Sayeed Pridgett
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| No. 4 – CSM Oradea | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward | |||||||||||||||||
| League | Liga Națională | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 22, 1998 Oakland, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Cambodian | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||
| High school | El Cerrito (El Cerrito, California) | |||||||||||||||||
| College | Montana (2016–2020) | |||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2020: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2020–present | |||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Ionikos Nikaias | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Apollon Limassol | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Karditsa | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Rapid București | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | CSM Oradea | |||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sayeed Pridgett (born May 22, 1998) is an American-born naturalized Cambodian professional basketball player for CSM Oradea of the Liga Națională. He played college basketball for the Montana Grizzlies.
High school career
[edit | edit source]Pridgett attended El Cerrito High School in El Cerrito, California. He was ruled ineligible for part of his first season for academic reasons.[1] He averaged 17 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game as a junior.[2] Pridgett played for the Oakland Rebels on the Amateur Athletic Union circuit.[3] A three-star recruit, he committed to play college basketball for Montana over offers from Oregon State, Creighton and Saint Mary's, among others.[4][5]
College career
[edit | edit source]Pridgett primarily came off the bench in his first two years at Montana.[3] As a sophomore, he averaged 8.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.[6] In his junior season, he averaged 15.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game, and was named to the First Team All-Big Sky.[7] As a senior, Pridgett was placed in a leading role, ranking first on the team in several statistical categories.[8] On January 25, 2020, Pridgett scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed eight rebounds in an 87-85 overtime loss to Weber State.[9] He averaged 19.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game, earning First Team All-Big Sky honors for the second straight year.[10] He finished his career with the fourth-most points in program history, and the most points by a Montana player since Larry Krystkowiak (1982–86).[11]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Ionikos Nikaias (2020–2021)
[edit | edit source]On September 15, 2020, Pridgett signed his first professional contract with Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League.[12] He helped the team make the playoffs after hitting a basket with 4.4 seconds remaining in an 86-85 overtime win against Kolossos Rodou.[13]
Birmingham Squadron (2021)
[edit | edit source]On October 25, 2021, Pridgett joined the Birmingham Squadron after a successful tryout.[14] He was waived on November 15.[15]
Apollon Limassol (2021–2022)
[edit | edit source]Pridgett spent the rest of the 2021–2022 season with Apollon Limassol in Cyprus.
Karditsa (2022–2023)
[edit | edit source]On August 23, 2022, Pridgett returned to Greece, signing with the newly promoted Karditsa. In 20 league games, he averaged 12.9 points, 5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals in 28 minutes per contest.
CSM Oradea (2024–present)
[edit | edit source]On August 6, 2024, Pridgett signed with CSM Oradea of the Liga Națională.[16]
National team
[edit | edit source]Pridgett represented Cambodia at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in 3x3 basketball helping win a gold medal for the host country.[17]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 1998 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Romania
- American men's 3x3 basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- ASK Karditsas B.C. players
- Basketball players from Oakland, California
- Cambodian men's basketball players
- CSM Oradea (basketball) players
- Ionikos Nikaias B.C. players
- Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games
- Montana Grizzlies basketball players
- Naturalised basketball players
- Naturalized citizens of Cambodia
- SEA Games gold medalists for Cambodia
- SEA Games medalists in 3x3 basketball
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
