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 35)
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

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.

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High school

Creek was a Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic player before he graduated from Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Virginia). He continued his basketball career at Oxon Hill High School and South Kent Prep School. Creek joined the AAU with Triple Threat. [1]

College career

Before playing for Indiana University, Creek wanted 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]

An injury limited Creek's playing as a freshman during the 2009–10 season. This reoccurred while as a sophomore during the 2010–11 season. During the early 2010s, he had knee surgery. [1] An achilles tendon rupture prevented Creek from playing in the 2011–12 season. [3]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Maurice Creek Profile". Indiana University Athletic Department. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Bozich, Alex (7 August 2008). "Q & A: Maurice Creek". Inside the Hall. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 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. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. 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. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ "SISU Copenhagen signs Maurice Creek, ex Leiden". ProBasketballOverseas.com. January 10, 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 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. Archived from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Maurice Creek, Game by Game Stats (2017-2018)". Proballers. Archived from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  13. ↑ Lupo, N. (15 August 2018). "Maurice Creek signs with Kyiv-Basket". Sportando. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "טי קיי אדוגי חתם בר"ג/גבעתיים, זר חדש להוד"ש". ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). October 24, 2019. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  15. ↑ "מכבי הוד"ש צירפה את טרבון יוז". LeumitBasket (in Hebrew). November 26, 2019. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  16. ↑ Lupo, Nicola (December 26, 2019). "Maurice Creek signs with SC Prometey". Sportando. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  17. ↑ "МБК "Николаев" пригласил двух новых легионеров – в их числе экс-игрок "Киев-Баскета" и "Прометея"". Nik.net. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  18. ↑ Kumar, Aishwarya (March 3, 2022). "Former NCAA basketball star Maurice Creek heads home after getting stuck in Ukraine". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Þurfti að flýja frá Úkraínu og er nú á leiðinni í Blómabæinn". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 29 July 2023. Archived from the original on 16 November 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). Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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