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Jersey Number 32
Handje Tamba
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-11
- Weight:
- 229
- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Knoxville Catholic High School
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
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HONORS
- 2021-22 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 - REDSHIRT
- Entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on April 5, 2022.
- Redshirted the 2021-22 season while providing valuable practice contributions as a member of the scout team.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Graduated from Knoxville Catholic High School, where he was coached by Mike Hutchens.
- An elite academic achiever, he was a high school junior in 2020-21 but announced in July of 2021 that he was reclassifying into the Class of 2021.
- As a junior in 2020-21, he averaged 10.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game to earn DII-AA All-State acclaim from the Tennessee Sports Writers Association and All-PrepXtra second-team honors from the Knoxville News Sentinel.
- Scored 22 points in a win over then-undefeated Bearden High School on Dec. 10, 2020.
- Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tamba helped lead the Irish to the 2020 TSSAA Division II-AA state championship as a sophomore.
- Played his AAU ball with the BMaze Elite program, founded by former Tennessee point guard Bobby Maze (2008-10).
PERSONAL
- Full name is Mukendi Handje Tamba
- Name pronounced: AHN-jay TAHM-buh
- Born March 8, 2003, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Son of Romain and Catherine Tamba
- Has three biological brothers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Emigrated to the United States from Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2017
- His U.S. parents are Brett and Jennifer Patterson of Knoxville, Tennessee
- He is fluent in French and Lingala
- Academic Major: Exploratory/Undecided
- Recipient of the Richard & Melba Jackson Athletic Scholarship Endowment
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