Duke massive man Patrick Ngongba II is returning for his junior season, he introduced Monday in a collaborative Instagram submit with the Duke males’s basketball group.
Ngongba averaged 10.1 factors, 5.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.1 blocks final season, all profession highs.
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The 20-year-old began 28 video games as a sophomore after spending most of his freshman 12 months behind Khaman Maluach and Maliq Brown. He started to interrupt out late in that freshman marketing campaign after Brown suffered a dislocated shoulder.
This previous season, the roles have been reversed. Brown stepped into the beginning lineup when Ngongba missed 5 video games in March, together with Duke’s first-round win over Siena. Ngongba returned for the second spherical towards TCU and resumed a reserve function for the rest of the match. Duke’s run ended within the Elite Eight towards UConn.
With Cameron Boozer anticipated to declare for the NBA Draft and Brown out of eligibility, Ngongba supplies stability within the frontcourt for Duke.
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He joins sophomore level guard Cayden Boozer, who has already announced his return. Isaiah Evans, Dame Sarr and Caleb Foster have but to resolve whether or not they may return or enter the NBA Draft, whereas former Blue Devil reserves Nikolas Khamenia and Darren Harris have entered the switch portal this offseason