Romello Da'Quan White (born May 9, 1998) is an American professional

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player for

Karditsa Karditsa ( el, Καρδίτσα ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of region of Thessaly. Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BC. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, the ...

of the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

. He played

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for the

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and the

Ole Miss Rebels The Ole Miss Rebels are the 18 men's and women's intercollegiate athletic teams that are funded by and represent the University of Mississippi, located in Oxford. The first was the football team, which began play in 1893. Originally known as th ...

High school career

White attended Wheeler High School. He developed a relationship with former NBA player

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in high school, and Stackhouse became his mentor. White originally signed with

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, but reconsidered after coach

Brian Gregory Brian Francis Gregory (born December 15, 1966) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head men's basketball coach at South Florida Bulls men's basketball, South Florida. He was previously serving as a consultant to Tom ...

was fired. He committed to

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because he had a relationship with former assistant coach Anthony Coleman.

College career

White redshirted his true freshman season to improve his academics. He became a starter as a redshirt freshman and averaged 10.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. White averaged 8.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game as a sophomore. He worked on his conditioning and nutrition in the offseason and lost 10 pounds. As a junior, White averaged 10.2 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, and posted eight double-doubles. Following the season, he transferred to Ole Miss. On February 6, 2021, he scored a career-high 30 points and had 10 rebounds and four blocks in an 86–84 win against

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. During his redshirt senior season, White averaged 11.4 points and 6 rebounds per game, led the team with 36 blocks, and set the Ole Miss single-season record with a 64.9 percent shooting percentage.

Professional career

On July 11, 2021, White signed his first professional contract with Hapoel Eilat of the

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. He averaged 10.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, but left the team in December 2021. On March 6, 2022, White signed with

Keravnos Strovolou Keravnos B.C. (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Στροβόλου «Ο Κεραυνός»), also known as Keravnos Strovolou, is a professional basketball club based in Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus. It plays its home games in the C ...

of the

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. White spent the 2022-2023 season with Israeli club

Ironi Nahariya Ironi Nahariya Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל עירוני נהריה; ) known for sponsorship reasons as Ironi Rain Nahariya () is a professional basketball club based in city of Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in t ...

. On July 31, 2023, White signed with Greek club

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:center;" colspan="11",

Redshirt , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;",

, 31 , , 29 , , 24.3 , , .652 , , – , , .552 , , 7.1 , , .4 , , .3 , , .7 , , 10.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;",

, 34 , , 32 , , 25.0 , , .598 , , – , , .579 , , 5.2 , , .3 , , .4 , , .7 , , 8.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;",

, 30 , , 29 , , 28.5 , , .569 , , – , , .683 , , 8.8 , , 1.0 , , .5 , , 1.2 , , 10.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

, style="text-align:left;", Ole Miss , 28 , , 25 , , 27.8 , , .649 , , .000 , , .710 , , 6.0 , , 1.0 , , .5 , , 1.3 , , 11.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 123 , , 115 , , 26.3 , , .616 , , .000 , , .624 , , 6.7 , , .7 , , .4 , , 1.0 , , 10.1

References

External links

Ole Miss Rebels bioArizona State Sun Devils bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Romello 1998 births Living people American men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball players ASK Karditsas B.C. players Basketball players from Atlanta Centers (basketball) Hapoel Eilat basketball players Keravnos B.C. players Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball players Power forwards (basketball)