Ben Mockford (born 18 August 1989) is a British

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player for

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of the

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(BBL) and the Great Britain national team.

Professional career

On 10 December 2020, Mockford signed a short-term contract with the

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for the 2020–21 BBL season. On 27 October 2021, he signed with

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of the BBL. In August 2022, Mockford signed with the Newcastle Eagles.

National team career

Mockford earned his first cap for the Great Britain national team in an international friendly against Latvia in Worcester, England, on 19 July 2014. Mockford had his first stellar performance with the team during an FIBA EuroBasket 2015 qualifier against

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, scoring 19 points on 5/8 shooting from three point range. He was a regular member of head coach Joe Prunty's squads from 2014 to 2017, and was selected to play for GB at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mockford, Ben 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Shoreham-by-Sea British expatriate basketball people British expatriate basketball people in Spain British expatriate basketball people in the United States English expatriate sportspeople in Spain English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English men's basketball players Iona Gaels men's basketball players St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball players Shooting guards Plymouth Raiders players Cheshire Phoenix players Bristol Flyers players 21st-century English sportsmen