Paris Horne

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Paris Horne
Paris Horne.jpg
Horne in 2009
Free agent
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1987-08-06) August 6, 1987 (age 37)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight189 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Bridgton Academy
(North Bridgton, Maine)
College St. John's (2007–2011)
NBA draft 2011: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012 BG Göttingen
2012–2013 Rethymno Aegean
2013–2016 Büyükçekmece Basketbol
2016 Kouvot

Paris L. Horne (born August 6, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kouvot of the Finnish Korisliiga. Horne played college basketball at St. John's University. [1] He has played for BG Gottingen in Germany and competed at the FIBA EuroChallenge 2012 (6 games and 10.7 ppg). [2]

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The Basketball Tournament

Horne has competed for Overseas Elite in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a single-elimination winner-take-all tournament held annually since 2014 in the United States. He was a point guard on the 2015 team which won TBT's $1 million prize. Horne was also a part of the 2016, 2017, and 2018 iterations of Overseas Elite, each of which took home a $2 million prize.

In 2016, Horne averaged 5.8 points per game (PPG) as well as 1.7 assists per game (APG) and 1.2 steals per game. In 2017, Horne averaged 2.8 PPG. In TBT 2018, Horne played six games. He averaged 4.2 PPG and 2.0 rebounds per game while shooting 59%. Overseas Elite reached the championship game and played Eberlein Drive, winning 70–58 for their fourth consecutive TBT title. In TBT 2019, Horne was the team's general manager and assistant coach. [3] The team advanced to the semifinals, where they suffered their first-ever defeat, losing to Carmen's Crew, 71–66. [4]

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References

  1. "Paris Horne's College Profile". Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  2. "Paris Horne – EuroChallenge 2012". FIBA Europe. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  3. "Overseas Elite". thetournament.com. 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  4. "#1 Carmen's Crew 71, #1 Overseas Elite 66". thetournament.com. August 4, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.