Boubacar Moungoro | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 6 |
Weight Lb: | 190 |
Team: | Free agent |
Birth Date: | 22 September 1994 |
Birth Place: | Bamako, Mali |
Nationality: | Malian |
High School: | IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) |
Draft Year: | 2014 |
Career Start: | 2013 |
Years1: | 2013–2015 |
Team1: | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada |
Years2: | 2013–2015 |
Team2: | → Viten Getafe |
Years3: | 2015–2017 |
Team3: | Oklahoma City Blue |
Boubacar Moungoro (born September 22, 1994) is a Malian professional basketball player. He declared for the 2014 NBA draft after averaging 8.0 points and 2.5 rebounds with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada.[1]
Moungoro forwent college after completing his high school career with IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.[2] The Bamako native is currently represented by agent Travis King, who has also worked with Robert Covington, and Amar'e Stoudemire in the past.[3] Moungoro has also played for the youth teams of the Mali national basketball team in the past, logging an average of 26 minutes in the 2013 Nike Global Challenge.[4] On November 3, he was acquired by the Oklahoma City Blue after a successful tryout.[5]
In February 2015, it was announced that Moungoro would join the Mali national team at play in the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship qualification against Senegal.[6] In the first game, won by Mali by 65–43, Moungoro scored 12 points and retrieved five rebounds,[7] while in the second leg he scored seven points in the win abroad of his team by 50–47.[8]