Mangisto Arop
| No. 15 – Finke Baskets | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward | ||||||||||||
| League | ProA | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
October 1, 1990 Abyei, Sudan | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | South Sudanese / Canadian | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | St. Mary (Hamilton, Ontario) | ||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2014 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||
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| 2014–2015 | Norrkoping Dolphins | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Finke Baskets | ||||||||||||
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Mangisto “Manny” Arop (born October 1, 1990) is a South Sudanese-Canadian professional basketball player who last played for Finke Baskets of the ProA. He is a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall small forward/shooting guard.
College career
Arop played college basketball at Indiana State University, from 2012 to 2014. He helped lead the Sycamores to a 2-yr record of 41-26 (.612); including 3 wins over "Power 5" conference schools[1] and 2 post-season NIT berths.
He currently ranks in the top 75 in career scoring (744 pts), 20th in career defensive rebounds (250), 25th in 3-pointers (78), 34th in blocks (28), 28th games started (63).[2]
Prior to the 2011-12 season; Arop spent two seasons at Gonzaga University; appearing in 59 games for the Bulldogs.[3]
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft, Arop signed with the Swedish pro club, Norrkoping Dolphins. He started 39 games for the Dolphins, posting a 9.0 ppg average and 4.5 rbg average and helping them to a 3rd-place finish in the Basketligan; he scored 54 points (10.8 ppg) in the Basketligan playoffs. On July 7, 20125; following the Dolphins season, Arop signed with Finke Baskets of Germany.[4] However, he only played two official matches for the team before the two sides parted ways.[5]
FIBA career
Arop was a member of 4 Canadian National teams {Canadian University National Team (2013), Canadian Junior National Team (2011), Canadian U-19 National Team (2009) and the Canadian U-18 National Team (2008)}. He was named to the All World Championships U-19 team (Honorable Mention) during the 2009 Championships.[6]
Awards and accomplishments
College
- Missouri Valley Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team: (2014)
- Missouri Valley Conference All-Conference Team (Honorable Mention): (2014)
- Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Finalist (2014)
- Missouri Valley Conference Regular Season Runner Up (2014)
- West Coast Conference Tournament Winner (2011)
- West Coast Conference Tournament Finalist (2010)
- West Coast Conference Regular Season Champion (2010)
Canadian National Team
- All World Championships U-19 Honorable Mention (2009)
References
- ↑ http://www.gosycamores.com/fls/15200//statistics/alltimembbstats/1213ISUMBB.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=15200
- ↑ http://www.gosycamores.com/fls/15200//statistics/alltimembbstats/INSAll-TimeCareerRecords.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=15200
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/gonzaga/2011.html#all_roster
- ↑ Manny Arop signs with Webmoebel Baskets
- ↑ finke baskets trennen sich von Arop basketball.de, 2015-10-09, retrieved 2015-10-14 (German)
- ↑ http://slansportsmanagement.com/mangisto-arop?DB_OEM_ID=15200