Christian Cunningham

Christian Cianan Cunningham (born November 21, 1997) is an American basketball player who plays for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[1] He plays the forward position.[2]

Christian Cunningham
No. 33 – Hapoel Be'er Sheva
PositionForward
LeagueIsraeli Basketball Premier League
Personal information
Born (1997-11-21) November 21, 1997
El Paso, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolCibola (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
CollegeJacksonville State (2015–2019)
NBA draft2019 / Undrafted
Playing career2019–present

Biography

Cunningham was born in El Paso, Texas, and his hometown is Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1] His parents are Viola and Paul Cunningham.[1] He is 6' 7" (201 cm) tall, and weighs 216 pounds (98 kg).[2][3]

He attended Cibola High School ('15) in New Mexico.[2][4] Cunningham played basketball for the Cibola Cougars, and was a first team all-district player in his junior year.[2][1]

Cunningham attended Jacksonville State University ('19).[2] He played basketball for the Jacksonville State Gamecocks.[2] In his sophomore year in 2016–17, he ranked second in the Ohio Valley Conference in blocked shots per game (1.7), third in offensive rebounds (2.9), fourth in field goal percentage (61.3), and set the JSU NCAA Division-I single-season rebounding record (275) and block record (59).[1] In his junior year in 2017–18 he led the Ohio Valley Conference in field goal percentage (.661) and blocked shots (57), and had 8.1 rebounds per game.[1][5] In his senior season in 2018-19 he was named Preseason All-OVC and was second in the OVC in field-goal percentage (.624), and fourth in shots blocked per game (1.7) and offensive rebounds per game (3.0).[1] He is Jacksonville State’s all-time blocks leader (215), and its NCAA Division-I career rebounding leader (864) and field-goal percentage leader (.621).[1]

In December 2020 Cunningham joined Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[6]

References
  1. "Christian Cunningham - Men's Basketball". Jacksonville State University Athletics.
  2. "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". Eurobasket LLC.
  3. "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2020-21 Season | Hapoel Altshuler Shaham Be'er Sheva | Christian Cunningham". basket.co.il.
  4. "Christian Cunningham NCAA Stats, Jacksonville State, International Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  5. "Christian Cunningham College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  6. "Christian Cunningham (ex Amicale) joins H.Beer Sheva". Eurobasket. December 2, 2020.
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