FIBA World Cup 2023 Roster Tracker
August 22, 2023
Mathiang Muo
- Nationality: AUS/SSD/SUD
- 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 Mauot Muo was born in Khartoum, Sudan, during the Sudanese civil war of the 1990s.
Growing up amid conflict and poverty, Muo began working as a domestic cleaner at the age of 10 to help support himself and his family, earning just three dollars a day. The work required him to leave home for two months at a time before returning to spend a week with his family.
In 1998, at the age of 11, Muo fled Sudan with his mother, Elizabeth, and six siblings, seeking refuge in Egypt. While living in Egypt, the family entered a refugee resettlement lottery and spent two years waiting for the opportunity to begin a new life elsewhere.
The family eventually received humanitarian visas to Australia and settled in Sydney, where Muo was able to experience a more stable childhood and begin his formal education at the age of 13.
Having received little formal schooling in Sudan, Muo spent his first two years in Australia undertaking intensive English-language training before enrolling in high school.
Muo first began playing basketball in a Sydney park, developing his skills in Australia before moving to the United States to complete his schooling and pursue a college basketball career.
After graduating from Charleston Southern University in 2013, the 196 cm swingman returned to Australia and joined the Perth Wildcats ahead of the 2013/14 NBL season.
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.
After winning the 2014 NBL championship, Perth retained most of its roster under coach Trevor Gleeson, replacing James Ennis (to Miami) with DeAndre Daniels (via Connecticut) and adding Earnest Ross (via Missouri). Mathiang Muo had missed the previous season after tearing his left Achilles tendon during preseason training and was released in September following Ross’s arrival. However, when Greg Hire tore his left calf shortly after Perth’s opening game, Muo returned as his injury replacement.
On October 17 against Wollongong, Muo played less than two minutes as Daniels (16 points and 13 rebounds) and Shawn Redhage (15 points) led Perth to a 69-59 victory.
Muo (1.9 points across 15 games) provided additional wing depth while Hire recovered, appearing primarily in short periods off the bench. His best and highest-scoring game came against Melbourne on November 9, where he scored 11 points and grabbed 2 rebounds in just over 12 minutes, making five of his seven field-goal attempts. Muo scored all 11 points during the second quarter, providing a crucial lift as Jermaine Beal (14 points) helped Perth defeat Melbourne 68-59, while Daniel Kickert (17 points and 5 rebounds) led United.
Muo remained in the rotation until January 15, when he was deactivated following Hire’s return. He continued training with the Wildcats but did not appear in the postseason. Perth finished fourth with a 16-12 record before losing both semifinal games against Cairns, 71-64 and 80-68, ending its championship defence.
Mathiang Muo played one season in the NBL. He averaged 1.9 points, 0.6 rebounds, and 0 assists in 15 NBL games.
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 | 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 | Brisbane Spartans 2016 | Hobart 2017-18 | Geraldton 2021
Muo represented the East Perth Eagles in the State Basketball League (SBL) in 2014 and helped the club win its first SBL championship.
He played for the Goldfields Giants in 2015.
He joined the Brisbane Spartans in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) for 2016 before playing for the Hobart Chargers in 2017 and 2018.
In 2018, Muo helped Hobart win the SEABL championship, leading the Chargers with 20 points and 14 rebounds in their 72-58 Grand Final victory over the Nunawading Spectres.
Muo later signed with the Geraldton Buccaneers for the 2021 NBL1 West season.
FIBA EXPERIENCE
Mathiang Muo joined South Sudan for the 2016 World Indigenous Basketball Challenge, which was held in Vancouver from 10–13 August 2016, and he was named the tournament MVP after South Sudan completed a 4–0 run and won the championship game 98–91 over Lords of the Plains.
He returned to national team duty in March 2017 at the AfroBasket Zone Five qualifiers in Cairo, recording 34 points against Kenya in the fifth/sixth-place playoff game, and later represented South Sudan at the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket where he averaged 10.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 steals across four games.
Muo also played for South Sudan during the FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifying windows in 2022 and was part of the country’s first national team to qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, with the ‘Bright Stars’ making history at the 2023 tournament by securing the nation’s first World Cup victory on 28 August 2023 with a win over China in Manila, Philippines.
South Sudan finished the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup as the highest-placed African team after defeating Angola in their final game, earning qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, marking the country’s first-ever Olympic appearance.
COLLEGE
Muo played college basketball at Northeastern during the 2009-10 season before transferring to Central Florida CC, where he competed from 2010 to 2011, and then moving to Charleston Southern, where he played from 2011 to 2013.
Muo suited up for Northeastern during the 2009-10 season, which finished 20-13 overall (14-4 in CAA play) and included a National Invitation Tournament appearance under head coach Bill Coen.
In that 2009-10 season, Muo appeared in 29 games and made 1 start, totaling 52 points (1.8 points per game) while shooting 15-for-48 from the field (31.3%), going 7-for-22 on three-pointers (31.8%), and making 15-of-21 free throws (71.4%).
Across those 29 games, he recorded 35 total rebounds (1.2 per game), with 13 offensive rebounds and 22 defensive rebounds, along with 5 assists, 9 steals, 2 blocks, 15 turnovers, and 247 total minutes played (8.5 minutes per game), with his season-high scoring game coming in the Diamond Head Classic win over SMU on December 25, 2009 when he scored eight points.
After leaving Northeastern, Muo moved to Central Florida CC for the 2010-11 season and played 29 games, producing 13.2 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 48.8% from the field, 44.8% from three-point range, and 70.3% from the free throw line, and he was named to the 2011 FCSAA Region VIII tournament all-tournament team after Central Florida’s postseason run included a 59-56 quarterfinal win over Brevard before a 59-49 semifinal loss to Tallahassee.
Muo then transferred to Charleston Southern, starting all 31 games as a junior in 2011-12 on a 19-12 team coached by Barclay Radebaugh, and he averaged 9.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.0 assists in 27.0 minutes per game while shooting 42.2% from the field, 43.5% from three, and 80.9% at the line, including a 22-point outing against Stetson on November 21, 2011 in which he hit 6-of-10 from beyond the arc.
As a senior in 2012-13, Muo played 28 games and made 26 starts for Charleston Southern as the Buccaneers finished 19-13, won the Big South South Division title, and reached the NIT, and he averaged 11.2 points and 5.1 rebounds in 29.8 minutes per game while shooting 38.5% overall, 41.2% on three-pointers, and 76.4% on free throws, finishing the season with 314 points, 143 rebounds, and 68 made threes (68-for-165) across 834 minutes.
Across his two Division I stops (Northeastern and Charleston Southern), Muo played 88 games with 58 starts and totaled 671 points and 303 rebounds, and he finished his Division I career as a 39.5% field-goal shooter with 142 made three-pointers (41.6% from deep) and 95 made free throws (77.2%).
AWARDS
- SBL champion (East Perth Eagles, 2014)
- SEABL champion (Hobart Chargers, 2018)
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