Dwayne Evans (basketball)

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Dwayne Evans
Dwayne Evans HiroshimaDragonFlies 13 20230106.jpg
Evans at Hiroshima Dragonflies in 2023
No. 13–Hiroshima Dragonflies
Position Power forward / small forward
League B.League
Personal information
Born (1992-01-24) January 24, 1992 (age 32)
Bolingbrook, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight104 kg (229 lb)
Career information
High school Neuqua Valley (Naperville, Illinois)
College Saint Louis (2010–2014)
NBA draft 2014: undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 Gladiators Trier
2016–2017 Gießen 46ers
2017–2018 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
2018–2019 ratiopharm Ulm
2019–2020 Dinamo Sassari
2020–2022 Ryukyu Golden Kings
2022–present Hiroshima Dragonflies
Career highlights and awards

Dwayne Evans (born January 24, 1992) is an American basketball player for Hiroshima Dragonflies of the Japanese B.League. He was an All-Atlantic 10 Conference college basketball player at Saint Louis University (SLU).

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College career

Evans at Saint Louis University in 2013 Dwayne Evans SLU.jpg
Evans at Saint Louis University in 2013

Evans came to SLU to play for coach Rick Majerus from Neuqua Valley High School in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, Illinois and was an immediate impact player for the Billikens, averaging 8.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a freshman and making the Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie team. [1] As a sophomore, Evans made the leap to being a top player in the conference. [2] He then became a first-team All-Atlantic 10 player in both his junior and senior seasons. [3] [4] In addition to conference honors, Evans was named a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award. [5] As a senior, he averaged 14.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.

Professional career

Following the close of his college career, Evans was chosen to play in the Reese's college All-Star Game. [6] After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Evans took a year off from basketball, ultimately signing with Gladiators Trier of the German ProA for the 2015–16 season. After averaging 15.7 points and 8.6 rebounds, he moved up a division to the Basketball Bundesliga with the Gießen 46ers. [7] After averaging 11.8 points and 7.1 rebounds, he signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg for the 2017–18 season. [8]

For the 2018–19 season, Evans signed with ratiopharm Ulm of the Bundesliga and EuroCup. [9] He averaged 12.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists for ratiopharm Ulm. Evans signed with Dinamo Sassari in Italy on July 23, 2019. [10] He averaged 14.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Evans left the team on June 14, 2020. [11]

On August 25, 2020, Evans signed with Ryukyu Golden Kings of the Japanese B.League. [12]

On June 9, 2022, Evans signed with Hiroshima Dragonflies of the Japanese B.League. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Austin Jr., Earl (March 8, 2011). "SLU's Dwayne Evans earns A-10 All Rookie Team Honors". The St. Louis American . Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ Lee, Chris (March 7, 2012). "SLU's Evans made big gains this season". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ Latsch, Nate (November 7, 2013). "Steadily improving Dwayne Evans ready for big senior year at SLU". Fox Sports . Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ Crone, Thomas (March 3, 2014). "SLU Senior Dwayne Evans Leads the Billikens Down the Home Stretch". St. Louis Magazine . Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ "SLU's Evans tabbed candidate for Senior CLASS Award". Atlantic 10 Conference . October 30, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Dwayne Evans to participate in Reese's All-Star game". Saint Louis Billikens . April 1, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Dwayne Evans wechselt aus Trier zu den Gießen 46ers". Gießen 46ers (in German). April 27, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Erster Neuzugang! Dwayne Evans unterschreibt für zwei Jahre", MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (in German), p. 6, May 31, 2017
  9. ↑ "ratiopharm Ulm gets forward Evans". EuroCup Basketball . June 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  10. ↑ Skerletic, Dario (23 July 2019). "Banco di Sardegna Sassari officially signs Dwayne Evans". Sportando. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  11. ↑ Carchia, Emiliano (June 14, 2020). "Dwayne Evans in advanced talks with Ryukyu Golden Kings Okinawa". Sportando. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  12. ↑ Maggi, Alessandro (August 25, 2020). "Ryukyu Golden Kings inks Dwayne Evans and Kim Tillie". Sportando. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  13. ↑ "ドウェイン・エバンス選手 契約合意（新規）のお知らせ". 広島ドラゴンフライズ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-15.
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