Bamba Fall

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Bamba Fall (born 1986 in Saint-Louis, Senegal) is a Senegalese basketball player at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, USA and the Senegal national basketball team. He plays the Center position.

[edit] Career

Fall attended Oak Hill Academy from 2003-2005, which is the alma mater of numerous now professional basketball players, including Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant and fellow Senegalese Center DeSagana Diop. While at Oak Hill, the team finished ranked #1 in the country both years Fall attended. Fall began attending SMU in 2005 and since then has played in 43 games (18 as a freshman, 25 as a sophomore) and averaged a career high of 7.1 points per game in 2006-2007 while also leading Conference USA in blocked shots (19th nationally). He was also voted to the conference all-defensive team in 2006-2007. Chosen to represent Senegal in July 2007, Fall was the youngest player on the Senegalese squad that finished in ninth place at the FIBA Africa Championship 2007 in Angola.