Zach Lofton

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Zach Lofton
No. 23–Sagesse SC
Position Shooting guard
League Lebanese Basketball League
West Asia Super League
Personal information
Born (1992-11-18) November 18, 1992 (age 31)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolColumbia Heights
(Columbia Heights, Minnesota)
College
NBA draft 2018: undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2019 Detroit Pistons
2018–2019→Grand Rapids Drive
2019Grand Rapids Drive
2020 Rostock Seawolves
2021–2022 Kazma
2022–2023 Dynamo Lebanon
2023 Liaoning Arctic Wolves
2023Dynamo Lebanon
2023 Al Ahly Benghazi
2023–2024 Meralco Bolts
2024 Homenetmen Beirut
2024 Al Riyadi
2024–present Sagesse Club
Career highlights and awards
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Zachary Lofton [1] (born November 18, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Sagesse Club of the Lebanese Basketball League. He played college basketball for New Mexico State University (NMSU). [2] He transferred to NMSU from Texas Southern, where he was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2017. [3]

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College career

Lofton, a shooting guard from Saint Paul, Minnesota, started his college career at San Jacinto College, then played his sophomore season for Illinois State University. He averaged 11.3 points per game for the Redbirds before transferring to Minnesota in 2014. While sitting out his transfer year, Lofton was dismissed from the Golden Gophers team before playing a game. [4] [5] Lofton landed at Texas Southern, where in 2016–17 he averaged 16.8 points per game and led the Tigers to the 2017 NCAA tournament. At the close of the season, he was named SWAC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. [6]

Following his lone season with Texas Southern, Lofton declared for the 2017 NBA draft. Although he ultimately withdrew, he did announce that he would transfer from Texas Southern. [7] He ultimately chose New Mexico State to play his final season of college eligibility. [8]

As a senior at New Mexico State, Lofton averaged 20.1 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. He shot 46 percent from the field and 38 percent from behind the arc. Lofton was named to the All-Western Athletic Conference First Team and the 2018 All-WAC Newcomer team. Following the season he participated in the 2018 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. [9]

Professional career

Lofton was not selected in the 2018 NBA draft. [10] He signed with the Detroit Pistons for the NBA Summer League. [11] He averaged 10.8 points and 2.5 rebounds per game and scored 21 points in the final Summer League game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Lofton subsequently signed with the Pistons [12] and, in October, agreed to a two-way contract, splitting playing time with the Pistons and their NBA G League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Drive. [13] On October 17, 2018, Lofton made his NBA debut with the Pistons. He recorded one steal in four minutes of play in a 103–100 win over the Brooklyn Nets. [14] In his G League debut, Lofton had a double-double with 26 points, 11 rebounds, nine assists and four steals as the Drive lost to the Erie BayHawks 125–114. [15]

On January 15, 2019, Lofton was waived by the Pistons, but retained by the Drive. [16] He averaged 13.3 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.2 steals per game with the Drive. On February 1, 2020, Lofton signed with the Rostock Seawolves of the German ProA league. [17] He averaged 27.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. On July 18, 2021, Lofton signed with Kazma of the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League. [18]

On September 22, 2022, Lofton signed with Dynamo Lebanon of the Lebanese Basketball League. [19]

On August 18, 2023, Lofton re-signed with Dynamo Lebanon after playing for Liaoning Arctic Wolves of the National Basketball League. [20] [21]

On October 19, 2022, Lofton signed with Al Ahly Benghazi. [22] In November 2023, Lofton made his debut for Al Ahly Benghazi in the Road to BAL. On November 1, 2023, Lofton scored a team-high 25 points in his debut for Al Ahly, in a 86–77 win over FAP. [23] The following day, Lofton scored 32 points in a 73–84 win over Virunga, which sealed the group's first place for Al Ahly. [24]

On November 8, 2023, Lofton signed with the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), [25] [26] as one of the team's import for its participation in the 2023–24 East Asia Super League. [27] He was eventually selected to play as the team's replacement import in place of the injured Suleiman Braimoh for the rest of the 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup. [28]

On January 11, 2024, Lofton signed with the Homenetmen Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. [29] [30]

On June 3, 2024, Lofton signed with the Al Riyadi of the Lebanese Basketball League. [31]

On August 23, 2024, Lofton signed with the Sagesse Club of the Lebanese Basketball League. [32]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started 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

NBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2018–19 Detroit 103.8.000.000–.0.01.0.0.0

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