Pierre Sow (born November 2, 1998) is an American professional

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player for the

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of the

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(ABA). He previously played

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for both

Hampton University Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1868 as Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School, it was established by Black and White leaders of the American Missiona ...

and the

University of Hartford The University of Hartford (UHart) is a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Its main campus extends into neighboring Hartford and Bloomfield. It enrolled approximately 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students as ...

History

High school career

Pierre Sow was born in

Teaneck, New Jersey Teaneck () is a Township (New Jersey), township in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a bedroom community in the New York metropolitan area. The town is know for their pancake throwing contest held ...

to Coura Gaye-Sow, a

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and instructor in real estate education. His family was originally from

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. Sow led

Teaneck High School Teaneck High School (known as The Castle on the Hill) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Teaneck, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the ...

to back-to-back state championships his junior and senior year.

Collegiate career

He committed to playing for

in April 2017. Sow saw no gametime during the school's 2017–18

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championship season, and played 26 games in the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons. Sow transferred to

Virginia State University Virginia State University (VSU or Virginia State) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically Black land-grant university, land-grant university in Ettrick, Virginia, United States. Founded on , Vi ...

in July 2000 for a single semester, but left in 2021 without ever playing basketball. With the extra year of eligibility afforded by the

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, Sow transferred to the

for their 2021–22 and

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seasons. After graduating in 2023 with a degree in

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, he went undrafted in the

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Professional career

He was signed by the

of the

(ABA) in September 2024.

Personal life

Sow is a

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, having previously worked as Director of New Media for

Athletics, and as Head of Marketing for Ambassador Studios. He currently does freelance videography under his production company, Phinale Philms.

References

External links

Official websiteABA statistics
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Career statistics
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sow, Pierre 1998 births 21st-century American sportsmen American people of Senegalese descent Basketball players from Bergen County, New Jersey Buffalo eXtreme players Hampton Pirates basketball players Hartford Hawks men's basketball players Living people Sportspeople from Teaneck, New Jersey Teaneck High School alumni Videographers