Ben Mbala
| No. 23 – De La Salle Green Archers | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | University Athletic Association of the Philippines |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 13, 1995 |
| Nationality | Cameroonian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College |
Southwestern University (2012–2013) De La Salle University (2016–present) |
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Benoit Mbala is a Cameroonian collegiate basketball player who plays for the DLSU Green Archers of the De La Salle University.
Mbala is a native of Yaoundé, Cameroon. He was first into football until the age of 13 when he grew about 6'2 feet tall and switched to playing basketball. His older brother who manages the junior team of their municipality urged him to play for the team. He attended Institute Ndi Samba for his high school studies and made attempts to join his school's varsity team on his first two years. He continued to play for his municipality's team and managed to play for his high school in his last two years of secondary education.
Mbala participated twice at an annual national basketball camp organized by Luc Mbah a Moute. He failed in his goal of making the All-Star Selection on his first year of participation but achieved it on his second try when he was chosen as one of the top 20 players of the camp. He was further declared as one of the top five players of the Mbah a Moute's camp, which gave him the opportunity to participate in the Basketball Without Borders camp in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2011.
At the South African Basketball Without Borders camp, he won the African MVP Honors. His feat would have enabled him to study in the United States under a scholarship but visa issues prevented him from studying there.
Moustapha Arafat, a former player from the Philippine University of the East invited Mbala to play basketball in the Philippines. He heeded to the invite and went to study in a school in Cebu City in the Philippines instead. Mbala played for the Cobras of the Cebu-based Southwestern University (SWU) in the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) in 2012. He led his school to its first CESAFI title in the history of the collegiate tournament winning over the University of the Visayas. At the 2012 Philippine Collegiate Champions League he led his team to a fourth-place finish.
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