Alessandro Lever (born 4 December 1998) is an Italian

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player for

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of the Italian

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(LBA).

Youth career

On September 10, 2014, Lever signed with Italian side

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, he played three games for the team in the 2015–16 season. He played a EuroCup game for the team in the 2015–16 season. In the 2016–17 season, he played a single game for the team where he scored three points and had a rebound.

College career

Lever began playing college basketball for

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in Phoenix in 2017. In his freshman season, he averaged 12.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. In his sophomore year, he averaged 12.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. In his junior season he averaged 16 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists per came. In a match against

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, Lever scored 23 points as Grand Canyon won, 68–63. Lever was named to the Second Team All-

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. During his senior year, he helped lead Grand Canyon to their first NCAA tournament in program history.

Professional career

After the

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years, Lever returned to

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signing with

Pallacanestro Trieste Pallacanestro Trieste 2004 is an Italian professional basketball club based in Trieste. They play in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) since the 2018–19 season. The Allianz Dome serves as the club's home arena. History A number of Trieste teams h ...

. On July 3, 2023, he signed with

of the Italian

(LBA).

National team career

Lever represented Italy in the

2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 28th edition of the European Under-16 Basketball Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, held in the four Latvian cities of Ogre, Grobiņa, Liepāja and Riga, from 20 to 30 Augus ...

in Latvia where he averaged 5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. He also participated in the

2016 FIBA U18 European Championship The 2016 FIBA U18 European Championship was the 33rd edition of the FIBA U18 European Championship. The competition was originally scheduled to take place in Samsun, Turkey, from 30 July to 7 August 2016, but was postponed indefinitely due to the ...

where he averaged 13.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. He also participated in the

2018 FIBA U20 European Championship The 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 21st edition of the FIBA U20 European Championship. The competition took place in Chemnitz, Germany from 14 to 22 July 2018. Israel U20 became the European champions for the first time. Participati ...

where he averaged 13.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 0.6 assists.

Career statistics

College

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, 34 , , 33 , , 25.5 , , .447 , , .354 , , .748 , , 4.3 , , 1.4 , , .4 , , .1 , , 12.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;",

, 30 , , 30 , , 33.5 , , .535 , , .383 , , .789 , , 6.0 , , 2.2 , , .5 , , .2 , , 15.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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References

External links

Grand Canyon Antelopes bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lever, Alessandro 1998 births Living people Centers (basketball) Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball players Italian expatriate basketball people in the United States Italian men's basketball players Lega Basket Serie A players Pallacanestro Reggiana players Pallacanestro Trieste players Sportspeople from Bolzano