2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
JJ N'Ganga
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Aubervilliers, France
- Prev School:
- New Mexico
- High School:
- Sunrise Christian Academy
2015-16 (Senior at New Mexico): Sat out the season due to injury and was given a medical redshirt.
2014-15 (Junior at New Mexico): Appeared in 29 games while averaging twelve minutes per game off the bench … Finished with the highest field goal percentage on the team at 59.0% (36 of 61) … Set his season high in scoring in just his third game as a Lobo with nine points versus Boston College in the 2014 ESPN Puerto Rico Tip Off (11-20-14) … Finished with one of his best games of the season against BC with nine points, six rebounds and two blocks … Saw his best play in conference come in both games versus Utah State with an eight-point, seven-rebound performance at USU (1-10-15) followed up with eight points again against the Aggies in WisePies Arena aka The Pit (2-7-15) … Led the team in rebounding twice and blocks twice. Finished third on the team in dunks with ten.
Junior College (Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa): Played two seasons for the Mavericks under head coach Donnie Jackson … Averaged 6.0 points and 5.4 rebound per game, shooting .468 from the field (73-156) in 31 starts as a sophomore … Helped guide the team to a 19-14 record in the 2013-14 season … Awarded the Hays Scholarship, which is presented to the basketball player with the highest grade point average ... Registered a season-best 12 points and ten rebounds versus Northern Oklahoma College – Enid (3-6-14) … Tallied 3.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game while shooting .581 from the floor in injury-shortened freshman season.
High School: Attended Sunrise Christian Academy in Wichita, Kansas … Played on the same team as Buddy Hield of Oklahoma and Abodunrin Gabriel Olaseni of Iowa … Senior season saw him help Sunrise Christian to a 25-4 record … Played under head coach Kyle Lindsted.
Personal: Full name is Jean-Jacques Francis N’Ganga … The oldest of four children … Originally from Aubersville, France … Majoring in business.
