Maurice Sutton

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Maurice Sutton
Mahram Tehran BC
Position Power forward / center
League Iranian Basketball Super League
Personal information
Born (1989-07-31) July 31, 1989 (age 34)
Largo, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Largo (Largo, Maryland)
College Villanova (2009–2013)
NBA draft 2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2015 Tulsa 66ers / Oklahoma City Blue
2015 Titanes del Distrito Nacional
2015Enriquillo
2015 Śląsk Wrocław
2016 Metros de Santiago
2016Pueblo Nuevo
2016 Cocodrilos de Caracas
2016Titanes del Distrito Nacional
2016Enriquillo
2017Cocodrilos de Caracas
2017Jose Horacio Rodriguez
2017Enriquillo
2017–2018 Aguacateros de Michoacán
2018Rafael Barias
2018Gregorio Urbano Gilbert
2018 Leones de Santo Domingo
2018–2019Aguacateros de Michoacán
2019 Abejas de León
2019Dosa
2020–present Mahram Tehran BC
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Maurice Sutton Jr. (born July 31, 1989) [1] is an American professional basketball player for Mahram Tehran BC of the Iranian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball for Villanova University and then carved out a career in Latin America.

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High school career

Sutton attended Largo High School in Largo, Maryland. As a senior, he averaged 18 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocks per game in 2007–08. [2]

College career

Sutton attended Villanova University in 2008–09, but did not play and chose to redshirt the season as to maintain his four seasons of eligibility. [3]

In his freshman season at Villanova University, Sutton played sparingly for the Wildcats. In 26 games, he averaged 1.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 10.3 minutes per game. [4]

In his sophomore season, his production increased slightly but he still had a similar bench role to his freshman season. In 27 games, he averaged 2.4 points 2.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 10.6 minutes per game. [4]

In his junior season, he became a regular rotation player over the final six weeks of the season. In 25 games (7 starts), he averaged 3.6 points and 3.1 rebounds in 13.7 minutes per game. [2] [4]

In his senior season, he finished his career with 100 blocks, which ranks 11th all-time at Villanova. In 31 games (10 starts), he averaged 3.2 points and 2.7 rebounds in 9.5 minutes per game. [2] [4]

Professional career

Between 2013 and 2015, Sutton played in the NBA Development League for the Tulsa 66ers [5] and then the renamed Oklahoma City Blue. [6] In 91 regular season games over two D-League season, Sutton averaged 7.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game. [7] He also had three NBA Summer League stints with the Washington Wizards (2013), Oklahoma City Thunder (2014), and the D-League Select Team (2015).

Since 2015, Sutton has played mostly in Latin America—apart from a stint in Poland with Śląsk Wrocław to start the 2015–16 season [8] [9] —splitting his time in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Mexico. He spent the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons in the Mexican LNBP with Aguacateros de Michoacán, [10] and then started the 2019–20 season with Abejas de León, but was released on October 14, 2019. [11] In November 2019, he played for Dosa in the XXVI Torneo de Baloncesto Superior. [12]

On March 6, 2020, Sutton signed with Iranian team Mahram Tehran BC. [13]

Personal

Sutton is the son of Maurice Sr. and Gwen Sutton, and has two older siblings, Terry Barnes and Candace Sutton-Pearson. His cousin is former NBA player, Chris Gatling. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "DraftExpress NBA Draft Prospect Profile: Maurice Sutton, Stats, Comparisons, and Outlook". DraftExpress.com. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Maurice Sutton Bio". Villanova.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Meet the New Wildcats: Maurice Sutton". VUHoops.com. June 17, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Maurice Sutton Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ 66ers Select Grant Jerret, Seven Other Draft Picks
  6. ↑ Oklahoma City Blue Announces Training Camp Roster Archived 2014-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Maurice Sutton D-League Stats
  8. ↑ SUTTON ZOSTAJE W ŚLĄSKU (in Polish)
  9. ↑ Slask Wroclaw officially part ways with Madden, Smith, Sutton and Heath
  10. ↑ "Regresa Maurice Sutton Jr. a reforzar a Aguacateros" (in Spanish). Quadratin. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "SE VA MAURICE SUTTON DE LAS ABEJAS DE LEÓN; MICHAEL SMITH; FUERA 15 DÍAS" (in Spanish). 14 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Maurice Sutton decide triunfo del club Dosa". listindiario.com (in Spanish). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  13. ↑ Lupo, Nicola (March 6, 2020). "Maurice Sutton signs with Mahram". Sportando. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
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