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BYU Basketball Alumni in the Pros

BYU Basketball Alumni in the Pros

BYU Pro Tracker  2015-16 Season Report

The Ultimate Guide to BYU Alumni in the Pros

About this Guide

Overview: BYU had ten alumni playing basketball professionally during the 2015-16 season, with two in the U.S. (Fredette, Carlino), one in Spain (Haws), one in Poland (Broadus), two in Italy (Davies & Tavernari), one in (Carlino), one in Belgium (Cummard), one in Argentina (Ambrosino), one in Lithuania (Plaisted), & one in Qatar (Abouo).

In 2015-16 there was at least one active professional basketball player for every BYU class since 2009, and there has been at least one player go pro from every class in the era, with 19 total players since 2005. This guide provides playing summaries and statistics for each of the active players.

The guide was written by Tyler Christensen, managing editor at BYU Insider. If you have comments or suggestions on how to improve this guide, updates on players, or recommendations for another guide or article series feel free to email me at [email protected].

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Tyler Haws Class of 2015

Tyler Haws (@tyhaws3) went undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft. After an unsuccessful tryout with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he made his way to Europe, where he signed with Rio Natura Monbus in Spain (Liga Endesa). In 2015-16 he spent most of the season as the first man off the bench. However, he did earn a starting role by the end of the season.

YEAR TEAM COUNTRY G MIN FG% 3PT% FT% REB AST STL BLK PTS 2015-16 Monbus Spain 34 18.6 .458 .396 .828 1.3 0.4 0.7 0.1 7.9

Matt Carlino Class of 2014

Matt Carlino (no ) just completed his first season professional basketball. He left BYU in 2014 for Marquette where he played his final season as a graduate transfer. Then, after trying out for the he headed to Europe to play for the Italian experimental national team. He ended up with France’s Boulazac Basket (ProB League) where he averaged 12.4 in 10 appearances. In January 2016 he was signed by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA’s Developmental League, where he played for the remainder of the 2015-16 season, and in one playoff game.

YEAR TEAM COUNTRY G MIN FG% 3PT% FT% REB AST STL BLK PTS 2015 Boulazac France 10 25.7 .436 3.3 2.8 1.2 12.4 2015 Boulazac France 8 25 .913 3.0 2.4 1.0 11.8 2015-16 Rio Gran USA 27 14.1 30.0 .313 .733 1.6 1.6 0.9 0.0 3.8

Season Highs:

. Minutes: 33 (February 4, 2016) . Points: 14 (January 30, 2016, March 31, 2016) . Rebounds: 6 (January 13, 2016) . Assists: 6 (February 26, 2016; January 7, 2016) . Steals: 3 (February 4, 2016; March 31, 2016)

Notes:

. BA in Recreation Management & Youth Leadership, BYU (2014) . Masters degree, Marquette (2015)

Brandon Davies Class of 2013

Brandon Davies (no twitter) had a two-year stint in the NBA (Clippers, 76ers, Nets) and had a career high 20 points in a game with the 76ers in 2014. After being waived by the Nets in January 2015 he was signed by Elan Chalon in France’s LNB Pro A League. This is his first season for Openjobmetis Varese (Serie A League) in Italy.

YEAR TEAM COUNTRY G MIN FG% 3PT% FT% REB AST STL BLK PTS 2013-14 Los Angeles USA 51 11.3 .422 .200 .642 2.1 0.5 0.5 0.2 2.8 2014-15 Philadelphia USA 7 6.3 .333 .250 .750 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 2.3 2014-15 Brooklyn USA 20 19.0 .412 .233 .636 3.7 1.4 0.9 0.2 6.3 2014-15 Elan Chalon France 14 22.5 .421 .240 .690 4.5 1.4 1.0 0.5 9.1 2015-16 Openjobmetis Italy 30 25.7 .472 .162 .756 6.5 1.5 1.0 0.9 13.3 2015-16 Openjobmetis Italy 20 24.2 .572 .364 .741 7.6 1.6 0.7 0.4 15.1

Season Highs:

. Points: 17 (April 2016)

Agustin Ambrosino Class of 2013

Agustin Ambrosino (no twitter) only played for one season at BYU (2012-13) in which he averaged 1.8 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 6.2 minutes in 31 games. He left BYU prior to his senior season and went back to Argentina to play for Weber Bahia Blanca (Liga A), where he played during the 2013-14 season (3.0 points in 8.6 minutes per game). He played the following season for Tomas De Docamor and he currently plays for Alianza Viedma (TNA League) also in Argentina.

YEAR TEAM COUNTRY G MIN FG% 3PT% FT% REB AST STL BLK PTS 2013-14 Weber Argentina 38 8.6 .422 .277 .700 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 3.0 2014-15 Tomas Argentina 16 18.8 .482 .429 .625 3.1 0.4 0.1 0.4 7.1 2015-16 Viedma Argentina 41 18.8 .532 .232 .686 4.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 5.9

Season Highs:

. Points: 11 (April 2016) . Rebounds: 14 (April 2016)

Charles Abouo Class of 2012

Charles Abouo (@CharlesAbouo1) was born November 4, 1989 in the Ivory Coast. He attended High School in Logan, where he broke the all-time scoring record at Logan High. After graduating from BYU, Abouo started playing basketball professionally in 2012 with CB Penas Huesca in Spain (2012-13). He then played for Quesos Cerrato (2013- 14) and now plays for Al Khor in Qatar (2015-16). He has also been a member of the Cote d’Ivoire national team (2009, 2010, 2013).

YEAR TEAM COUNTRY G MIN FG% 3PT% FT% REB AST STL BLK PTS 2012-13 Penas Huesca Spain 30 27.1 36.7 23.7 71.1 4.0 1.13 1.3 1.3 7.7 2013-14 Quesos Cerrate Spain 35 15.7 42.6 32.7 70.2 3.1 0.3 1.0 1.0 4.9 2015-16 Al Khor Qatar 18 40.2 49.3 24.1 71.9 12.2 4.6 3.7 0.6 25.8 2015-16 Al-Khor (Qatar Cup) Qatar 3 37.0 11.3 4.0 1.3 20.3

Achievements

. Finished 2015-16 as No. 3 in the league in scoring . Finished 2015-16 No. 5 in the Qatar league in rebounds . Finished 2015-16 No. 1 in the Qatar league in steals with 3.7 per game-- almost a full more per game than No. 2 in the league. . Named 2015-16 All-Qatar D1 Defensive Player of the Year . Selected as a member of the 2015-16 All-Qatar League second team

Jimmer Fredette Class of 2011

Jimmer Fredette (@jimmerfredette) was drafted No. 10 in the 2011 NBA draft. He played six games for the at the beginning of his fifth NBA season (2015-16), and averaged 0.5 points in just 3.3 minutes per game. He was waived by the Pelicans in November. He was then drafted by New York No. 2 overall in the NBA’s Developmental League (D-League stats). He played extremely well in the D-League and was called up to the for a 10-day contract in February 2016. He returned to the where he completed the season.

YEAR TEAM COUN G MIN FG% 3PT% FT% REB AST STL PTS 2011-12 Sacramento USA 61 18.6 .386 .361 .833 1.2 1.8 0.5 7.6 2012-13 Sacramento USA 69 14.0 .421 .417 .859 1.0 1.3 0.4 7.2 2013-14 Sacramento USA 41 11.3 .475 .493 .895 0.9 1.5 0.3 5.9 2013-14 Chicago USA 8 7.0 .448 .364 1.00 1.1 0.4 0.0 4.0 2014-15 New Orleans USA 50 10.2 .380 .188 .956 0.8 1.2 0.3 3.6 2015-16 New Orleans USA 4 3.3 .250 .000 .000 0.0 1.2 0.3 0.5 2015-16 New York USA 2 2.5 1.00 1.00 .800 0.0 0.3 0.0 3.5 2015-16 Westchester USA 40 35.8 .458 .411 .904 4.4 5.0 1.8 21.1

Season Highs:

. Points: 37 (April 2016)

Achievements

. Was the 2016 D-League All-Star MVP, scoring a record 35 points . Named to the D-League second team (2015-16)

Jonathan Tavernari Class of 2010

Jonathan Tavernari (@For3JT) has been playing professionally overseas since graduating from BYU in 2010. He has spent time playing in Brazil (Pinheiros, 2010-11, 2013-14) and in Italy (Pallacanestro Biella, 2011-12; Pistoia Basket, 2012; Scafati Basket, 2012-13; Derthona Basket, 2014-15) He started the 2015-16 season for BCC Corvengenze Agropoli (Italy Serie A2 League). In a January interview with BYU Insider he expressed interest in possibly coming back to BYU at some point.

YEAR TEAM COUN G MIN FG% 3PT FT% REB AST STL PTS TRY % 2010-11 Pinheiros Brazil 2011-12 Pallacanestro Italy 2012-13 Scafati Italy 32 21.4 .493 .441 .667 3.0 0.5 1.2 8.3 2013-14 Pinheiros Brazil 28 19.7 .468 .388 1.00 4.4 0.9 0.6 6.8 2014-15 Derthona Italy 30 26.1 .531 .293 .676 4.7 0.6 1.4 10.6 2015-16 BCC Corvengenze Italy 26 31.3 .481 .376 .765 4.5 1.0 0.9 13.3

Lee Cummard Class of 2009

Lee Cummard (no twitter) has been playing in professionally since graduating from BYU in 2009. He started with the Utah Flash of the D-League (2009-10) and then spent a few seasons in France (fos-sur-Mer, 2010-11, 2012-13) and Japan (Kyoto Hannaryz, 2011-12). He is currently in his third season with Belgium’s Okapi Aalstar (Scooore League. He recently had an 11 point, 6 , 3 outing as Aalstar defeated Verviers-Pepinster 85-70.

YEAR TEAM COUN G MIN FG% 3PT% FT% REB AST STL PTS 2009-10 Utah Flash USA 22 16.6 .483 .471 .909 1.9 1.2 0.6 5.0 2009-10 Fos-sur-Mer France 17 28 .503 .393 .767 5.2 3.5 1.6 11.7 2010-11 Fos-sur-Mer France 34 30 .425 .359 .776 5.7 2.3 1.3 12.8 2011-12 Kyoto Hannaryz Japan 57 21.9 .521 .321 .773 5.1 3.1 1.1 10.6 2012-13 Fos Ouest France 6 18.5 .469 .364 .500 3.3 1.7 1.0 6.2 2013-14 Okapi Aalstar Belgium 47 31.5 .546 .397 .856 5.3 1.6 1.3 10.4 2014-15 Okapi Aalstar Belgium 36 26.6 .535 .473 .907 4.9 2.0 1.3 7.8 2015-16 Okapi Aalstar Belgium 35 21.9 .576 .405 .722 4.4 1.4 1.0 6.7

Notes:

 Played in the 2009 NBA summer league for Phoenix and 2010 for Sacramento  Also played in the 2009 Reese’s College All-Star game (7 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 assists) and the 2009 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament  Prepped at Mesa High School (Mesa, AZ)

Trent Plaisted Class of 2008

Trent Plaisted (no twitter) has played in more countries than any other BYU alumn, with stops in Detroit (NBA), Italy, Croatia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Turkey, , France, and now back in Lithuania where he plays for Neptunas (LKL). All in all he has played for 12 teams in eight different countries.

YEAR TEAM COUNTRY G MIN FG% FT% REB STL BLK PTS 2008-09 Angelico Biella Italy 2 15.5 .800 .667 2.0 1.0 0.5 5.0 2009-10 Zadar Croatia 26 13.5 .677 .617 3.8 0.6 0.8 6.6 2010-11 Cedevita Zagreb Croatia 7 19.1 .667 .741 3.9 0.3 0.1 9.1 2011 Zalgiris Kaunas Lithuania 16 15.6 .565 .467 3.9 0.4 0.3 5.8 2011-12 Cherkaski Mavpy Ukraine 7 30.4 .476 .447 7.1 0.9 0.4 13.6 2012 Aliaga Petkim Turkey 2013-14 Ratiopharm Germany 36 19.7 .566 .513 5.6 0.3 0.4 9.2 2014-15 CSP France 31 12.6 .586 .405 2.6 0.4 0.2 3.9 2015-16 Neptunas Lithuania 25 13.5 .566 .481 3.1 0.6 0.4 5.0 2015-16 Neptunas Lithuania 5 11.8 .333 .333 2.8 0.0 0.0 1.4

Rashaun Broadus Class of 2007

Rashaun Broadus (@RashaunBroadus) has been a Euroleague journeyman since entering the league in 2007. He has played in Romania (CSU Basov, 2008-09), Lithuania (Suduva Marijampole, 2009-10; Siauliai, 2010-12; BC Neptunas Klaipeda, 2012-13; Juventus Utena, 2014-15), the Ukraine (Politekhnika-Halychyna, 2010), and for his current team (MKS Dabrowa Gornicza) in Poland.

YEAR TEAM COUNTRY G MIN FG% 3PT% FT% REB AST STL PTS 2008-09 CSU Basov Romania 24 27.4 .544 .372 .652 3.3 3.7 1.5 17.5 2009-10 Suduva Lithuania 16 31.6 .496 .293 .714 3.9 5.3 1.6 13.8 2010 Politekhnika Ukraine 19 21.7 .425 .220 .667 2.2 3.5 0.7 8.8 2010-11 Siauliai Lithuania 18 27.3 .516 .238 .625 3.8 5.2 1.1 9.9 2011-12 Siauliai Lithuania 31 25.6 .470 .352 .810 3.0 3.4 1.6 10.0 2012-13 BC Neptunas Lithuania 28 22.9 .489 .283 .628 2.6 3.0 1.4 9.2 2014-15 Juventus Lithuania 17 29.6 .527 .283 .579 3.8 2.9 1.1 12.6 2015-16 MKS DG Poland 31 33.1 .488 .313 .716 3.5 4.1 1.0 11.6

Notes:

 Prior to playing for the Cougars Broadus starred at Western Nebraska Community College  Native of Hawaii

Other Recent Pros

 Noah Hartsock (2012), Belgium  Logan Magnusson (2011), German (Pro B League)  Chris Miles (2010), France  Lamont Morgan (2010); D-League, Spain (2013-15)  Kent Tuttle (2010, BYU volleyball); D-League (2010)  Vuk Ivanovic (2008), Serbia, France  (2007), Korea, Finland  Brock Reichner (2006); Greece  Mike Hall (2005); Turkey, France, Italy, Austria, Japan  Rafael Araujo (2004); Toronto, Utah (NBA), Russia, Brazil  Mark Bigelow (2004); Germany, Spain  Luis Lemes (2004), Brazil  Kevin Woodbury (2004)  Travis Hansen (2003), Atlanta (NBA), Russia  Terrell Lyday (2001), Russia  Trent Whiting (2001), Italy  (2001); France, Poland, Spain, Belgium, France, Portugal, Mexico

If you know of other BYU alumni who played basketball professionally, please let me know ([email protected]) and I’ll update this guide accordingly in future revisions.

End Notes

Thanks for reading this basketball guide. If you’d like more guides like this in the future, please let me know. I could do a similar one for football, or simply update this guide from year-to-year.

. What do you like about this guide? Dislike? . What do you wish the guide included? . Am I missing anyone? What about pre-2000? Are you interested in me listing those pros as well?

Please send any and all feedback to me at: [email protected].

Relevant Links: BYU Official Site: http://byucougars.com/home/m-basketball Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/BYUbasketball Vanquish the Foe (blog): http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/byu-basketball Cougarfan (article aggregator): http://www.cougarfan.com/sports/mens- basketball

Special thanks to:

“RoseyScenario”/James Vincent, who is now a semi-regular contributor to BYU Insider, penning the “State of the Program” column. He’s also a bona fide insider who chooses to write for the BYU Insider blog under the pen name James Vincent. James is a passionate BYU basketball fan and provides great insight. You can read his work at: http://byuinsider.com/author/roseyscenario/.

Jay Yeomans, whose blog www.jmoneysports.com is probably the best source for BYU basketball alumni updates (even better than BYU Insider). He occasionally posts updates to as well.

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