Ben Mockford
No. 6 – Cheshire Phoenix | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
League | BBL |
Personal information | |
Born | Shoreham-by-Sea, England | 18 August 1989
Nationality | British |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 173 lb (78 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia |
College |
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NBA draft | 2014 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2014–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–present | Cheshire Phoenix |
Ben Mockford (born 18 August 1989) is a British basketball player for Cheshire Phoenix of the British Basketball League (BBL) and the Great Britain national team.[1]
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 the Cheshire Phoenix.[3]
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.[4]
References[]
- ^ FIBA profile
- ^ "Flyers sign Mockford on short-term deal". bbl.org.uk. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "GB GUARD BEN MOCKFORD RE-JOINS THE NIX". Cheshire Phoenix. October 27, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ EuroBasket 2017 profile
- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Shoreham-by-Sea
- Sportspeople from West Sussex
- British expatriate basketball people
- British expatriate basketball people in Spain
- British expatriate basketball people in the United States
- English expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- English men's basketball players
- Iona Gaels men's basketball players
- St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball players
- Shooting guards
- Cheshire Phoenix players
- Bristol Flyers players