FIBA World Cup 2023 Roster Tracker
August 22, 2023
Mathiang Muo
- Nationality: AUS/SSD
- Date of Birth: 3/04/87
- Place of Birth: Khartoum (Sudan)
- Position: G/F
- Height (CM): 196
- Weight (KG): 95
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Northeastern (2009-2010) / Central Florida CC (2010-2011) / Charleston Southern (2011-2013)
- NBL DEBUT: 17/10/14
- AGE AT DEBUT: 27
- LAST NBL GAME: 9/01/15
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 27
- NBL History: Perth 2015
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Mathiang Muo was born in Khartoum (Sudan).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Mathiang Muo made his NBL debut with the Perth Wildcats at 27 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
Mathiang Mauot Muo is a Australian-Sudanese professional basketball player for the Geraldton Buccaneers of the State Basketball League (SBL).
The 6’5″ swingman graduated from Charleston Southern University in 2013 before joining the Perth Wildcats of the NBL.
Due to injury, he managed just 15 games for the Wildcats over two seasons.
Muo has also had stints in the SBL for the East Perth Eagles and Goldfields Giants, and played for the SEABL’s Brisbane Spartans in 2016.
In 2018, he helped the Hobart Chargers win the SEABL championship.
Muo was born in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, a city in the heart of the Sudanese civil war in the 1990s.
To help himself and his family survive, Muo worked as a domestic cleaner, earning three dollars a day at the age of 10, leaving home for two-month stints before returning to spend a week with his family.
In 1998, at the age of 11, Muo, along with six siblings and his mother, Elizabeth, escaped to Egypt as refugees.
The family enrolled in a refugee lottery while in Egypt and waited two years to find a new destination.
Eventually, Muo’s family were given the chance to come to Australia on humanitarian visas, moving to Sydney, where he and his family were able to settle down.
Upon arrival in Sydney, Muo began formal education at the age of 13.
He spent the first two years in extensive English training and enrolled in high school.
Mathiang Muo played one season in the NBL. He averaged 1.8 points, 0.6 rebounds, and 0 assists in 15 NBL games.
Dan Boyce is a die-hard Sydney Kings fan who grew up in Melbourne during the roaring 90's of Australian Basketball and spent far too much time collecting Futera NBL Basketball cards.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 28 | Perth | 16-12 (4) | 15 | 84.0 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 39% | 6 | 18 | 33% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 50% | 50% | Totals | 15 | 84 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 39.3% | 6 | 18 | 33.3% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 50% | 50% | 11 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 28 | Perth | 16-12 (4) | 15 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 39% | 0.4 | 1.2 | 33% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 50% | 50% | Total | 15 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 39.3% | 0.0 | 33.3% | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.0% | 50% | 50% | 11 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- East Perth 2014 | Goldfields 2015 | Hobart 2017-18 | Geraldton 2021
FIBA EXPERIENCE
Played for South Sudan during the FIBA World Cup Qualifying window in 2022.
Muo was a part of the South Sudans first ever national team to qualify for the FIBA World Cup. The Bright Stars, who competed in the 2023 tournament made history again on August 28 when South Sudan earned its first World Cup victory with a dominant win over China in Manila, Philippines.
South Sudan would qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris by finishing as the best African team in the World Cup by beating Angola in their final game. This will be their first-ever Olympics.
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