Ben Uzoh

He played in international competitions for Nigeria. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and playing at the point guard, Uzoh played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New Jersey Nets and Toronto Raptors. He also played for several teams across North America, Europe, South America and Africa.

Ben Uzoh

Toronto Raptors
Position	Scout
Personal information
Born	(1988-03-18) March 18, 1988 (age 36) Houston, Texas
Nationality	American / Nigerian
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Warren (San Antonio, Texas)
College	Tulsa (2006–2010)
NBA draft	2010: undrafted
Playing career	2010–2022
Position	Point guard
Career history
2010–2011	New Jersey Nets
2011	→Springfield Armor
2011	Lokomotiv Kuban
2012	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2012	Cleveland Cavaliers
2012	Toronto Raptors
2012–2013	Springfield Armor
2013–2014	Tulsa 66ers
2014	Canton Charge
2015	Lagos Islanders
2017	Okapi Aalstar
2018	Caballeros de Culiacan
2019–2020	Paris
2021	Rivers Hoopers
2021	Cape Town Tigers
2022	Marinos
Career highlights and awards
South African League champion (2021) CIBACOPA All-Star (2018) First-team All-Conference USA (2010) 2× Second-team All-Conference USA (2008, 2009) Conference USA All-Freshman team (2007)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Nigeria FIBA Africa Championship 2015 Tunisia

Uzoh played for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane over his four-year college basketball career.

Uzoh is the only player in school history to be ranked top 10 among points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. He's a three time All-Conference USA recipient including his selection to the first team his senior year. He started in 140 games out 141 game in his college career.

In the summer of 2010, Uzoh earned Portsmouth Invitational Tournament All Third Team.

After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft, Uzoh signed a partially guaranteed contract with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association. On January 5, 2011, Uzoh was given a guaranteed contract to play out the rest of the year in New Jersey. He was briefly assigned to the Springfield Armor of the NBA D-League, during the month of March 2011.

In October 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Lokomotiv Kuban of the Russian League, but was released after playing just two games.

On March 27, 2012, he signed a 10-day contract with the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. On April 16, 2012, the Raptors announced they had signed Ben Uzoh for the remainder of the 2011–2012 season. He recorded a triple-double on April 26, against the Nets, the first by a Raptor in eleven years.

Uzoh joined the Denver Nuggets for their training camp in October 2012, but did not make the team's final roster. He was then acquired by the D-League team the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. However, on November 5, 2012, Uzoh was traded to the Armor for Tim Ohlbrecht.

On October 31, 2013, Uzoh was acquired by the Tulsa 66ers in a trade involving the Iowa Energy and the Springfield Armor. On January 22, 2014, he was traded to the Canton Charge. On March 21, 2014, he was waived by the Charge due to a season-ending injury.

Ben Uzoh went to Nigeria in 2015 where he signed on to play for the Lagos Islanders.

On March 12, 2017, Uzoh signed with Belgian club Okapi Aalstar for the rest of the 2016–17 season.

On February 10, 2018, he signed with Caballeros de Culiacan of the CIBACOPA league in Mexico. He earned league All-Star honors.

On November 24, 2019, Uzoh signed with Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro B. On January 20, 2020, Paris Basketball and Uzoh jointly decided not to continue their collaboration.

In April 2021, Uzoh signed with the Nigerian team Rivers Hoopers to play in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He scored the first-ever points in the BAL in the season opener against Patriots BBC. He also became the first ex-NBA player to play in the newly established competition. The Hoopers were eliminated in the regular season after two losses and one win, with Uzoh averaging a team-leading 14.7 points per game.

In September 2021, Uzoh was on the roster of South African team Cape Town Tigers and helped the team win its first-ever national championship. He recorded 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the championship game against Jozi Nuggets.

On July 4, 2022, he signed with Marinos of the Venezuelan SuperLiga.

In October 2023, Uzoh became a scout for his former team, the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he also re-united with Masai Ujiri.

Uzoh has played for the Nigerian national basketball team at the 2013, 2015, and 2017 FIBA Men's African Championships. He was also a member of the Nigerian team that participated at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

NBA

Regular season

BAL