Lasannah V. "Lasan" Kromah (born June 24, 1991) is an American professional

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player for

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of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for

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and

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High school career

Kromah attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School in

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. As a senior, he averaged 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 steals per game under coach Brendan O'Connell, going on to be named first team All-County by the Prince George's Gazette and All-Met fourth team by the Washington Post.

College career

Kromah was recruited by Karl Hobbs to George Washington University after a stellar high school career. He was named to the Atlantic-10 all rookie team after averaging 11.8 points per game during his freshman season at GW. Heading into his sophomore season, Kromah was a Preseason Atlantic 10 Third Team All-Conference Selection. However, after suffering a left foot injury during a preseason scrimmage, Kromah was forced to sit out the entire 2010–11 season. As a junior in 2011–12, he averaged 11.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.7 steals and 29.4 minutes in 31 games. He led George Washington and ranked seventh in the A-10 in steals (52), second on team in scoring (345), assists (79), rebounds (159) and blocks (18). As a senior in 2012–13, Kromah played in all 30 games with 11 starts. He was second on the team with 10.1 points in 24.5 minutes per game. He finished his George Washington career with over 1,000 points, the 44th player in program history to accomplish that feat. Kromah later reunited with Hobbs, who became an assistant at UConn, and joined the Huskies as a graduate student with one season of eligibility remaining after playing three years and earning a degree in Criminal Justice from George Washington University. In 2013–14, he appeared in all 40 games for the Huskies, starting 17, while averaging 6.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. The Huskies went on to win 2014 NCAA championship.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Kromah joined the

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for the

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. On August 11, 2014, he signed with

Alba Fehérvár Alba Fehérvár are a Hungarian professional basketball club based in Székesfehérvár that compete Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the premier division of basketball in Hungary. Founded as the successor of Székesfehérvári MDSE, they took the Hungarian ...

of Hungary for the 2014–15 season. On June 29, 2015, Kromah signed with Torku Konyaspor of the

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. He left Konyaspor in December 2015, and the following month, he signed with Greek team

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. On October 30, 2016, Kromah was selected by the

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in the third round of the 2016 NBA Development League draft. He joined the team for the 2016–17 season, but was waived on November 18, 2016 after appearing in two games. Later that month, he returned to Greece and signed with Promitheas Patras. He appeared in two games for Promitheas before leaving the team in late December. On January 13, 2017, he signed with

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for the rest of the

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as an injury replacement for Ramone Moore. On August 12, 2019, Kromah returned to Greece and signed with Kolossos Rodou. He averaged 15.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. On August 4, 2020, Kromah signed with

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of the LNB Pro A. He was named player of the week on October 2, after posting 22 points and six assists against Élan Chalon. On August 10, 2021, he has signed with Fos Provence Basket of the LNB Pro A. On August 17, 2022, he has signed with

of the Liga ACB.

Personal life

Kromah is the son of Al and Shewvan Kromah, and has an older brother, Adam, and an older sister, Manyuan.

References

External links

UConn Huskies bio
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