Koch Bar Joins Kalleh Basketball Club
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – South Sudanese international power forward Koch Deng Aguer Bar joined the Iranian basketball club Kalleh Mazandaran on Saturday.
Bar is the second import player in the roster as the US player Dweight Buycks signed earlier.
He played this summer at Bendigo Braves in Australian NBL One. In 19 games just recently he had 10.3ppg, 7.6rpg, 1.0apg and 1.2bpg.
The last season he played at BC Minsk in Belarusian league. But in three VTB United League games he recorded only 1.0ppg and 1.0rpg. He has been regularly called to South Sudanese Senior National Team since 2021.
Koch Bar has played also professionally in Denmark (Horsens IC and Vaerlose). His team won MVC Tournament in 2019 and 2020.
Bar graduated from Bradley University in 2020 and it will be his fifth season as a professional player.