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12  Kader Tapsoba
Kader Tapsoba

Class:
RS Junior
Hometown:
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
High School:
Africa
Last College:
Tyler Junior College
Height / Weight:
6-10 / 222
Position:
Forward
Experience:
RS

03/04/2013

Texas Tech Takes On No. 6 Kansas In Lawrence Tonight

Red Raiders Face Jayhawks On ESPNU At 6 PM

03/01/2013

Texas Tech Looks For First Sweep Since 2010 As Its Hosts TCU

Red Raiders Try And Snap Nine-Game Losing Streak Against Horned Frogs

02/24/2013

Texas Tech Looks To Upset No. 13 Kansas State In Manhattan

Red Raiders Face Wildcats on Monday Night On ESPNU

02/22/2013

Texas Tech Looks To Snap Iowa State's 21-Game Home Win Streak

Red Raiders Are 10-4 Against Cyclones Since 2002

02/19/2013

Red Raiders Host Sooners Wednesday Night

Texas Tech Looks To Build On Recent Momentum

04/02/2013

Texas Tech TV Exclusive: Tubby Smith Interview

New Head Men's Basketball Coach Tubby Smith sits down with Texas Tech TV for an exclusive interview

03/14/2013

Red Raiders Fall to Kansas in Big 12 Quarterfinal

Tech ends Big 12 Tournament run and season following 91-63 loss to Kansas

03/13/2013

Kravic Put-Back Lifts Red Raiders to 71-69 Win

Red Raiders beat West Virginia in Big 12 Tournament Opener

03/13/2013

Red Raider Road Trip: Big 12 Basketball Tournament

Travel with the Men's Basketball Team as they make their way to Kansas City

03/09/2013

Red Raiders Lose OT Heartbreaker to Texas

Tech struggles from free throw line in 71-69 loss to Texas

02/25/2013

Texas Tech vs. Kansas State

Texas Tech vs. Kansas State

02/20/2013

Oklahoma at Texas Tech

Here are photos from the Feb. 20, 2013 basketball game between Texas Tech and Oklahoma (M. George Photos)

02/16/2013

Texas Tech vs. West Virginia - 02/16/13

Texas Tech vs. West Virginia - 02/16/13

02/09/2013

Texas Tech vs. Baylor

Baylor defeated Texas Tech in Waco, 75-48 on Feb. 9, 2013.

11/17/2012

First United Methodist Church Thanksgiving Dinner

Texas Tech's Men's Basketball helped serve meals at the 2012 First United Methodist Church Thanksgiving Dinner

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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. He sat out last year, after suffering a season-ending leg injury. At Tyler Junior College, Tapsoba ranked fifth nationally in the NJCAA Division I in blocked shots as a sophomore with 3.5 per game.

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2011-12)
Received a medical redshirt after suffering a leg injury prior to last season.

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 ... majoring in computer science.
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