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MUKAMA

POSITION:                                          Guard

HEIGHT:                                              6’8” (203cm)

WEIGHT:                                             190lbs (86kg)

BIRTHDATE:                                       August 24, 1994 (Hamilton, ON)

HIGH SCHOOL:                                 Académie Catholique Mère-Teresa

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE:                 Ryerson (2019) 

TWITTER:                                            @JvMukama

HOW ACQUIRED:                             Re-signed as Free Agent on February 23, 2021

YEARS PRO:                                        35:






Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

 

2021-2022: Through six games Mukama averaged 5.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game in 16.2 minutes with Melilla CB in the Spanish LEB Oro (Gold) league, the 2nd division of Spanish basketball … Scored a season-high 11 points in back-to-back games against AB Castello and Almansa on Nov. 5 and Nov. 9, 2021, respectively … Also dished out a season-high 4 assists and grabbed a season-high 4 steals against Almansa on Nov. 9 … Melilla and Mukama mutually agreed to part ways in mid-December 2021 …

 

2021: Started in all 14 games for the Hamilton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) … Averaged 27.2 minutes, 9.9 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 blocks per game on 35 FG% and 25.6 3FG% … Scored a season-high 18 points in 30 minutes of action against Guelph on July 3, 2021, while also grabbing 9 rebounds and dishing out 2 assists … Recorded his only double-double of the season on July 9 vs. Guelph when he recorded 10 points and 11 rebounds … Grabbed double digit rebounds on three occasions (June 28, July 9, July 17) … Blocked three shots in back-to-back games on July 11 and July 15 vs. Niagara and Edmonton, respectively … Scored 12 points and 6 rebounds in a CEBL quarterfinals loss against the Ottawa BlackJacks … Ranked second in rebounds per game behind Kalif Young…

 

2021: Suited up for Aris Leeduwarden of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) … Averaged 10.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 30.3 minutes per game … Recorded 3 double-double games in points and rebounds …

 

 2020: Averaged 26.9 minutes per game in 8 games with the Hamilton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League … Scored career high 28 points vs. Saskatchewan on August 4 … Lead the Honey Badgers in PPG (14.1) … Averaged second most rebounds (6.3) and steals (1.4) on the Honey Badgers and recorded 1.5 steals per game … Was selected as an All-CEBL First Team player to finish his rookie campaign ...

 

2019-20: Played 5 games with the Patriots (Rwanda – D1) in the BAL Qualifiers and averaged 10.6 points and 6.6 rebounds in 20.4 minutes per game … Recorded a double-double (13 points, 11 rebounds) in the final group stage game … Put up a career-high 18 points in 21 minutes in the BAL Final …

 

COLLEGIATE CAREER

 

2018-19: Made 22 regular season appearances in his fifth and final year with the Ryerson Rams and named an OUA First-Team All-Star and a U SPORTS Second-Team All-Canadian for the first time in his career … Played 676 minutes and collected a team- and career-best 404 points … His 18.4 points per game ranked him seventh in the league … Went 144-for-315 (45.7 percent) from the field and 48-for-126 (38.1 percent) from beyond the arc … Totaled 163 rebounds on the year, averaging a team-best 7.4 per game … Added a team-best 40 steals on the year, ranking him eighth in the league … Scored four double-doubles on the season … Made all six starts for the Rams in the playoffs, averaging 32 minutes and 11.8 points per game … Went 14-for-15 (93.3 percent) from the free-throw line in the OUA playoffs … Added 38 rebounds, 13 assists, 5 blocks, and 5 steals … Scored a postseason high of 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 blocks in a 99-84 win in the OUA semi final against Laurier on February 27, 2019 … Established a new career-high with 28 points in a 102-70 win over McMaster on November 28, 2018 … Grabbed a career-high of 16 rebounds in a 94-38 win against Windsor on November 23 … A finalist for Ryerson’s Ryersonian Male Athlete of the Year award … Named Ryerson’s Male Athlete of the Week on three occasions: November 12, November 20, and January 28; also received OUA Athlete of the Week and U SPORTS Athlete of the Week honours on January 28 … Named one of Ryerson’s Stars of the Week on November 26 … Finished his five-year career ranked ninth all time in points (1056); first in three-pointers attempted (454); second in three-pointers made (152); seventh in rebounds (539); tenth in assists (147); and fifth in steals (134) ... His 404 points in the 2018-19 season was the sixth-best scoring season in program history … Graduated with two OUA silvers and one OUA gold, as well as one U SPORTS silver and three bronze medals …

 

2017-18: Returned to the Rams for his fourth year of eligibility after taking off the 2016-17 season … Appeared in all 23 regular season games, totalling 713 minutes … Racked up 259 points, the third most on the team … Led the Rams with 182 rebounds on the season, averaging 7.9 per game (ninth in the OUA) ... Tallied 17 blocks, 29 steals and 47 assists on the season … Shot 40.2% from the field and 25.7% from three … Recorded a career best of seven double-doubles on the season … Started in each of Ryerson’s postseason games … Collected 50 points in four OUA playoff games … Added 26 rebounds in that timespan, ranking him first in the OUA … Dropped 24 points against Queen’s in the first round of the OUA playoffs on February 21 … Recorded 50 points in three games at the U SPORTS Final 8 tournament … Shot 58.1% from the field (fourth in the tournament) and 43.5% from three (ninth in the tournament) ... Added 20 rebounds, three steals and one block … Had a career high 23-point performance against Brock on November 8 … Recorded a career best of 13 rebounds against Brock on November 8 and on November 24 … Named Ryerson’s Athlete of the Week on February 26 …

 

2015-16: Played in 13 of the team's 19 conference games, averaging 9.0 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game ... Shot 7-13 and scored 20 points, while adding a season-high 11 rebounds in a 104-79 win over No. 4 Brock on February 3 ... Played in all six postseason contests, averaging 13.0 points per game and 6.5 rebounds per game ... Was 7-8 from the field, while scoring 23 points and adding 8 rebounds in a 96-77 win over Windsor in the OUA Wilson Cup semi-final on March 11 …

 

2014-15: Played in all 19 conference games, averaging 6.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 18.3 minutes per game ... Scored a season-high 17 points in a win over Brock on January 28 …

 

2013-14: Named the OUA East Rookie of the Year and to the All-Rookie team ... Named a finalist for Ryerson's Eyeopener Male Rookie of the Year award ... Appeared in all 22 conference games his first season, averaging 16.5 minutes per game ... Tallied a career-high 19 points at Carleton on January 17 and 7 rebounds at Queen’s January 10 ... Second on the team with 26 steals, and reached double digits in scoring seven times this season.