Chris Horton (basketball)

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Chris Horton
No. 2–Trapani Shark
Position Power forward / center
League LBA
Personal information
Born (1994-06-29) June 29, 1994 (age 30)
Decatur, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school Columbia (Decatur, Georgia)
College Austin Peay (2012–2016)
NBA draft 2016: undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2017 Grand Rapids Drive
2017–2018 Alba Fehérvár
2018–2019 Kymi
2019–2020 Cholet
2020 BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
2021 Cholet Basket
2021–2022 JSF Nanterre
2022 Hapoel Tel Aviv
2022-2023 Lokomotiv Kuban
2023–present Trapani Shark
Career highlights and awards

Chris Horton (born June 29, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Trapani Shark of the LBA. He played college basketball at Austin Peay.

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College career

Horton was a four-year starter for the Austin Peay Governors. During his freshman season, Horton set a school record for blocks in a season with 100 and finished sixth in Division I with 3.23 blocks per game to go with 8.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game this season and was named the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Freshman of the Year and to the conference All-Newcomer team. As a senior, he averaged 18.8 points, 12.0 rebounds and 1.75 blocks per game and 25 double-doubles and was named first team All-OVC. [1] Horton was named the MVP of the 2016 OVC tournament after scoring 90 points and grabbing 57 rebounds during eighth-seeded Governors' run to the conference title. [2] Horton finished his collegiate career as the fifth-leading scorer in school history with 1,719 points, the second-leading rebounder with 1,261 and the all-time leader with 319 shots blocked (2nd most in OVC history). [3]

Professional career

Grand Rapids Drive

After going unselected in the 2016 NBA draft, Horton was named to the Miami Heat's Summer League roster. [4] Following his performance in Summer League, Horton was selected 5th overall in the 2016 NBA Development League draft by the Grand Rapids Drive. [5] Horton averaged 6.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game in 49 games (11 starts) for the Drive in his rookie season. The Drive traded his overseas rights to the Delaware Blue Coats on January 22, 2019. [6]

Alba Fehérvár

Horton signed with Alba Fehérvár of the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (NB I/A) on August 3, 2017. [7] Horton averaged 8.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game in 39 NB I/A games and 9.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 12 FIBA Europe Cup games with Alba. [8]

Kymi

Horton signed with Kymi of the Greek Basket League (GBL) on July 30, 2018. [9] Horton was named the GBL Player of the Week after scoring 24 points and grabbing 15 rebounds against PAOK on November 10, 2018. [10] Horton finished the regular season as the league leader with 9.1 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game, fifth in the league with 13.6 points per game, and third with 1.6 blocks in 23 total games (16 starts) and was named honorable mention All-GBL by EuroBasket.com . [11]

Cholet

Horton signed with Cholet Basket of the French LNB Pro A on July 15, 2019. [12] Horton was selected to play for the "World" team in the 2020 LNB All-Star Game. [13] Horton averaged 17 points, nine rebounds and 1.7 assists for Cholet. [14]

BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque

On June 13, 2020, he signed with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the LNB Pro A. [15]

Cholet Basket

On January 2, 2021, he signed with Cholet Basket of the LNB Pro A. [16]

Nanterre 92

On July 22, 2021, Horton signed with Nanterre 92. [17] On May 18, 2022, Horton was named to the All-LNB Pro A First Team of the 2021–22 season. [18]

Hapoel Tel Aviv

On July 28, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [19]

Lokomotiv Kuban

On November 29, 2022, he signed with Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League. [20]

Trapani Shark (2023–present)

On September 27, 2023, he signed with Trapani Shark of the Serie A2. [21]

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References

  1. ↑ "APSU's Chris Horton named OVC Freshman of the Year joins Travis Betran on OVC All-Newcomer team". ClarksvilleOnline.com. Ohio Valley Conference. March 6, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Chris Horton named as state's Men's College Basketball Player of the Year". The Leaf-Chronicle . USA Today. May 19, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  3. ↑ Corbitt, Ken (March 17, 2016). "KU contains Austin Peay big man Chris Horton". CJOnline.com. The Topeka Capital-Journal . Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Austin Peay State University Basketball's Chris Horton named to Miami Heat's summer league roster". ClarksvilleOnline.com. APSU Sports Information. July 1, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  5. ↑ Allison, Autumn (November 2, 2016). "Ex-Gov Horton to play in NBA D-League for Grand Rapids". The Leaf-Chronicle . USA Today . Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Blue Coats Acquire Keenan Evans and Returning Player Rights to Chris Horton from Grand Rapids Drive". GLeague.NBA.com. Delaware Blue Coats. January 22, 2019. Archived from the original on January 23, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  7. ↑ Gabor, Winter (August 3, 2017). "Alba Signs Chris Horton". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Chris Horton (ex Alba) joins Kymis". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. July 29, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Chris Horton to bolster Kymis". Court Side Newspaper. July 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  10. ↑ Wilson, Colby (November 15, 2018). "Horton named Greek league Player of the Week". LetsGoPeay.com. Austin Peay State Athletics Department . Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Cholet lands Chris Horton, ex Kymis". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. July 15, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Basketball. Jeep Elite. Chris Horton engages with Cholet Basketball". Ouest-France (in French). July 15, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  13. ↑ Obradovic, Igor (December 31, 2019). "French ProA All-Star Game 2020 Rosters". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Gravelines-Dunkerque formalizes the arrival of Chris Horton (Cholet)". L'Équipe (in French). June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Chris Horton Joins BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque". Sportando. June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Chris Horton returns to Cholet". Sportando. January 2, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Nanterre adds Chris Horton". Sportando. July 22, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Trophées LNB : les lauréats en Betclic ELITE !". Betclic ELITE (in French). 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  19. ↑ "Hapoel Tel Aviv lands Chris Horton". Sportando. July 28, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  20. ↑ "«Локо» подписал Криса Хортона". lokobasket.com (in Russian). November 29, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  21. ↑ "La Trapani Shark firma l'americano Chris Horton". trapanishark.it (in Italian). September 27, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
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