Brice Vounang | |
Team: | Étendard de Brest |
League: | French League |
Position: | Power forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lbs: | 250 |
Birth Date: | 3 December 1982 |
Birth Place: | Baleveng, Cameroon |
Nationality: | Cameroonian |
College: | San Diego (2003–2005) |
Draft Year: | 2005 |
Career Start: | 2006 |
Years1: | 2006–2007 |
Team1: | Go Pass Pepinster |
Years2: | 2007–2009 |
Team2: | Etoile Charleville-Mezieres |
Years3: | 2011–2015 |
Team3: | Étendard de Brest |
Brice Vounang (born December 3, 1982) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player. Vounang signed with Étendard de Brest of the French League for the 2009-10 season.[1]
Born in Baleveng, Cameroon, Vounang played two years of NCAA basketball at the University of San Diego after two years of junior college at Eastern Oklahoma State Junior College.[2] In his first season with the Toreros, Vounang averaged 16.9 points per game and 6.8 rebounds per game en route to being named West Coast Conference newcomer of the year.[3] He followed that up with a senior season in which he averaged 15.1 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per game.[4]
Vounang began his pro career with one season with Pepinster Go-Pass of the Belgian Professional League.[5] From there, Vounang moved on to French squad Etoile Charleville-Mezieres. In 2008-09, he had his best professional season, averaging 13.9 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per game for the squad.[6] Following this season, he signed with fellow French squad Étendard de Brest.
Vounang is captain of the Cameroon national basketball team.[7] He averaged 12.3 points and 7 rebounds per game for the 2007 squad that won the silver medal and a berth in the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008.[8] Vounang also played on the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship team that finished just off the podium in fourth place.