Brice Eyaga Bidias

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Brice Eyaga Bidias
No. 6FAP
Position Power forward
League Elite Messieurs
Personal information
Born (1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 25)
Yaoundé, Cameroon
NationalityCameroonian
Listed height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Career information
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2019 Condor
2019 Manga BB
2019–present FAP
Career highlights and awards

Brice Dieudonne Eyaga Bidias (born 26 November 1998) is a Cameroonian basketball player who plays for FAP and the Cameroon national basketball team.

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Club career

After playing at the junior levels, Eyaga Bidias joined Condor of the Ligue de Basketball du Centre (LBC) in 2018.

In the fall of 2019, Eyaga Bidias played with the Gabonese club Manga BB in the 2021 BAL qualification games. [1] In the following year, he joined FAP and was on the roster for the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League but did not appear in any game.

In the following season, the 2022 season, Eyaga had a break-out season as he helped FAP reach the BAL semi-finals by averaging 11 points and a team-high 6.5 rebounds per game. [2] On 27 May, he was named to the BAL All-Defensive Team. [3]

National team career

Eyaga Bidias played with the Cameroon national basketball team. He was on the preliminary squad for AfroBasket 2021, but was cut before the start of the tournament. He later played in the qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup. [4]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

BAL

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2022 FAP 8828.2.408.222.5716.51.51.01.011.0

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References

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