Mohamed Niang (born 1976 in Dakar, Senegal) is a retired professional basketball player, who lastly played for British Basketball League rookies Everton Tigers, with whom he signed for in 2007. His cousin Assane Niang Faye played for University of New Hampshire and another cousin

Mouhammad Faye Mouhammad "Mo" Faye (born September 14, 1985) is a Senegalese former professional basketball player who last played for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro A. He also represents the senior Senegalese national team. Early life and high schoo ...

currently stars for the Georgia Tech basketball team.

College career

After attending the

University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (; URCA), also known simply as the University of Reims, is a public university based in Reims, France. In addition to the main campus in Reims, the university has several campuses located throughout ...

in France from 1994 to 1996, the 6 ft 10 in Centre then moved to the U.S. and to the University of Delaware, where from 1996 to 1999 he played on the university's Blue Hens basketball team. In his first season, he played 12 games, scoring five points and pulled 10 rebounds. The 1997–98 season saw him feature in 11 games, scoring nine points, pulling six rebounds and blocking two shots.

Professional career

Mohamed was a fifth round pick for the

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in the 2001-02 inaugural draft of the National Basketball Development League (Now called NBA D-League). Niang most recently played in Denmark for

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in 2004, averaging 22.5 pts, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1.4 assists. He coached the team the following season while recovering from ACL injury and signed up to be a player/coach for Everton Tigers during the summer of 2007.

Sources

National Basketball Development League Announces Inaugural Draft Results

Mohamed Niang - Sæson 2003- 2004 - Grundspillet

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