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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