Akin Akingbala

Akin Akingbala

#52 College: Clemson Position: Forward Height: 6'10" Weight: 240

Scouting Report

- Clemson Media Relations

Looks to be starting center for the Tigers in his senior year....backup to Sharrod Ford the last three years...has been productive in his career, his 60.2 percent field goal mark is second best in Clemson history among players with at least 100 made field goal attempts...Clemson's field goal percentage leader last year with .593 figure...shot 63.3 percent on the opponent's home floor in 2004-05...seventh leading scorer, but second in rebounds as a junior...joins Shawan Robinson as only seniors on the 2005-06 Clemson team...has increased his weight by 18 pounds over last year as he attempts to get stronger and play more minutes as a senior...has played 20 minutes in a game just 17 times in his career, that will increase this year...named most improved player of the 2003-04 Clemson team...has shown consistent improvement, he scored just 14 points as a freshman, then 135 as a sophomore, then 185 as a junior...tops among active Tigers in career rebounds with 276...veteran of over 1000 minutes and 73 games, 17 as a starter...has shot at least 50 percent from the field in 47 of the last 59 games over two seasons...named to the ACC All-Academic team in 2003-04...like Cheyenne Moore, came to Clemson from a prep school in Connecticut, Akingbala led The Brunswick School to a 19-6 record and runner-up in the New England Prep Championship in 2001-02.

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