BYU Pro Tracker 2015-16 Season Report The Ultimate Guide to BYU Basketball 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 France (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 Dave Rose 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]. You can also show your support by “like”ing the BYU Insider Facebook page at: (https://www.facebook.com/byuinsider). 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 twitter) 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 Milwaukee Bucks 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 points per game 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, Utah 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 steal 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 New Orleans Pelicans 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 New York Knicks for a 10-day contract in February 2016. He returned to the Westchester Knicks 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.