MOREHEAD, Ky. - Former Morehead State men's basketball standout Chad Posthumus has signed a one-year contract to play for Kagoshima Rebnise in the Japanese B.League's B2 Division.
Posthumus returns to Japan where he began his rookie season in 2014-15 with the Levanga Hokkaido Sapporo, where he averaged 10.1 points and 8.1 rebounds over 16 games.
"It is wonderful to be back in Japan playing basketball with the Kagoshima Rebnis," said Posthumus. "I am looking forward to an excellent, win-filled season."
During his rookie season, he also played three games with the Mississauga Power in the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC), averaging of 24.3 points and 15.3 rebounds per game, before finishing the season with Athletico Argentino Junin of the Argentinian Liga A. He helped lead the team to a fourth place regular season finish in the South Division, averaging 9.7 points and 4.9 rebounds in 17.9 minutes per game.
Last season, he played for the London Lightning and the Island Storm, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC). He played 22 games for the Lightning before being traded to the Island Storm. He averaged 11.0 points and ranked ninth in the NBLC with 6.9 rebounds and 0.8 blocks with 6.9 rebounds per game. The Island Storm lost to eventual champions, the Halifax Hurricanes, in the first round of the playoffs.
The 6-foot-11 Winnipeg, Canada native came to Morehead State as a redshirt junior in 2012-13. Posthumus averaged 7.5 points and 6.8 rebounds in his first season under first-year head coach
Sean Woods. As a senior, Poshumus nearly averaged a double-double with 9.6 points and 10.9 boards, good for the fourth best rebounding average in the nation, en route to being named Third Team All-OVC.
Last season, Kagoshima competed in Japan's National Basketball Development League. The team finished the regular season with a 6-30 record. For 2016-17, Kagoshima has joined the newly-formed B.League's B2 Division as the result of a merger of Japan's top two leagues, the BJ League and Japan's National Basketball League.
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