ABA Alumni of the Week: Bubu Benjamin

Dec. 09, 2024

Tarleton State men’s basketball sophomore guard Bubu Benjamin has been named the Alberta Basketball Association (ABA) Alumni of the Week for Dec. 2 - 8. 2024.

Go crazy then Bubu! That’s a career-high 29 points for @bbububenjamin 💥 pic.twitter.com/N9z60ikIr3
— Tarleton Men's Basketball (@TarletonMBB) December 4, 2024

The Medicine Hat product scored an NCAA career high 29 points, while shooting 11/14 field goals, and chipping in with a game-high six assists, four rebounds, and three steals in the Texans’ 90-50 home victory over the Dallas Christian Crusaders on Dec. 3.

Benjamin also scored 13 points while shooting 5/7 field goals in a 66-51 loss for the Texans against the host UCF Knights in Orlando on Dec. 8.

For the 2024-25 season, Benjamin leads Tarleton State with an average of 17.2 points per game and a .556 field goal percentage. He also ranks first on the Texans in both three-pointers made and three-point percentage, shooting 22/44 from beyond the arc.

Benjamin played for the Alberta 15U boys team at the Canada Basketball National Championships in both 2018 and 2019, earning a second-team all-star selection in the latter year.

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