Mark Sears

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Mark Sears
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Sears with Alabama in 2023
No. 1–Alabama Crimson Tide
Position Point guard
League Southeastern Conference
Personal information
Born (2002-02-19) February 19, 2002 (age 22)
Florence, Alabama, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school
College
Career highlights and awards
  • Consensus second-team All-American (2024)
  • First-team All-SEC (2024)
  • Second-team All-SEC (2023)
  • First-team All-MAC (2022)
  • MAC All-Freshman Team (2021)

Mark Christopher Sears (born February 19, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He previously played for the Ohio Bobcats.

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High school career

Sears began his high school career at Muscle Shoals High School in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. 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] As a junior, he led the team to the Class 6A state semifinal. In August 2019, it was announced that Sears was no longer enrolled at the school. [2] He subsequently transferred to Hargrave Military Academy. [3] 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. [4]

College career

Ohio

As a freshman, Sears came off the bench and began to see more minutes after Jason Preston was sidelined with a leg injury. [5] Sears averaged 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, earning MAC All-Freshman Team honors. [6] 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. [5] On December 21, 2021, Sears scored 33 points in an 85–70 win over USC Upstate. [7] He scored a career-high 37 points on March 21, 2022, in a 91–86 loss to Abilene Christian in the College Basketball Invitational. [8] Sears was named to the First Team All-MAC after the 2021–22 season. [9] 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. [10]

Alabama

On April 8, 2022, Sears announced that he had committed to Alabama. [11] 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. [12]

Personal life

Sears is the son of Chad and Lameka Sears. [13] Sears is a Christian. [14]

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
2020–21 Ohio 24519.5.467.279.8512.83.41.0.08.5
2021–22 Ohio 353535.7.444.408.8846.04.11.7.119.6
2022–23 Alabama 373729.8.406.345.8473.52.61.2.112.5
2023–24 Alabama 373733.6.508.436.8574.24.01.6.121.5
Career13311430.6.460.389.8634.23.51.4.116.2

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References

  1. ↑ Boyette, Daniel (February 20, 2019). "Muscle Shoals 64, Bessemer City 52: Trojans return to state for 1st time in 3 years". AL.com . Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Craig (August 14, 2019). "Basketball standout Mark Sears is no longer enrolled at Muscle Shoals". TimesDaily . Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Craig (August 19, 2019). "Former Muscle Shoals star Mark Sears transferring to Hargrave Military Academy". TimesDaily . Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ohio Men's Basketball Set for Season Opening Multi-Team Event at Illinois". Ohio Bobcats . November 24, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Gleckler, Jack (January 20, 2022). "Men's Basketball: How Mark Sears stepped into his role as a starter". The Post . Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  6. ↑ Harkins, Lukas (September 2, 2021). "Ohio Basketball: Mark Sears set for sophomore breakout to lead Bobcats". Heat Check CBB. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Sears carries Ohio over South Carolina Upstate 85-70". ESPN . Associated Press. December 21, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Abilene Christian fends off scrappy Ohio in College Basketball Invitational quarterfinals". Abilene Reporter-News . March 21, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  9. ↑ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Postseason Awards Announced" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  10. ↑ Gleckler, Jack (March 30, 2022). "Men's Basketball: Mark Sears enters transfer portal". The Post . Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  11. ↑ Kelly, Nick (April 8, 2022). "Alabama basketball lands Ohio transfer Mark Sears". Tuscaloosanews.com. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  12. ↑ Taylor, Cody (May 30, 2023). "Alabama guard Mark Sears to withdraw from draft, return for senior year". The Rookie Wire. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Mark Sears" . Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  14. ↑ Mercer, Kevin. "Mark Sears leads Alabama to its first-ever Final Four: 'Give all honor and glory to God'". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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