Mohamed Niang

Mohamed Niang
retired
Position	Power forward / center
Personal information
Born	14 March 1976 (age 48)
Nationality	Senegalese
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Career information
College	Delaware (1998-1999)
Playing career	1999–2008
Career history
2003–2004	BG DEK/Fichte Hagen
2007–2008	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. 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[edit]

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]}

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]}

Professional career[edit]

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]}

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]}

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