Position Shooting Guard Nationality American Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg) Height 1.96 m | League Italian Serie A2 Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) High school St. Joseph Metuchen | |
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Born August 8, 1994 (age 22)
Union, New Jersey ( 1994-08-08 ) Current team Temple Owls men's basketball (#25 / Guard) Date joined 2012 (Temple Owls men's basketball) | ||
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Quenton D. DeCosey, Jr. (born August 8, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Universo Treviso Basket of the Italian Serie A2 Basketball League. He played for Temple University men's basketball for four years before turning professional in 2016.
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High school career
DeCosey, a native of Union, New Jersey attended St. Joseph High School, a catholic all-boys school in Metuchen, New Jersey. He played varsity basketball from grades 10-12, leading his team its first ever state title just before graduating in 2012. During his senior year, he averaged 24.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists. He also, joined the school's 1,000 point club having scored 1,608 points during his career and currently, he holds the highest career scoring average out of all players that came through the program. He played alongside Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves for a year before graduating and committing to Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
College career
In a program that rarely allows freshman premium playing time, DeCosey averaged 1.9 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 0.4 assists having played only 195 minutes during his entire year. Many began to see how vital the shooting guard would be during the coming years when he scored 13 points in 18 minutes in a loss against the Duke Blue Devils.
During the 2013-2014 year, DeCosey saw his playing time increase drastically. He went on to average 15.4 points, making him 8th in the American Athletic Conference in Points Scored Per Game for the season.
In his junior year, DeCosey was named to Second Team All-Philadelphia Big 5. He averaged 12.3 points per game and 4.6 rebounds. He led in scoring in 11 games and recorded his first career double-double with a game-high 21 points and career-best 11 rebounds in a NIT Quarterfinal win over Louisiana Tech.
As a senior, DeCosey led his team to win the AAC regular season. His performance throughout the year and overall leadership of his team helped them make their way into the 2016 NCAA tournament.
One of the biggest moments of DeCosey's college career came during the last few seconds of regulation in their 1st round game against Iowa in the NCAA tournament. DeCosey was fouled on a three-point shot attempt at the buzzer. He went on to make all three foul shots, sending the game into overtime. DeCosey scored a game-high 26 points on 10-22 shooting in the overtime loss.
He was one of two players from the American Athletic Conference selected as a unanimous decision for First Team All-Conference, putting him in the running for Player of the Year. He also was named to All-Philadelphia Big 5 First Team and NABC All-District First Team.
DeCosey left Temple as the 51st player in program history to reach 1,000 career points. By the end of his career, he scored 1,513 to rank 16th all-time in program history. He averaged 15.9 points per game during the 2015-16 season, (1st on Team, 3rd in Conference).
2016–2017 season
After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft, DeCosey joined the San Antonio Spurs for the 2016 NBA Summer League and on July 29, 2016, he signed with Universo Treviso Basket.