2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

23 Yussif Basa-Ama

  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bolgatanga, Ghana
  • Highschool Saint Andrew’s School (Florida)

Biography

Notes: Recipient of the Yale Athletics Amanda D. Walton Award, given to an outstanding student-athlete (male or female) who has excelled on the field of play and who has shown spirit and courage in transcending unforeseen challenges. 

2023-24: Appeared in 14 games... Shot 50 percent (7-of-14) from the field... Scored five points and grabbed two rebounds in the win at Howard... Co-recipients of the team's Stan Smith Senior Award.

2022-23: Appeared in 12 games off the bench... Shot 62.5 percent from the field... Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in 22 minutes in the victory at Fairfield... Was 5-for-5 from the field and scored 12 points in the win over Mississippi Valley State at the Rainbow Classic.

2021-22: Appeared in 22 games off the bench, including eight Ivy League games... Had eight points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field in wins over UMass and Siena... Pulled down eight rebounds at Cornell.

2020-21: Season canceled due to pandemic

High School: Florida Mr. Basketball finalist at the Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton… 2020 Class 3A Player of the Year… Named a Class 3A first team all-state selection by the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches… 2020 Palm Beach Most Valuable Player… Selected as a county First Five as both a junior and senior… Averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds and 1.5 blocks at Saint Andrew’s… Scored more than 1,000 career points… Helped lead Saint Andrew’s to the Florida state championship as a senior.
 
Personal: Left Ghana at age of 11… Started playing basketball in eighth grade.
 
Why Yale? “When it came to choosing the college I wanted to attend, the advice I kept getting was do I have a four-year plan or a 40-year plan.”

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Historical Player Information

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    2020-21First Year

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    6'8" 200 lbs
    23
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    2021-22Sophomore

    F
    6'8" 200 lbs
    23
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    2022-23Junior

    F
    6'8" 200 lbs
    23
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    2023-24Senior

    F
    6'8" 195 lbs
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