Adrian Glenn Abrams Jr. (born October 16, 1986) is an American former professional

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player.

High school career

Abrams went to Deerpark Middle School and

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, where he is the school's all-time scoring leader with 2,559 career points. He was a three-time district

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and a three-time district All-First-Team pick. Abrams averaged 16.6 points and 1.3 steals per game as a high school senior and lead his team to 35–4 record, Regional Finalist.

College career

In his freshman year with the

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, Abrams averaged 6.4 points and 3.0 assists and was named to the

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All-Freshman team. In his sophomore year, Abrams started all 35 games averaging 15.5 points and led the team with a 92.4 free throw percentage. He was selected as an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. In his junior year he averaged 16.2 points per game and was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team. Abrams also was the 28th player in Texas men's basketball history to score 1,000 career points. On January 31, 2009, Abrams broke the Big 12 career record for 3-pointers in an 81–85 loss to

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, breaking the mark of 338 held by

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Professional career

Abrams signed with the Greek League club Trikala 2000 in 2009. He signed with the Italian Second Division club

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in 2010.

Awards and accomplishments

College

*2006–07 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention *2007–08 All-Big 12 Second Team *2008–09 All-Big 12 Second Team

References

External links

Greek League Profile

Italian Second Division Profile

ČEZ Nymburk profileStatistics
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abrams, A. J. 1986 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic Basketball players from Texas Basketball Nymburk players People from Round Rock, Texas People from Sherman, Texas Point guards Scaligera Basket Verona players Texas Longhorns men's basketball players Trikala B.C. players American men's basketball players