Thomas Bassong Joins Mississippi State

0:00On April 26th, Mississippi Statemen's basketball missed the NCAA tournament for the first time under coach Chris Jans snapping their three-year. Striek, with the transfer portal now shut, the Bulldogs are stacking their roster fast to punch a ticket back to March Man his next season. Their fourth commitment just dropped. Florida State forward. Thomas Basung, a six foot eight Paris native, ready to bring some international edge. Basung built his game in high school with overtime elites jelly fam, averaging 15.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.2 steals over 15.6 minutes per game. He handled the toughest assignments on defense while dropping double doubles four times and scoring 20 plus in five outings during his senior. Year. Earlier this summer, he repped France at the FIBA under 19 World Cup in Switzerland, logging 11.2 minutes per game with. 3.3 points and 2.3 boards. That experience, plus his overtime elite run, led him straight to Tallahassee as Florida State's first high school Saimi under coach Luke Lux.

1:06At Florida State, Basung hit the ground running as a freshman wing defender starting 17 of 33 games and playing. 19.3 minutes per contest. He put up 5.9 points and 3.5 rebounds on 49% shooting with double figures five times, including a 14.12 rebound gem against Georgia Tech. This lengthy forward joins another, like Kindle Sanders from Utah, giving State real defensive versatility up front. The Bulldogs class is shaping up strong, setting the stage for a bounce back run.