Ahsan Asadullah Explained

Ahsan Asadullah
Position:Center
Height Ft:6
Height In:9
Weight Lbs:275
Team:Free Agent
Birth Date:8 December 1998
Nationality:American
High School:North Clayton
(College Park, Georgia)
College:Lipscomb (2018–2023)
Draft Year:2023
Highlights:
  • 3× First-team All-ASUN (2020–2022)
  • ASUN All-Freshman Team (2019)

Ahsan Asadullah (born December 8, 1998) is an American basketball player who is currently a free agent. He played in college for the Lipscomb Bisons, where he was a three-time First Team All-ASUN Conference selection.

High school career

Asadullah played basketball for North Clayton High School in College Park, Georgia. As a senior, he averaged 15.1 points and 10 rebounds per game, leading his team to a Region 4-3A runner-up finish.[1] He committed to playing college basketball for Lipscomb over offers from Georgia State, Little Rock, James Madison, Bucknell, Brown and Alcorn State.[2] [3]

College career

Asadullah redshirted his first season at Lipscomb because of a knee injury.[4] As a freshman, he averaged 7.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, receiving ASUN Conference All-Freshman Team honors.[5] On March 3, 2020, at the ASUN tournament quarterfinals, Asadullah posted a career-high 40 points and 14 rebounds in a 68–63 win against Florida Gulf Coast. He set the Allen Arena single-game scoring record.[6] As a sophomore, he averaged 18.6 points, 10.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, earning First Team All-ASUN honors.[7] [8] On December 12, 2020, Asadullah recorded a junior season-high 29 points and 11 rebounds in an 81–71 loss to Belmont.[9] As a junior, he averaged 14.1 points, eight rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, repeating as a First Team All-ASUN selection. He led all NCAA Division I centers in assists.[10] Asadullah was named to the First Team All-ASUN for the third season as a senior.[11]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;"| Lipscomb| style="text-align:center;" colspan="11"| Redshirt|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Lipscomb| 37 || 2 || 14.2 || .565 || – || .676 || 4.6 || .8 || .6 || .6 || 7.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Lipscomb| 31 || 30 || 29.8 || .520 || .200 || .519 || 10.1 || 3.9 || 1.2 || 1.2 || 18.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Lipscomb| 27 || 27 || 28.3 || .579 || .000 || .505 || 8.0 || 3.4 || .9 || .6 || 14.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Lipscomb| 25 || 24 || 28.6 || .506 || .321 || .635 || 9.0 || 4.6 || .7 || 1.0 || 15.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| Lipscomb| 33 || 33 || 23.0 || .465 || .091 || .359 || 5.9 || 3.2 || .7 || .8 || 6.8|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 153 || 116 || 24.1 || .526 || .236 || .550 || 7.3 || 3.0 || .8 || .8 || 12.0

Personal life

Asadullah's father, Jalal, played college basketball for Akron.[4] His oldest brother, Marcus Georges-Hunt, played for Georgia Tech before embarking on a professional career, including in the NBA.[12] Another older brother, Jalal Johnson, competed for Lindenwood.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Strickland . Luke . North Clayton’s Asadullah commits to Lipscomb . Clayton News Daily . October 28, 2021 . September 27, 2016.
  2. Web site: Strickland . Luke . Morrow’s Green, North Clayton’s Asadullah sign National Letters of Intent . Clayton News Daily . October 28, 2021 . November 14, 2016.
  3. Web site: Puterman . Ariel . Interview with ASUN All-Conference First Team’s Ahsan Asadullah . CBB Review . October 28, 2021 . April 27, 2020.
  4. Web site: McGee . Mark . Spotlight getting brighter for Asadullah . . October 28, 2021 . December 31, 2020.
  5. Web site: Bison Basketball Tips off 2019-20 Season Tuesday . . October 28, 2021 . November 4, 2019.
  6. Web site: Organ . Mike . Lipscomb's Ahsan Asadullah sets Allen Arena scoring record in A-Sun quarterfinal win . . October 28, 2021 . March 3, 2020.
  7. Web site: Heid . Jacob . Ahsan Asadullah- A monster in the Atlantic Sun . Overtime Heroics . October 28, 2021 . June 26, 2020.
  8. Web site: Organ . Mike . Lipscomb's Ahsan Asadulla, K.J. Johnson honored by Atlantic Sun . . October 28, 2021 . March 3, 2020.
  9. Web site: Smith, Hollander lift Belmont past Lipscomb 81-71 . . . October 28, 2021 . December 12, 2020.
  10. Web site: Downs . Kirk . Asadullah tabbed Preseason All-Conference; Bisons picked to finish fifth . . October 28, 2021 . October 6, 2021.
  11. Liberty's McGhee Repeats as Player of the Year; @ASUN_MBB Postseason Awards Announced. . March 1, 2022 . March 1, 2022.
  12. Web site: Burgess . Jason . NCAA Basketball: 3 key storylines for Louisville vs. Lipscomb . Busting Brackets . October 28, 2021 . December 11, 2018.