Anicet-Richard Lavodrama y Ondoma (born 4 July 1963 in

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) is a retired professional

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player from the

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Professional career

Lavodrama played for the Houston Baptist Huskies from 1981 until 1985, and he was selected by the

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in the 3rd round of the

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. Lavodrama also played in 345 games in the top-tier level league in Spain, the

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, between 1985 and 1998 (except for the 1987–88 season, after his club, OAR Ferrol, were

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Central African Republic national team

Lavodrama competed at the

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with the

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. Appearing in each of the seven games, Lavodrama scored 30 points twice, and also had a

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in 4 of the six games.

References

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