Ben Mockford

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Ben Mockford
No. 4–Newcastle Eagles
Position Shooting guard
League BBL
Personal information
Born (1989-08-18) 18 August 1989 (age 33)
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight78 kg (172 lb)
Career information
High school Oak Hill Academy
(Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
College
NBA draft 2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015 Cáceres
2014–2015 Plymouth Raiders
2015–2016 Cáceres
2016–2018 CB Bahía San Agustín
2018–2019 ASK Karditsas B.C.
2019–2020 Cheshire Phoenix
2020–2021 Bristol Flyers
2021–2022Cheshire Phoenix
2022LYONSO
2022–present Newcastle Eagles

Ben Mockford (born 18 August 1989) is a British basketball player for Newcastle Eagles of the British Basketball League (BBL) and the Great Britain national team. [1]

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Professional career

On 10 December 2020, Mockford signed a short-term contract with the Bristol Flyers for the 2020–21 BBL season. [2] On 27 October 2021, he signed with Cheshire Phoenix of the BBL. [3]

In August 2022, Mockford signed with the Newcastle Eagles. [4]

National team career

Mockford earned his first cap for the Great Britain national team in an international friendly against Latvia in Worcester, England, on 19 July 2014. Mockford had his first stellar performance with the team during an FIBA EuroBasket 2015 qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina, scoring 19 points on 5/8 shooting from three point range. He was a regular member of head coach Joe Prunty's squads from 2014 to 2017, and was selected to play for GB at the FIBA EuroBasket 2017. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ FIBA profile
  2. ↑ "Flyers sign Mockford on short-term deal". British Basketball League. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "GB GUARD BEN MOCKFORD RE-JOINS THE NIX". Cheshire Phoenix. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ben Mockford lands with Newcastle Eagles for new season". Newcastle Eagles.
  5. ↑ EuroBasket 2017 profile, FIBA
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