Bencao Vungo

Position:
Guard/Forward
Height:
6-6
Weight:
215
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Chitato, Angola
High School:
Southern Coast Academy

2024-25: Appeared in eight games for the Pirates, averaging 0.4 points per contest … Grabbed a career-high five rebounds against N.C. A&T (Nov. 29).

2023-24: Joined the Pirates in January … Competed in nine games for ECU … Scored his first collegiate basket against South Florida (Jan. 31) on a season-high 19 minutes played … Scored a season-high three points at Rice (Feb. 24).

Before East Carolina: Competed at Southern Coast Academy in Orlando, Fla. before joining the Pirates for the 2024 spring semester ... Played for both the 17U and 18U Angola national teams ... During the 2022 African 18U championships, Vungo participated in seven games for Angola, averaging 21 minutes per contest and scoring 9.6 points per game ... Shot 41.2 percent from the field, 45.2 percent from 3-point range, and 64.7 percent from the free throw line ... Best performance with the U18 Angolan team came against Egypt in the U18 African Championship Semifinals where he scored 23 points on 5-of-9 shooting from behind the arc.