Nigerian basketball player

Ejike Christopher Ugboaja (born 28 May 1985) is a Nigerian professional basketball player who last played for BC Mark Mentors of the Nigerian Premier Basketball League (NPBL). He is also the founder of Ejike Ugboaja Foundation.

Contents

• 1 Professional career
• 2 Nigerian national team
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Professional career

Ugboaja was selected in the 2006 NBA draft by the National Basketball *ociation's Cleveland Cavaliers, in the second round with the 55th pick overall. He was a member of the Cavaliers during the 2006–07 season, but did not play in any regular season games with the team. He played in the 2nd-tier Eurocup with Azovmash Mariupol and with BC Odessa.

Nigerian national team

Ugboaja competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2007 FIBA Africa Championship, the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship, and the 2011 FIBA Africa Championship with Nigeria. He also played at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with the senior men's Nigerian national basketball team.

References

External links

• NBA.com Profile
• Eurocup Profile
• NBA D-League Profile
• FIBA Profile
• Asia-Basket.com Profile
• Draftexpress.com Profile