Manu Lecomte

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Manu Lecomte
Lecomte with Budućnost in 2023.
Liège Basket
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
LeagueBNXT League
Personal information
Born (1995-08-16) 16 August 1995 (age 28)
Brussels, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College
NBA draft2018: undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2019Agua Caliente Clippers
2019–2020UCAM Murcia
2020Gran Canaria
2020–2021Skyliners Frankfurt
2021Élan Béarnais
2021CBet Prienai
2021–2022CBet Jonava
2022–2023Hapoel Eilat
2023Budućnost VOLI
2023-presentLiège Basket
Career highlights and awards

Emmanuel "Manu" Lecomte (born 16 August 1995) is a Belgian basketball player for KK Budućnost of the ABA League and the Prva A Liga. He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears and Miami Hurricanes and for the Belgian national team.[1]

Career[edit]

College[edit]

He played two years at Miami, before transferring to Baylor. He scored 7.7 points and dished out 2.3 assists per game while shooting 42.5 percent from the field as a sophomore. However, he saw his minutes fall playing alongside Ángel Rodríguez.[2]

As a senior at Baylor, Lecomte averaged 16.2 points per game and was named to the Second-team All-Big 12.

Professional[edit]

He went undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft but signed with the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League.[3]

He joined the Agua Caliente Clippers of the NBA G League for the 2018–19 season after being selected 20th overall in the G League draft.[4]

On 28 March 2019 he signed with Liga ACB team UCAM Murcia. [5] Lecomte joined Gran Canaria in February 2020, averaging 5.4 points and 1.0 assist per game. On October 13, he signed with Fraport Skyliners of the Basketball Bundesliga.[6]

On January 27, 2021, he signed with Élan Béarnais of the French LNB Pro A.[7] On March 2, 2021, he signed with BC Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[8] Lecomte averaged 14.9 points, 5.1 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game. On September 16, he signed with BC Jonava.[9]

On November 12, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[10]

On February 6, 2023, he signed with Budućnost VOLI of the ABA League and EuroCup.

On September 6, 2023, hé signed with Liège Basket of the BNXT League

International career[edit]

Playing for Belgium, Lecomte participated at the EuroBasket 2017.[11]

Personal life[edit]

Born in Belgium, Lecomte is of Cameroonian descent through his mother.[12]

College statistics[edit]

SEASON AVERAGES
SEASON TEAM MIN FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
2017-18 BAY 34.1 4.9-12.2 .402 2.8-7.2 .381 3.7-4.1 .890 2.2 3.7 0.0 0.7 1.8 2.2 16.2
2016-17 BAY 30.1 3.9-9.2 .426 2.2-5.3 .408 2.2-2.7 .830 1.8 3.8 0.1 0.8 1.9 2.0 12.2
2014-15 MIA 22.4 2.4-5.6 .430 1.4-3.0 .456 1.7-1.9 .877 1.4 1.8 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.1 7.9
2013-14 MIA 28.0 2.6-6.1 .425 0.8-2.1 .397 1.7-2.2 .778 2.1 2.3 0.0 0.6 1.9 1.8 7.7


References[edit]

  1. ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com.
  2. ^ Porter, Matt (April 8, 2015). "Deandre Burnett, Manu Lecomte transferring from Miami Hurricanes". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "Manu Lecomte joins Mavericks Summer League Team". KWTX. July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  4. ^ Winderman, Jake (October 22, 2018). "10 Notable Players Selected In The 2018 NBA G League Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "El UCAM Murcia incorpora a Manu Lecomte" (in Spanish). Official website. March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  6. ^ Schmdt-Scheuber, Miles (October 13, 2020). "Emmanuel Lecomte To Run The Point For The Fraport Skyliners". Eurobasket. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  7. ^ Skerletic, Dario (January 27, 2021). "Pau Orthez ink Emmanuel Lecomte". Sportando. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "Manu Lecomte joins BC Prienai". Sportando. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  9. ^ "Emmanuel Lecomte joins Jonava". Eurobasket. September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  10. ^ Skerletic, Dario (November 12, 2022). "Manu Lecomte joins Hapoel Eilat". Sportando. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  11. ^ "Emmanuel LECOMTE at the FIBA EuroBasket 2017". FIBA.basketball.
  12. ^ "Manu Lecomte : "La NBA, ce n'est plus un rêve pour moi, c'est un objectif" - rtbf.be". RTBF.

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