Yussif Basa-Ama
position
Forward
Height
6-9
Weight
213 lbs.
Class
Graduate Student
Hometown
Bolgatanga, Ghana
High School
Saint Andrew’s School (Fla.)
Previous School
Yale
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Yussif Basa-Ama
Honors & Accolades
- Co-Won the Yale Athletics Amanda D. Walton Award
2024-25 (Graduate Student)
- Saw action in eight games with the Hurricanes
- Recorded a season-high two rebounds against Florida State
2023-24 (Senior – Yale)
- Appeared in 13 games off the bench with one start
- Shot 50 percent from the field
- Captured a season-high four rebounds and two assists at the win over Colby-Sawyer
- Had a season-high of five points in the overtime win vs Howard
- Played three minutes in the Bulldogs NCAA tournament loss to San Diego State
2022-23 (Junior – Yale)
- Appeared in 12 games off the bench
- Shot 62.5 percent from the field
- Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in 22 minutes in the victory at Fairfield
- Was 5-for-5 from the field and scored 12 points in the win over Mississippi Valley State at the Rainbow Classic
2021-22 (Sophomore – Yale)
- Appeared in 22 games off the bench, including eight Ivy League games
- Had eight points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field in wins over UMass and Siena
- Pulled down eight rebounds at Cornell
2020-21 (Freshman – Yale)
- Season canceled due to pandemic
High School
- Florida Mr. Basketball finalist at the Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton
- 2020 Class 3A Player of the Year
- Named a Class 3A first-team all-state selection by the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches
- 2020 Palm Beach Most Valuable Player
- Selected as a county First Five as both a junior and senior
- Averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds and 1.5 blocks at Saint Andrew’s
- Scored more than 1,000 career points
- Helped lead Saint Andrew’s to the Florida state championship as a senior
Personal
- Left Ghana at age of 11
- Started playing basketball in eighth grade
