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UTEP Miners

2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster

13 Ivan Venegas

  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 220
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Chihuahua, Mexico
  • Highschool Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus

Biography

2016-17 (SOPHOMORE)
Saw limited action over 18 games ... scored his first points of the season against Northwestern State ... added a bucket at New Mexico ... snared two rebounds in five minutes at LA Tech ... scored two points at Marshall ... also put two points on the board, as well as blocked a shot, versus Southern Miss ... played his career-high nine minutes against Rice in the C-USA Championship Quarterfinals and pitched in with two points and three rebounds.

2015-16 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in eight games, collecting five points and 10 rebounds in 21 minutes of work ... posted four points and four rebounds in his Miner debut against Loyola ... pulled down a rebound versus Alcorn State, Washington State and NM State ... added two boards with a block in four minutes against UTRGV ... gave the Miners five quality minutes at UAB including a point, rebound and assist.

PRIOR TO UTEP
Member of the Under-15, Under-16 and Under-18 Mexico National Teams that participated in the FIBA Americas Tournament ... played in the NBA Americas Team Camp in Toronto his senior year, earning MVP honors for his squad ... four-time All-State in Chihuahua ... averaged a double-double every season of his career at Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus ... collected 15 ppg/12 rpg as a freshman, 12 ppg/10 rpg as a sophomore, 18 ppg/12 rpg as a junior and 14 ppg/14 rpg as a senior ... shot close to 70 percent from the field for his prep career, and nearly 80 percent from the line ... also averaged four blocks per contest.

PERSONAL
Full name is Ivan Gilberto Venegas Yamada ... parents are Gilberto Venegas and Georgina Yamada ... has one brother ... born 3/21/97 (Chihuahua, Mexico).

Year Cl. GP GS MIN AVE FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVE PF FO A TO BLK ST PTS AVE
2015-16 Fr 8 0 21 2.6 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 3 9 .333 4 6 10 1.3 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 0.6
2016-17 So 19 0 53 2.8 4 9 .444 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 2 8 10 0.5 6 0 0 4 1 0 10 0.5
Total 27 0 74 2.7 5 14 .357 0 0 .000 5 13 .385 6 14 20 0.7 8 0 1 4 2 0 15 0.6

Statistics

Season:
2016-17

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2015-16Freshman

    Forward
    6'8" 230 lbs
    31
  • 13

    2016-17Sophomore

    Forward
    6'8" 220 lbs
    13