Charlie Edward Moore (born February 3, 1998) is an American basketball player for

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of the

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(LBA), whose

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career spanned four major conferences culminating with a year for the

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of the

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(ACC) during the 2021–22 ACC basketball season. He previously played a full season for the

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and the

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as well as two seasons for the

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. At

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he won two

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(IHSA) state championships and

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. In college, he led the

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in assists playing for the 2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons. Later, he helped the 2021–22 Miami Hurricanes become the first team in school history to reach the Elite Eight at the

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. That season he earned All-ACC defensive team and All-ACC honorable mention recognition.

Early life

Moore is the son of Curis and Tanya Moore. Moore's father started training him to

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at age 3 and continued training his ball handling skills as he was growing up. He was raised in Chicago's Englewood Community area. Moore was part of back-to-back IHSA Class 3A state champions in 2013 and 2014 at

. As a freshman for the 2012–2013, team he served as backup to senior

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In both the 2014 state semifinals against

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and the championship game against Lincoln High School of his sophomore season, he contributed 12 points as one of three double digit scorers for Morgan Park. As a junior, he teamed with Marcus LoVett Jr. for Morgan Park's third place finish in the state tournament. They lost to

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and Tarkus Ferguson of Althoff Catholic High School in the IHSA Class 3A semi-finals. They defeated Rockford Lutheran High School in the consolation game. In November 2015, Moore, who was at the time the top recruit in Illinois and the number 57 recruit in the national class of 2016 according to

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, committed to play for

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(and

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) at

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, becoming the first Chicago area player to commit to Memphis since Derrick Rose. As a senior, he was joined by sophomore transfer

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who played a supporting role. Morgan Park was defeated in the supersectional round of the IHSA tournament by

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, but not before Moore established school career records with points (2,346), assists (368) and steals (303). Moore won Illinois Mr. Basketball in 2016 over Mike Smith and Zach Norvell Jr. after averaging 28 points, seven assists, five steals and four rebounds. Less than 2 weeks later, Pastner was hired by

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. Moore immediately decommitted from Memphis. He considered offers from California, Georgia Tech, Illinois, LSU, Miami, SMU, UNLV and Western Kentucky. Six weeks later, he signed to play at Cal for

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after center

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decided not to declare for the 2016 NBA draft. According to an article in ''

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'', at that point in his career, Moore was regarded as a scorer and playmaker who would have to learn how to excel on defense to succeed at a higher level. Nonetheless, he was the highlight of his recruiting class for the 2016–17 Cal Bears and would help replace production lost in the backcourt with the departures of

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and

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College career

In his second game at Cal, with three starters sidelined due to injuries, Moore broke

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's 1995 single-game freshman scoring school record of 33 points by scoring 38 in an

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win against

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. As a freshman, Moore was the only player to start all 34 games for Cal and led the team in assists and steals, while scoring 12.2 points per game. Following the season, Martin was hired by

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. Subsequently, with Rabb entering the 2017 NBA draft and

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graduating, Moore transferred to Kansas. According to

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transfer rules, Moore sat out a season before joining the 2018–19 Kansas Jayhawks, which had guards

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, Marcus Garrett,

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and

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. Moore's only start of the season was December 8 against

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. On December 18, 2018, with

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sidelined and Dedric Lawson somewhat limited by foul trouble, Moore scored a season-high 18 points (all on

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s) against

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. Following the season, he announced he would be transferring to be closer to family. By this time, his father had health issues, and Moore transferred to hometown

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. A month before the season was to begin, Moore received a waiver to play immediately for the 2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons. During the

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-shortened

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, Moore fell 4 assists shy of joining

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(1987–88) as the only Blue Demons with 400 points and 200 assists in a season. Nonetheless, he was only player in the

to place in the top ten in scoring (8th), assists (1st) and steals (6th). Moore began the 2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons season as a pre-season All- 2020–21 Big East Conference first team selection. Moore picked up Big East player of the week honors on February 21, 2021. Following the season, which was the fifth consecutive year in with DePaul finished last in the Big East, DePaul fired

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. That summer when the Big East recognized its 2020–21 scholar athletes, Moore was recognized as an All-Academic team selection. With the NCAA having granted an additional year of eligibility to all players due to the

, Moore elected to transfer to play for the 2021–22 Miami Hurricanes where Chris Lykes had just vacated the point guard role and he had relationships with

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and assistant coach Bill Courtney. Following the regular season Moore joined teammates

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and Isaiah Wong on the All-ACC basketball team. Moore earned All-Defensive team and honorable mention All-ACC recognition. Moore, fellow 6th-year senior McGusty and Wong are all or shorter. In the first round of the

, Moore contributed 16 points, including the go-ahead

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s with 3.0 seconds left, to give Miami a 68–66 victory over

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. Moore contributed 15 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists in the second round upset of number 2 seed

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. Once Miami got to the Sweet Sixteen round, they found themselves playing at Moore's hometown

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, where they defeated Iowa State to reach the Elite Eight for the first time in school history. Playing again at the United Center, Miami was matched up against the 2021–22 version of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of Moore's previous teams. The Jayhawks included Moore's former teammate Agbaji. Kansas won the game, and they went on to win the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game. For the season, Moore led the Hurricanes in assists (4.5/game) and steals (2.0/game), and he contributed 12.7 points/game. His 2.0 steals/game was second in the ACC to Reece Beekman. Moore was recognized as an All-ACC Academic Team selection.

Professional career

Moore was not invited to the May 18–20, 2022

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. On June 24, 2022, Moore signed an NBA Summer League contract with the

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after going undrafted in the June 23, 2022 NBA draft. On July 24, 2022, Moore signed his first professional contract with

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of the

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. On July 28, 2023, he signed with

of the

(LBA).

Career statistics

College

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Notes

External links

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