Mark Lyons
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| No. 10 – Muratbey Uşak Sportif | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | Turkish Basketball Super League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
July 4, 1989 Schenectady, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, New Hampshire) |
| College | |
| NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2014 | Chorale Roanne |
| 2014 | Zadar |
| 2014–2015 | Ironi Nahariya |
| 2015–2016 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| 2016–present | Muratbey Uşak Sportif |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Mark Lyons (born July 4, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who won the 2015-16 Israel Basketball Championship and who currently plays for Muratbey Uşak Sportif of the Turkish Basketball League and the Basketball Champions League. He played college basketball for Xavier and Arizona.
College career
Lyons redshirted his freshman year at Xavier due to not gaining eligibility to compete for the Musketeers. In three seasons at Xavier, Lyons was on two Sweet 16 teams and two Atlantic 10 Conference champions and scored almost 1,200 career points. As a junior, Lyons averaged 15.1 points and 2.8 assists per game while shooting 39.2 percent from behind the arc. He was suspended for two games due to his involvement in the 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl.[1]
In May 2012, Lyons announced that he was transferring to Arizona for his final collegiate season. Arizona's coach, Sean Miller, had previously coached Xavier and had recruited Lyons to the school.[1] He was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on January 21, 2013.[2] Lyons was selected to the Pac-12 All-Conference First Team in his only season at Arizona after averaging a team-high 14.9 points and 2.97 assists per game.[3]
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Lyons joined the Toronto Raptors for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On July 7, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Chorale Roanne of the LNB Pro A.[4] However, on January 9, 2014, he parted ways with Roanne after appearing in 14 games.[5] He later signed with Zadar of Croatia for the rest of the season on February 10.[6] In 14 league games for Zadar, he averaged 17.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.
On September 9, 2014, Lyons signed a one-year deal with Spirou Charleroi of the Basketball League Belgium,[7] only to part ways with the club on October 7 in order to sign in Israel with Ironi Nahariya.[8] In 33 games for Nahariya, he averaged 18.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game.
In July 2015, Lyons signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion for the 2015–16 season.[9] That season, he won the Israeli national championship with Rishon LeZion before moving to Turkey.
References
- 1 2 DeCourcy, Mike (May 6, 2012). "Former Xavier guard Lyons to reconnect with Miller at Arizona". The Sporting News. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ↑ Gimino, Anthony (January 21, 2013). "Arizona Wildcats finally get a Pac-12 Player of the Week winner". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ↑ Gimino, Anthony (March 11, 2013). "Arizona's Hill, Lyons earn first-team All-Pac-12 mention". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ↑ Roanne signed rookie Mark Lyons
- ↑ Mark Lyons will be released by Roanne
- ↑ Zadar signs Mark Lyons
- ↑ Spirou Charleroi signs Dylan Page, Mark Lyons and Loic Schwartz
- ↑ Mark Lyons leaves Spirou Charleroi
- ↑ Mark Lyons signing with Maccabi Rishon LeZion