Maurice Creek

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Maurice Creek
Maurice Creek.jpg
Creek playing for George Washington in March 2014
Free agent
Position Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1990-08-16) August 16, 1990 (age 33)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Hargrave Military Academy
(Chatham, Virginia)
College
NBA draft 2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014 Den Helder Kings
2015 ZZ Leiden
2016 SISU Copenhagen
2016–2017 ETB Wohnbau Baskets
2017–2018 Kobrat
2018–2019 Kyiv-Basket
2019 Maccabi Hod HaSharon
2019–2020 Prometey Kamianske
2020–2021 Steaua București
2022 Mykolaiv
2023Olimpia
2023 Hamar
Career highlights and awards

Maurice Creek (born August 16, 1990) is an American professional basketball player. He played four seasons collegiate for the Indiana Hoosiers and one season for the George Washington Colonials.

Contents

High school

Creek graduated from Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Virginia), where he averaged 18.4 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks per game, leading his team to a 27–2 record. [1] As a junior, he played first at Oxon Hill High School in Maryland where he averaged 22.3 points per game, and then transferred to South Kent Prep School where he averaged 21.5 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. He was named a First-Team Prep School All-American and played in the Reebok All-American game and the Derby Festival Classic. Scout.com ranked Creek as the #9 shooting guard in the 2009 class and #45 in the class overall, while Rivals.com ranked him the 59th best prospect in class overall and the #16 shooting guard in the class. ESPN ranked him as the #15 shooting guard in his class and #61 in the class overall. In the summer he played AAU basketball for Triple Threat.

College career

Creek chose to play collegiate basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers and major in sport communication broadcast, turning down offers from Marquette, Maryland, Pittsburgh and Texas. Upon committing to Indiana he said among his goals was to "try to get to the national championship to show everybody that Indiana is alive and is always going to be alive for the rest of the time we live." [2]

"It is really hard to put into context what has happened with him. But the one thing that I can put into context is that he is one tough young man. He embodies the spirit that we want this program to be about. When you look at a situation where, not only has he had one major injury and surgery, not only has he had two major injuries and surgeries, but he has now had three in less than 22 months."

—Coach Tom Crean (October 24, 2011). [3]

As a freshman during the 2009–10 season, Creek started the first 12 games of the year before suffering a season-ending injury. In the team's game against Kentucky that year he scored 31 points on 9-of-14 shooting, including 5-of-8 from behind the arc. Following that game he was the top scoring freshman in the country with a 17.3 point average through the first nine games. In seven straight games he scored in double figures and, prior to his injury, was in early discussions for freshman of the year honors.

As a sophomore during the 2010–11 season Creek played in 18 games and started 13 before once again suffering a season-ending injury, this time a stress fracture in his knee that required surgery. Remarkably, just days before the Hoosiers reached the official start of practice for the 2011–12 season, Creek suffered yet another injury, this time a torn left Achilles. The injury was his third within 22 months and caused him to sit out the entire season. As a result, Creek decided to redshirt and is now considered part of the 2014 graduating class with Victor Oladipo and Will Sheehey.

In June 2013, he transferred to George Washington University for his final year of eligibility, [4] where he became the team's leading scorer and hit a buzzer beater to defeat the Maryland Terrapins. [5] That team reached the NCAA tournament, GW's first in a few years.

College statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2009–10 Indiana 121225.4.527.448.7633.81.81.40.416.4
2010–11 Indiana 181320.0.389.310.8082.41.20.20.28.3
2011–12 Indiana
Redshirt Redshirt.svg
Redshirt
injury
2012–13 Indiana 2407.8.288.323.8000.90.40.30.11.8
2013–14 George Washington 323029.4.414.400.7433.41.81.10.214.1
Career865520.8.422.382.7582.51.30.70.29.8

Professional career

Den Helder Kings (2014)

In September 2014, Creek signed with Port of Den Helder Kings of the Dutch DBL. [6] In December, Kings went bankrupt and was dissolved. In his games with Den Helder, he averaged 18.2 points a game, enough for second place in scoring in the DBL.

ZZ Leiden (2015)

On January 28, 2015, Creek signed with Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden. [7] His season ended when Leiden was defeated 4–2 in the Semi-finals by Donar Groningen.

SISU Copenhagen (2016)

In January 2016, Creek signed with SISU Copenhagen for the remainder of the 2016–17 season. [8]

ETB Wohnbau Baskets (2016–2017)

On October 31, Creek was acquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League, [9] However, he was waived five days later. [10]

Creek spent the 2016–17 season with ETB Wohnbau Baskets of the ProA. [11]

Kobrat (2017–2018)

Creek spent the 2017–18 season with Kobrat of the Korisliiga. [12]

Kyiv-Basket (2018–2019)

Creek played for Sideline Cancer in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament. He scored 19 points and had 8 rebounds in the team's first-round loss to Gael Nation.

On August 15, 2018, Creek signed a one-year contract with Kyiv-Basket of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. [13]

Maccabi Hod HaSharon (2019)

On October 24, 2019, Creek signed a one-year deal with Maccabi Hod HaSharon of the Israeli National League, replacing Lee Moore. [14] On November 26, 2019, he parted ways with Hod HaSharon after appearing in two games. [15]

Prometey (2019–2020)

On December 26, 2019, Creek signed with Prometey Kamianske of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. [16]

Steaua București (2020–2021)

Creek re-joined Sideline Cancer for The Basketball Tournament 2020, but they lost in the championship game against the Golden Eagles.

Creek spent the 2020–21 season with CSA Steaua București of the Liga Națională.

Mykolaiv (2022)

On January 19, 2022, Creek signed with MBC Mykolaiv of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. [17] Creek was in Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion and escaped to Romania and then arrived back in the USA after a 24 hour ordeal. [18]

Iceland (2023)

After playing for Olimpia in Uruguay, Creek signed with Hamar in July 2023. [19] He was released by Hamar on 16 November 2023, after appearing in six games where he averaged 18.5 points and 4.1 assists. [20]

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  2. ↑ Bozich, Alex (7 August 2008). "Q & A: Maurice Creek". Inside the Hall. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Grimala, Mike (24 October 2011). "Meet the high school stars who plan to resurrect IU hoops". Inside the Hall. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  4. ↑ Standig, Ben. "Exclusive: Former IU transfer Creek to GW". Comcast sportsnet. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Giles, Matt (26 February 2014). "Back on His Feet and Leading a New Team". New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Wop van Eis (8 September 2014). "Maurice Creek derde Amerikaan voor Den Helder Kings". DenHelderActueel.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Maurice Creek moves to ZZ Leiden". Sportando.com. January 28, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ "SISU Copenhagen signs Maurice Creek, ex Leiden". ProBasketballOverseas.com. January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Santa Cruz Warriors Announce 2016 Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. October 31, 2016. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Warriors Waive Damontre Harris, Maurice Creek & Rasean Simpson". NBA.com. November 5, 2016. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Maurice Creek, Game by Game Stats (2016-2017)". Proballers. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Maurice Creek, Game by Game Stats (2017-2018)". Proballers. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  13. ↑ Lupo, N. (15 August 2018). "Maurice Creek signs with Kyiv-Basket". Sportando. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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  18. ↑ Kumar, Aishwarya (March 3, 2022). "Former NCAA basketball star Maurice Creek heads home after getting stuck in Ukraine". ESPN.
  19. ↑ "Þurfti að flýja frá Úkraínu og er nú á leiðinni í Blómabæinn". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 29 July 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  20. ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (16 November 2023). "Hamarsmenn semja við Jalen Moore og reka tvo leikmenn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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