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Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Basketball Player

Position
  
Name
  
Mark Lyons

Parents
  
Jacqueline Lyons

Listed weight
  
200 lb (91 kg)

Weight
  
91 kg

Listed height
  
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Height
  
1.85 m


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League
  
Israeli Basketball Premier League

Born
  
August 4, 1989 (age 35) Albany, New York (
1989-08-04
)

College
  
Xavier (2009–2012)Arizona (2012–2013)

Education
  
University of Arizona, Xavier University

Number
  
2 (Arizona Wildcats men's basketball / Guard), 10 (Xavier Musketeers men's basketball / Guard)

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Mark Lyons (born July 4, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Gaziantep Basketbol of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He played college basketball for Xavier and Arizona. As a professional, Lyons won the Israeli National Championship in 2016.

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College career

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Lyons redshirted his freshman year at Xavier. 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.

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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. He was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on January 21, 2013. 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.

Professional career

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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. However, on January 9, 2014, he parted ways with Roanne after appearing in 14 games. He later signed with Zadar of Croatia for the rest of the season on February 10. In 14 league games for Zadar, he averaged 17.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.

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On September 9, 2014, Lyons signed a one-year deal with Spirou Charleroi of the Basketball League Belgium, only to part ways with the club on October 7 in order to sign in Israel with Ironi Nahariya. In 33 games for Nahariya, he averaged 18.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game and led league in scoirng for the first time.

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In July 2015, Lyons signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion for the 2015–16 season. That season, he won the Israeli national championship with Rishon LeZion.

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On August 1, 2016, Lyons signed with Turkish club Muratbey Uşak Sportif. On December 8, 2016, he parted ways with Uşak after averaging 14.8 points and 6.9 assists in BSL and 16.1 points and 5.9 assists in Champions League. On December 27, 2016, he signed with the Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv. There he was awarded for leading the Israeli basketball league in scoring during the 2016–17 season and for the second time in his career.

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In June 2017, Lyons signed with Guizhou of China for the 2017 NBL season.

On July 15, 2017, Lyons signed with Turkish club Gaziantep Basketbol.

References

Mark Lyons Wikipedia


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