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12  Kader Tapsoba
Kader Tapsoba

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
High School:
Africa
Last College:
Tyler Junior College
Height / Weight:
6-10 / 215
Experience:
TR

10/18/2011

Texas Tech To Host 'Basketball With Billy'

Red Raider Coach Billy Gillispie To Host All-Access Practice

12/13/2011

Billy Gillispie's Red Raider 12 Days of Christmas -- Second Helpings

Billy Gillispie's Red Raider 12 Days of Christmas -- First United Methodist Church Second Helpings

12/12/2011

Billy Gillispie's Red Raider 12 Days of Christmas

Billy Gillispie and the Red Raider basketball team visited the UMC Children's Hospital on Dec. 12, 2011.

09/28/2011

2011 Strength & Conditioning

Red Raider Men's Basketball prepares for the upcoming season with preseason conditioning.

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Kader Tapsoba could give the Red Raiders a much needed presence on defense, with his 6-10 frame and 7-2 wingspan ... ranked fifth nationally in the NJCAA Division I in blocked shots last season with 3.5 per game.

PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH Averaged 6.7 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game as a sophomore at Tyler Junior College ... recorded a career-high 17 rebounds against Pulaski Technical College ... had 10 career double digit rebounding performances at Tyler Junior College ... recorded seven double-doubles as a sophomore for the Apaches ... shot 67 percent from the field ... was also named a 2010 NJCAA Distinguished Academic All-American for his performance in the classroom ... played on the Burkina Faso U20 National Team ... also recruited by Northwestern, Washington State and California.

PERSONAL Ali Kader Ismael Tapsoba ... born Sept. 12, 1987 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Africa ... hometown is pronounced WAH-geh-doo-goo ... parents are the late Yacouba and Alizeta Tapsoba ... he has two sisters, Mariam and Korotimi and one brother, Saad ... learned English from listening to music ... speaks his native Mòoré and French ... currently undecided about his major.

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