Marcus Evans (basketball)

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Marcus Evans
No. 2–Cheshire Phoenix
Position Point guard
League BBL
Personal information
Born (1996-06-17) June 17, 1996 (age 27)
Midlothian, Virginia, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school
College
  • Rice (2015–2017)
  • VCU (2018–2020)
NBA draft 2020: undrafted
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021–2022 Bristol Flyers
2022–present Cheshire Phoenix
Career highlights and awards

Aaron Marcus Evans (born June 17, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Cheshire Phoenix in the British Basketball League (BBL). He played college basketball for the Rice Owls and the VCU Rams.

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High school career

Evans began his high school career at Great Bridge High School before transferring to Cape Henry Collegiate School. [1] Evans averaged 12.6 points, five assists and four steals per game as a junior. As a senior, Evans led the team to a state title. He signed with Rice in June 2014. [2]

College career

Evans was named Conference USA freshman of the week ten times, including the final six weeks. [3] As a freshman, Evans led Rice in scoring at 21.4 points per game. He was named Conference USA Freshman of the Year and First-Team All-Conference USA. Evans averaged 19 points per game as a sophomore, setting the C-USA sophomore scoring record with 665 points. He was again named to the First Team All-Conference USA. After his sophomore season, coach Mike Rhoades left to become the coach of VCU and Evans decided to transfer. [4] He ended up following Rhoades to VCU. [5]

Evans was forced to sit out a season as a redshirt, but tore his ACL twice during his redshirt year. He scored nine points in his debut for VCU against Gardner-Webb. [5] As a junior, Evans averaged 13.6 points, 3.2 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game. [6] Evans was named to the First Team All-Atlantic 10 and All-Academic Team. [7] Evans bruised his left knee in a loss in the Atlantic 10 tournament quarterfinals to Rhode Island. Playing through the pain, he returned for the NCAA tournament appearance and scored six points in the 73–58 loss to UCF in the round of 64. [8]

Coming into his senior year, Evans was named to the Bob Cousy Award preseason watchlist. [9] Evans was benched by the team on January 4, 2020 in a game against George Mason for a discipline issue. [10] On January 28, Evans scored his 2,000th career point in a win against crosstown rival Richmond, finishing with nine points and three assists. [11] He averaged 9.8 points and 2.8 assists per game as a senior. [12]

Professional career

On June 8, 2021, he signed his first professional contract with the Bristol Flyers of the British Basketball League. [13]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2015–16 Rice 323233.5.470.306.7964.02.82.2.221.4
2016–17 Rice 353431.7.425.376.7873.33.71.1.119.0
2017–18 VCU Redshirt.svg Redshirt
2018–19 VCU 333026.8.427.273.7733.13.22.0.213.6
2019–20 VCU 252223.6.370.379.7431.92.81.4.19.8
Career12511829.3.433.333.7803.13.21.7.116.4

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References

  1. ↑ Miller, Ed (January 5, 2016). "Cape Henry grad Marcus Evans is Rice's freshman scoring threat". The Virginian-Pilot . Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Raphielle (June 29, 2014). "Point guard Marcus Evans becomes Rice's first 2015 verbal commitment". NBC Sports . Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ "C-USA Men's Basketball Specialty Awards Announced". www.conferenceusa.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ Coleman, Adam (March 27, 2017). "Rice's leading scorer Marcus Evans to transfer". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Epps, Wayne (November 6, 2018). "Marcus Evans makes debut as VCU grabs season-opening win over Gardner-Webb". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  6. ↑ Brennan, Eamonn (July 31, 2019). "Finally healthy, VCU's Marcus Evans revels in the summer grind". The Athletic . Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  7. ↑ Freeman, Vernon (March 12, 2019). "VCU's Mike Rhoades named A-10 Coach of the Year; Evans makes All-Conference First Team". WTVR. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
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  9. ↑ "VCU's Marcus Evans named to Cousy Watch List". Augusta Free Press. October 14, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  10. ↑ Byrum, Tyler (January 5, 2020). "VCU benches Marcus Evans for a team discipline move". NBC Sports . Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Chesapeake's Marcus Evans scores his 2,000th college point in VCU's win". The Virginian-Pilot . January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  12. ↑ "PREVIEW: Plenty of New Faces, Plenty of Optimism at VCU". Atlantic 10 Conference . November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Flyers sign Marcus Evans out of VCU". Bristol Flyers. June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
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