Marcus Lewis (basketball, born 1992)

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Marcus Lewis
Free Agent
PositionShooting guard
Personal information
Born (1992-02-16) February 16, 1992 (age 32)
Streamwood, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolStreamwood (Streamwood, Illinois)
College
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2015–2017Niagara River Lions
2017–2018St. John's Edge
2018–2019Moncton Magic
2019Guelph Nighthawks
2019–2020Moncton Magic
2020–2021Tampereen Pyrintö
2021Lavrio
2021–2022Czarni Słupsk
2022–2023Skyliners Frankfurt
Career highlights and awards

Marcus Lewis (born February 16, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga. He was born in Streamwood, Illinois.

High school career[edit]

Lewis played for Streamwood High School, at Streamwood, Illinois.

College career[edit]

Lewis played for Parkland College, for South Suburban College and for Eastern Kentucky from 2010 until 2014. During his college career, he was highly regarded as one of the best dunkers in NCAA college basketball.[1]

Professional career[edit]

After going undrafted to the 2014 NBA draft, Lewis played five seasons in Canada with Niagara River Lions, St. John's Edge, Moncton Magic and Guelph Nighthawks. After five years in Canada, Lewis signed with Tampereen Pyrintö of the Finnish Korisliiga.[2]

On July 17, 2021, Lewis officially signed with Greek club Lavrio of the Basketball Champions League.[3] In eight games, he averaged 6.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.

On November 27, 2021, Lewis signed with Czarni Słupsk of the Polish Basketball League.[4]

On November 20, 2022, he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "JC Transfer Marcus Lewis Makes SportsCenter with Dunk at EKU". jucorecruiting.com. 4 February 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "Marcus Lewis (ex Moncton M.) added to the roster of Pyrinto". usbasket.com. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "Marcus Lewis signs with Lavrio". latestbasketballnews.com. July 17, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "Czarni adds Lewis to their roster, ex Lavrio". Eurobasket. November 27, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "Frankfurt lands Marcus Lewis". Eurobasket. November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.

External links[edit]

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