Ben Woodside

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Ben Woodside
File:Ben Woodside.jpg
Woodside in 2010.
Türk Telekom
Position Point guard
League Turkish Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1985-07-01) July 1, 1985 (age 39)
Albert Lea, Minnesota
Nationality American / Georgian
Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Albert Lea (Albert Lea, Minnesota)
College North Dakota State (2005–2009)
NBA draft 2009 / Undrafted
Playing career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2011 BCM Gravelines
2011 Union Olimpija
2011–2012 BC Armia
2012–2013 TED Ankara Kolejliler
2013–2014 Vanoli Cremona
2014–2015 CB Sevilla
2015–present Türk Telekom
Career highlights and awards

Ben Woodside (born July 1, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketball League (TBL).

High school

He attended Albert Lea High School where he set school career records for points, assists and steals.

College

From 2005 to 2009, he was a member of the North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team. Woodside sat out the 2004–05 season as a redshirt in the Bison program. He was later selected to two All-Conference first teams and was named the 2009 The Summit League Player of the Year.

Woodside helped the Bison to upset Marquette and Wisconsin, both nationally ranked teams.[1] On December 22, 2008, Woodside broke the NDSU career scoring record against Northern Arizona.[2] In 2009 Woodside led the Bison to win the Summit League Tournament and get an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament in their first year of eligibility.

Professional career

In the summer of 2009, Woodside joined the Minnesota Timberwolves summer league team.[3]

Woodside played for BCM Gravelines, a French Pro A team in northern France, in 2009-10. He averaged 14.8 ppg and 4.9 apg, and was invited to the French League All-Star Game December 9, 2009.[4]

In the summer of 2010, Woodside joined the Golden State Warriors summer league team.[5]

In July 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Slovenian club Union Olimpija.[6] In December 2011, he left Olimpija because of the club's financial problems and signed with BC Armia of the Georgian Superliga.[7]

In July 2012, he signed with TED Ankara Kolejliler of Turkey.[8]

In August 2013, he signed a one-year deal with the Italian club Vanoli Cremona[9]

On July 3, 2014, he signed with his former team TED Ankara Kolejliler.[10] But due to health problems, his contract was dropped.[11] On November 23, 2014, he signed with CB Sevilla of Spain for the rest of the season.[12]

On June 8, 2015, he signed with Türk Telekom of Turkey.[13]

College statistics

College statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 North Dakota State 28 28 34.4 .432 .409 .796 3.0 5.1 1.5 0.2 17.5
2006–07 North Dakota State 28 28 34.1 .477 .392 .822 2.9 5.1 1.5 0.1 16.4
2007–08 North Dakota State 29 29 36.6 .461 .397 .830 2.7 5.1 1.5 0.1 20.7
2008–09 North Dakota State 33 33 34.5 .464 .427 .840 3.2 6.2 1.4 0.2 23.2

Career highs

See also

References

  1. Players and teams to remember as mid-majors get set to tip off
  2. N. Dakota St. 90, N. Arizona 68
  3. "Woodside heads to Las Vegas for NBA summer league". WDAY News 6. July 7, 2009. Retrieved on July 10, 2009.
  4. Woodside makes French all-star team
  5. Golden State Warriors Summer League Roster
  6. Union Olimpija signs Ben Woodside
  7. Ben Woodside inks in Georgia with BC Armia
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  11. Marques Green signs with TED Ankara
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  13. Turk Telekom Ankara lands Ben Woodside and Cevher Ozer

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