Anthony Michael Lewis Polite (born 21 June 1997) is a Swiss professional basketball player for Río Breogán of the Spanish

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. He played college basketball for the

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Early life and high school career

Polite was born in Lugano, Switzerland, where his father was playing basketball professionally. He grew up playing

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and basketball. He moved to the United States to attend high school at Saint Andrew's School in

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. As a senior, Polite averaged 20 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, earning All-Palm Beach 6A-1A Player of the Year honors for a second straight year. He committed to playing college basketball for Florida State over an offer from

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, among others.

College career

Polite redshirted his first season at Florida State due to knee injuries. As a freshman, he averaged 2.7 points per game. Polite averaged 5.8 points in his sophomore season. On 22 March 2021, he scored a career-high 22 points in a 71–53 win over Colorado at the second round of the NCAA tournament. As a junior, Polite averaged 10.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, shooting 43.6 percent from three-point range. On 5 April 2022, Polite declared for the

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, forgoing his remaining college eligibility.

Professional career

On July 13, 2022, he has signed with ASVEL of the French

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. On January 14, 2023, he signed with Hamburg Towers of the German

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. On June 20, 2023, he signed with CB Breogán of the Spanish

and Basketball Champions League.

National team career

Polite represented Switzerland at the

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and the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B.

Career statistics

College

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, style="text-align:left;", Florida State , 21 , , 16 , , 26.6 , , .500 , , .436 , , .667 , , 4.5 , , 1.8 , , 1.4 , , .4 , , 10.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;", Florida State , 24 , , 24 , , 27.9 , , .429 , , .321 , , .800 , , 5.6 , , 2.5 , , 1.5 , , .5 , , 9.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 107 , , 48 , , 20.2 , , .436 , , .349 , , .741 , , 3.4 , , 1.4 , , 1.1 , , .3 , , 6.6

Personal life

Polite's father, Michael, played college basketball for Florida State before embarking on a professional career in Europe.

References

External links

Florida State Seminoles bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Polite, Anthony 1997 births Living people ASVEL Basket players CB Breogán players Florida State Seminoles men's basketball players Liga ACB players Small forwards Sportspeople from Lugano Swiss expatriate basketball people in France Swiss expatriate basketball people in the United States Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swiss men's basketball players Swiss people of American descent