Xavier Ford


Xavier Ford is an American-Indonesian professional basketballer for the Borneo Hornbills of the Indonesian Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Sacramento State Hornets of the Big Sky Conference.

Personal life

His parents are Charles Ford and Diana Ford and reportedly has Indonesian descent from them. He studied kinesiology at his time in Sacramento State University.

High school career

Ford graduated in 2018 from Maranatha High School and played one season of varsity ball. He helped the Minutemen to an Olympic League championship that season, and was named first team all-area and first team all-league. He was also named a Pasadena Sports Now All-Star and averaged 18.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.0 steals per game.

College career

Riverside CC (2019-2021)

Spent two seasons at Riverside City College in Riverside, California. His team did not play a game during the 2020–21 season because of the pandemic. As a result, Ford played the 2018–19 season at Elite Prep in Cerritos, California and averaged 16.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. Next season at the 2019–20 season he played all 30 games, their team went 21–9 overall and won a share of the Orange Empire Conference regular season, he averaged 8.0 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 23.2 minutes per game.

Sacramento State (2021-2023)

2021-22

Ford joins the Hornets and played in seven games, scored his first point of his collegiate career at the Big Sky Tournament against Montana State. He averaged 3.7 minutes of action during his seven games played.

2022-23

Played in three games, Ford finished with a point and three rebounds in two minutes vs. Stanislaus State Warriors, and also gained minutes against UCLA Bruins and the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.
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Professional career

After graduation Ford was called up by the Indonesia national team for selection.

Borneo Hornbills

Ford was rumored to join Satria Muda Pertamina, but the deal never materialized.
On November 26, 2024, the Borneo Hornbills signed Ford, filling in his role as a heritage player.