Murphy Holloway

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Murphy Holloway
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Holloway with Hapoel Gilboa Galil in March 2017
Free agent
Position Center / power forward
Personal information
Born (1990-04-24) April 24, 1990 (age 33)
Irmo, South Carolina, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school Dutch Fork
(Irmo, South Carolina)
College Ole Miss (2008–2013)
NBA draft 2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013 Büyükçekmece
2013–2014 Ironi Kiryat Ata
2014 Hapoel Kfar Saba
2014–2015 Trieste
2015–2016 Cholet
2016–2017 Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2017 GlobalPort Batang Pier
2017–2018 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2018–2020 Incheon ET Land Elephants
2020 Al-Muharraq SC
2021 s.Oliver Würzburg
2021–2022 Goyang Orions
2022–2023 Daegu KOGAS Pegasus
Career highlights and awards

Murphy McQuite Holloway (born April 24, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Daegu KOGAS Pegasus of the Korean Basketball League. A power forward/center, he played college basketball for University of Mississippi before playing professionally in Turkey, Israel, Italy, France, the Philippines, South Korea, Bahrain, and Germany.

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Early life and college career

Holloway attended Dutch Fork High School in Irmo, South Carolina, where he was named South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year, 4A Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball as a senior. Holloway became the leading scorer in Dutch Fork history with 1,487 career points, he averaged 28 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks as a senior. [1]

Holloway played four years of college basketball for the University of Mississippi, where he averaged 14.5 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game as a senior. Holoway was named to the SEC All-Tournament Team and SEC All-Second Team. [2]

Professional career

In September 2013, Holloway started his professional career with the Turkish team Büyükçekmece Basketbol.

In December 2013, Holloway signed with the Israeli team Ironi Kiryat Ata for the 2014–15 season. [3] However, he was released by the team due to injury. One month later, he signed with Hapoel Kfar Saba for the rest of the season.

On August 23, 2014, Holloway signed with the Italian team Pallacanestro Trieste for the 2014–15 season. [4]

On July 4, 2015, Holloway signed with the French team Cholet Basket for the 2015–16 season. [5]

On June 17, 2016, Holloway returned to Israel for a second stint, signing a one-year deal with Hapoel Gilboa Galil. [6] Holloway led the league in efficiency rating (20.5 per game) and was the second-leading rebounder with 9.9 per game.

On July 22, 2017, Holloway signed with the Philippine team GlobalPort Batang Pierfor the rest of the 2016–17 PBA season, joining as a replacement for Jabril Trawick. [7] On July 30, 2017, Holloway recorded a career-high 36 points, shooting 17-of-30 from the field, along with 18 rebounds in a 108–124 loss to the Barangay Ginebra Kings. [8]

On September 27, 2017, Holloway returned to Israel for a third stint, signing with Maccabi Rishon LeZion for the 2017–18 season. [9] On February 18, 2018, Holloway recorded a season-high 28 points, shooting 12-of-14 from the field, along with 13 rebounds, 5 steals and 3 assists in a 97–102 loss to the Hapoel Holon. [10] During the season, Holloway was named two-time MVP of the Round. [11] [12] Holloway finished the season as the league fourth-leading rebounder with 8.5 per game and fourth in efficiency rating with 20.1 per game.

On August 7, 2018, Holloway signed with the Incheon ET Land Elephants of the Korean Basketball League. [13] In 17 games played for the Elephants, he averaged 18.1 points, 13 rebounds and 1.9 blocks.

On July 7, 2019, Holloway re-signed with the Incheon ET Land Elephants for the 2019–20 season. [14]

On November 25, 2020, Holloway signed with Al-Muharraq SC. [15]

On February 9, 2021, Holloway signed with s.Oliver Würzburg for the rest of the 2020–21 season. [16] He averaged 11.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game. On August 20, 2021, Holloway signed with the Goyang Orions of the Korean Basketball League. [17]

The Basketball Tournament

In 2017, Holloway played for Ole Hotty Toddy, a team of Ole Miss alumni, in The Basketball Tournament. Holloway's team was upset in the first round by Team NC Prodigal Sons. The Basketball Tournament is an annual $2 million winner-take-all tournament broadcast on ESPN.

In TBT 2018, Holloway suited up for Armored Athlete. In 3 games, he averaged 8.3 points, 9 rebounds, and shot 67 percent from the field. Armored Athlete reached the Super 16 before falling to Boeheim's Army. [18]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played 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  Led the league

Domestic Leagues

YearTeamLeagueGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2014–15 Flag of Italy.svg Pallacanestro Trieste Serie A2 3730.8.507.208.5338.11.51.51.317.1
2015–16 Flag of France.svg Cholet Pro A 3125.8.582.273.5856.71.21.1.513.1
2016–17 Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Gilboa Galil IPL 2430.0.545.111.5939.92.11.4.815.9
2017 Flag of the Philippines.svg GlobalPort Batang Pier PBA 842.2.532.316.51917.73.62.82.727.0
2017–18 Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Rishon LeZion IPL 3329.1.592.0.6078.52.31.4.713.5
2018–19 Flag of South Korea.svg Incheon ET Land Elephants KBL 1731.9.568.0.43213.03.01.71.918.1

Source: RealGM

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References

  1. ↑ "Murphy Holloway - Men's Basketball - University of South Carolina Athletics". GamecocksOnline.com. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Dutch Fork High Grad Murphy Holloway Named to Second Team All-SEC". Patch.com. March 12, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  3. ↑ "המצטיינים: אופיר ה(ש)ובר". safsal.co.il (in Hebrew). December 12, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Pallacanestro Trieste lands Murphy Holloway". Sportando.basketball. August 23, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cholet announces Murphy Holloway". Sportando.basketball. July 4, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Gilboa Galil signs Michael Qualls and Murphy Holloway". Sportando.basketball. June 17, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  7. ↑ "GlobalPort taps Ole Miss standout Murphy Holloway to replace Trawick". FoxSports.ph. July 22, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Barangay Ginebra Kings 124 at GlobalPort Batang Pier 108". RealGM.com. July 30, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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  10. ↑ "Winner League, Game 17: M. Rishon Vs UNET Holon". basket.co.il. February 18, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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  12. ↑ "מצטיין המחזור ה-24: מרפי הולוואי". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). April 27, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Inchon ET signs Murphy Holloway and Giddy Potts, players have to pass height measurement test". Sportando.basketball. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
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  15. ↑ "Murphy Holloway moves from South Korea to Bahrain". latestbasketballnews. November 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
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