Tall Blacks

Alex Pledger

Alex Pledger

Alex Pledger

Team: Belmont Abbey College (USA)

Position: Centre

Born: March 27, 1987 at Blenheim

Height: 2.13m

Pledger is a newcomer to the national squad, having represented the Junior Tall Blacks previously.

He has spent two years at college in the United States, but his 2007/08 season with the Kangaroos was curtailed by injury.

Pledger spent some time with Coach Vucinic in Nelson leading into the 2008 Tall Black trials and was selected as a project, offering much needed height and a shot-blocking presence on defence, but needing to develop an offensive game to become a force at international level.

International

Year Series G FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% PTS PPG REB RPG AST APG STL SPG BLK BPG
2008 FIBA Olympic Qualifying (Greece) 2 1 2 50.0 - - - 2 1.0 3 1.5 - - - - - -
2008 NZ in Canada 1 - - - - 2 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
2008 NZ v Australia 2 2 3 66.7 - - - 4 2.0 4 2.0 - - 1 0.50 - -
Career 5 3 5 60.0 - 2 0.0 6 1.2 7 1.4 - - 1 0.20 - -

International Debut

2008

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