruhe/449?Year=2006-2007
  5. ↑ http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Finland/Kouvot_Kouvola/1022?Year=2007-2008
  6. ↑ http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Sweden/Norrkoping_Dolphins/684?Year=2008-2009
  7. ↑ http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gameCent/p/leagueid/SWE/leagueids//ot//season/2009/tid/6000904/teamView.html
  8. ↑ http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gameCent/p/leagueid//ot//pid/6036497/season/2010/tid/0/tidstat//playerView.html
  9. ↑ http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Sweden/Eco_Orebro/4315?Year=2010-2011
  10. ↑ FIBA.com profile
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