Antoine Mason (born May 24, 1992) is an American basketball player for Al Wehdat of the Jordanian Premier Basketball League. He spent his first three years of college eligibility at

Niagara University Niagara University (NU) is a private Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition in Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. It is run by the Congregation of the Mission and has 3,300 undergraduate students in 50 academic programs. Appro ...

. He then transferred to

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

. Mason went undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft and subsequently signed with

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

in Cyprus.

Early life

Mason was born in Queens, New York, in 1992. He is the son of late former NBA player Anthony Mason and Latifa Whitlock Mason. He has one brother, Anthony Jr."Antoine Mason"
purpleeagles.com. Retrieved March 8, 2014. Mason attended New Rochelle High School and was named the school's athlete of the year as a senior.

College career

Mason joined Niagara as a freshman in 2010–11. He played in three games before suffering a foot injury that ended his season. The following year, he started every game and was named to the MAAC All-Rookie team. In 2012–13, Mason scored 18.7 points per game to rank second in the MAAC. He was named to the All-MAAC first team and the MAAC All-Tournament team. As of March 8, 2014, he was averaging 25.6 points per game to rank second in NCAA Division I. On May 21, 2014, and upon the conclusion of his redshirt junior season, he announced that he would be transferring for the 2014–15 season. The NCAA did not make him wait a season for transferring since he had already earned his undergraduate degree. On December 23, 2014 Mason scored his 2,000th career point in a 61–60 win over

Texas Southern Texas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a public historically black university in Houston, Texas. The university is one of the largest and most comprehensive historically black college or universities in the USA with nearly 10,00 ...

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Mason signed with

of the Cypriot League. On October 31, 2016, Mason signed with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the

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, but was waived on November 10 before playing a game for the team. In the 2017-18 season, he played with the

Halifax Hurricanes The Halifax Hurricanes are a professional basketball team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Hurricanes were founded as members of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC) to replace the Halifax Rainmen, who declared bankruptcy in July 201 ...

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and averaged 20.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Mason was named to the Second Team All-NBLC. On June 3, 2018, Mason signed with the

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in China. He rejoined Halifax in December 2019. Mason averaged 25.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game, earning First Team All-NBL Canada honors. On July 22, 2020, he signed with CB Ciudad de Valladolid of the LEB Oro. Mason averaged 11.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game. On November 22, 2021, he signed with Al Wehdat of the Jordanian Premier Basketball League.

The Basketball Tournament

In 2017, Mason played for The Washington Generals of The Basketball Tournament. Mason's team lost in the round of 64.

Career Statistics

Professional

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References

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