Craig Moore (basketball)

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Craig Moore
Personal information
Born (1987-09-08) September 8, 1987 (age 35)
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Lawrenceville School
(Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
College Northwestern (2005–2009)
NBA draft 2009 / Undrafted
Playing career2009–2012
Position Shooting guard
Coaching career2011–2013
Career history
As player:
2009–2010 Aris Leeuwarden
2011–2012 CSM Mediaș
As coach:
2011 Princeton (assistant)
2012–2013 Northwestern (assistant)
Career highlights and awards

Craig Moore (born September 8, 1987) is an American basketball player who is currently a member of Princeton 3x3 in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour. [1]

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High school

Moore was a four-year letter winner and was team captain his senior at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He finished his prep career with 171 3-pointers and earned all-state honors following his sophomore and junior years. [2]

College career

Moore played college basketball at Northwestern University from 2005 to 2009. He was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team following the 2005–06 season when he averaged 6.8 points and 2.3 assists per game, and finished second on the team with 54 3-pointers. He was named honorable mention All-Big Ten in 2007–08 after leading the Big Ten in made 3-pointers per game (3.23), while setting a school record 97 of them in the season. Moore was named a consensus third-team All-Big Ten selection his senior year. He broke his own school record with 110 3-pointers, finishing his career with 320, fourth all-time in Big Ten history. [3]

Career stats

SeasonSchoolGFGFGAFG%2P%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%REBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
2005–06 Northwestern2966171.386.63254152.3551113.846546818244197
2006–07 Northwestern3183226.367.52259180.3282635.743566327453251
2007–08 Northwestern30138312.442.58697242.4012935.829879355770402
2008–09 Northwestern31142336.423.492110271.4065063.794998441873444
CareerNorthwestern1214291045.411.545320845.379116146.795296308141212401294

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Coaching career

Moore served as an assistant coach for Princeton University in 2011, and for Northwestern during the 2012–13 season. In 2014, Moore was named Director of Basketball Operations for Princeton University men's team. [5]

Professional career

Moore played for De Friesland Aris in the Netherlands (2009–2010); and for Gaz Metan Medias in Romania (2011–2012). He currently is a member of Princeton 3x3, [6] and is a 3-time National Champion (2014, 2017, 2018) in 3x3 basketball, having competed in two 3x3 World Cups (2014, 2017).

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