Sonique Nixon

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Sonique Nixon (born 1971) is an American former basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played as a center. Nixon played for UMBC from 1991 to 1994, averaging 14.1 points and 9.1 rebounds in his career with the Retrievers. [1]

Nixon played in the Dutch Eredivisie with BS Weert in 1994–95 season. He was named the league's Most Valuable Player, after averaging 19.1 points per game. [2] Nixon later also played for KTP Basket in the Finnish Korisliiga.

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References

  1. "Sonique Nixon College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  2. "Sonique Nixon Basketbal statistieken Spelers Dossier - NBB Database, basketball statistieken". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved 2022-06-30.