Ben Mockford

Ben Mockford (born 18 August 1989) is a British basketball player who plays for the Bristol Flyers in the British Basketball League (BBL) and the Great Britain Men's National Team.[1]

Ben Mockford
No. 0 Bristol Flyers
PositionShooting guard
LeagueBBL
Personal information
Born (1989-08-18) 18 August 1989
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
NationalityBritish
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight173 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High schoolOak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
College
NBA draft2014 / Undrafted
Playing career2014––present
Career history
2014–2015Cáceres
2014–2015Plymouth Raiders
2015–2016Cáceres
2016–2018CB Bahia San Agustin
2018–2019ASK Karditsas B.C.
2019–2020Cheshire Phoenix
2020–presentBristol Flyers

Professional career

On 10 December, 2020 Mockford signed a short-term contract with the Bristol Flyers for the 2020–21 BBL season.[2]


National team career

Mockford earned his first cap for the Great Britain national basketball team in an international test match vs Latvia in Worcester, England on 19 July, 2014. Mockford scored 19 points and was .625 (5/8) from three in a breakout performance against Bosnia and Herzegovina in FIBA EuroBasket 2015 Qualifying. He was a regular member of Head Coach Joe Prunty's squads from 2014 to 2017 and was selected for GB's FIBA EuroBasket 2017 campaign.[3]

References

  1. FIBA profile
  2. "Flyers sign Mockford on short-term deal". bbl.org.uk. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. EuroBasket 2017 profile
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