![]() Sears with Alabama in 2023 | |
No. 19–Milwaukee Bucks | |
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Position | Point guard |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born | February 19, 2002 |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | |
College | |
NBA draft | 2025: undrafted |
Playing career | 2025–present |
Career history | |
2025–present | Milwaukee Bucks |
2025–present | →Wisconsin Herd |
Career highlights | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Mark Christopher Sears (born February 19, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Wisconsin Herd. He played college basketball for the Ohio Bobcats and the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Sears began his high school career at Muscle Shoals High School in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. As a junior in February 2019, he recorded 31 points, 12 rebounds and five assists in a 64–52 win over Bessemer City High School in the Class 6A Northwest Regional championship. [1] In 2019, he transferred to Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia. [2] As a senior, Sears averaged 14 points, three assists and five rebounds per game and helped lead Hargrave to the Final 4 of the National Prep Championship with a 37–4 overall record. He committed to playing college basketball for Ohio. [3]
As a freshman, Sears came off the bench and began to see more minutes after Jason Preston was sidelined with a leg injury. [4] Sears averaged 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, earning MAC All-Freshman Team honors. [5] After Preston declared for the 2021 NBA draft following the season, Sears was named the team's starting point guard going into his sophomore season. In the offseason, he worked on improving his shooting by attempting 15,000 three-point shots. [4] On December 21, 2021, Sears scored 33 points in an 85–70 win over USC Upstate. [6] He scored a career-high 37 points on March 21, 2022, in a 91–86 loss to Abilene Christian in the College Basketball Invitational. [7] Sears was named to the First Team All-MAC after the 2021–22 season. [8] As a sophomore, he averaged 19.6 points, six rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. On March 30, 2022, Sears entered the transfer portal. [9]
On April 8, 2022, Sears announced that he had committed to Alabama. [10] He averaged 12.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Sears was named to the Second Team All-SEC. Following the season, he declared for the 2023 NBA draft before returning to Alabama for his senior year. [11]
After not being selected in the 2025 NBA draft, Sears signed a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. [12]
GP | Games 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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2020–21 | Ohio | 24 | 5 | 19.5 | .467 | .279 | .851 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 | .0 | 8.5 |
2021–22 | Ohio | 35 | 35 | 35.7 | .444 | .408 | .884 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 1.7 | .1 | 19.6 |
2022–23 | Alabama | 37 | 37 | 29.8 | .406 | .345 | .847 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.2 | .1 | 12.5 |
2023–24 | Alabama | 37 | 37 | 33.6 | .508 | .436 | .857 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 1.6 | .1 | 21.5 |
2024–25 | Alabama | 37 | 37 | 32.3 | .403 | .345 | .844 | 2.9 | 5.1 | .9 | .1 | 18.6 |
Career | 170 | 151 | 30.9 | .445 | .375 | .858 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.3 | .1 | 16.7 |
Sears is a Christian. [13] He is the son of Chad and Lameka Sears. [14]