Pieter Prinsloo

Daniel Pieter Prinsloo (born 7 January 1992) is a South African professional basketball player who currently plays for Universidad de Concepción of Chile. Prinsloo has also played for the South Africa national team. Standing at 2.08m, he plays as power forward or center.

Early life
Born in Pretoria West, Prinsloo was initially interested in playing cricket or rugby. When his father emigrated to the United States, he started playing football.

Professional career
After spending the first four years as professional in several teams from Latin America and Africa. His first contract was with ExSAL Santa Tecla in El Salvador. He later joined Los Trinis de la Trinidad, a team based in Nicaragua. In 2016, he had a short stint with Bolivian team Calero in the Liga Boliviana de Basquetbol. After this, Prinsloo returned to Nicaragua to play for Costa Caribe Managua.

In September 2018, Prinsloo signed for Spanish LEB Plata team Círculo Gijón. However, due to problems with his visa, he could not arrive to Asturias until December. In 2017, Prinsloo played his first professional contract with the Lagos City Stars in the Continental Basketball League.

In 2020, Prinsloo moved to the newly-established Cape Town Tigers. He helped the Tigers win three national championships. Prinsloo was an instrumental part for the team in the 2022 BAL qualifiers. He then went on to play in the 2022 season and the 2023 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the continental premier league.

In December 2023, Prinsloo moved to Chile to play for Universidad de Concepción of the LNB Chile and the BCL Americas.

International career
Prinsloo played the AfroBasket 2017 with the South Africa national basketball team. He averaged 12.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in the three games he played.

BAL

 * style="text-align:left;"|2022
 * style="text-align:left;"|Cape Town
 * 6 || 6 || 31.1 || .313 || .333 || .714 || 5.5 || 2.0 || .8 || 1.5 || 10.7
 * style="text-align:left;"|2023
 * style="text-align:left;"|Cape Town
 * 6 || 6 || 30.1 || .357 || .294 || .810 || 4.5 || 2.2 || .3 || 1.0 || 11.2
 * style="text-align:left;"|Cape Town
 * 6 || 6 || 30.1 || .357 || .294 || .810 || 4.5 || 2.2 || .3 || 1.0 || 11.2