DaVonté Damion Lacy (born March 11, 1993) is an American professional

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player who last played for

Ionikos Nikaias Ionikos Nikaias (full name Athlitikos Omilos Ionikos Nikaias, A.O. Ionikos Nikaias / el, Α.Ο. Ιωνικός Νικαίας) is a Greek multi-sports club that is based in Nikaia, Piraeus. It was founded in 1965, and it has teams in football, b ...

of the

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. Standing at , he plays at the

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position.

College career

Lacy attended

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for four years. As a junior, Lacy averaged 19.4 points per game, which included a career-high 39-point game against

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. As a senior, he averaged 16.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and a steal per game. He was named to the First Team All-Pac-12 Conference.

Professional career

Lacy began his professional career in Austria with Güssing Knights. During the 2019–20 season, Lacy played four games for

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and 11 games for

USC Heidelberg USC Heidelberg, for sponsorship reasons named MLP Academics Heidelberg, is a professional basketball club from Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The club's men's senior team currently plays in the German first division Basketball Bundeslig ...

. He averaged 18.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.1 steals per game for Heidelberg. On May 2, 2020, Lacy signed with

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in the Netherlands for the 2020–21 season. On July 22, 2021, Lacy signed with Patrioti Levice in the

Slovak Basketball League The Slovenská Basketbalová Liga (SBL) ( en, Slovak Basketball League) is the highest level tier league of men's professional club basketball in Slovakia. The league was founded in 1993. MBK Pezinok is the league's most successful team, having wo ...

. He averaged 17.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game. On January 15, 2022, Lacy signed with Medipolis SC Jena of the German

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. Lacy inked a deal with

Bashkimi Prizren Klubi i Basketbollit Bashkimi, also known as K.B Bashkimi or simply Bashkimi , is a professional basketball team based in Prizren, Kosovo. Bashkimi is the oldest basketball team in Kosovo and competes in the top professional men's basketball leag ...

from

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

in August 2022. On September 20, 2022, he moved to Greek club

. In 22 league games, he averaged 8.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists, playing around 24 minutes per contest.

References

External links

RealGM ProfileWashington State Cougars bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lacy, DaVonté 1993 births Living people American men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Austria American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Kosovo American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands American expatriate basketball people in Slovakia American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Basketball people from Washington (state) BC Zepter Vienna players Donar (basketball club) players Dutch Basketball League players Ehingen Urspring players Ionikos Nikaias B.C. players Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket players PS Karlsruhe Lions players Science City Jena players Shooting guards UBC Güssing Knights players USC Heidelberg players Washington State Cougars men's basketball players