Devan Deangelo Downey (born September 28, 1987) is an American professional

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player.

Amateur career

He was born in

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where he attended Chester High School. Named S.C. Class AAA Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball as a senior at Chester High Devan Downey Averaged 36.9 points, 6.1 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 4.7 steals his senior year under coach De'Andre Scott. He played collegiately for the

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and then the University of South Carolina, where he was an honorable mention All-American and 1st team All-SEC player in 2008–09. Downey went undrafted in the

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. Perhaps the most notable game of his career occurred on January 26, 2010, when he scored 30 points in a victory over a previously undefeated

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team which aired nationally on

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. The game was the first loss for

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, and

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while at the University of Kentucky. The game and particularly the performance by Downey is revisited by hosts

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and Matt Norlander of

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three times a week on their podcast, Eye on College Basketball.

Professional career

In July 2010 he signed with Antalya BSB in Turkey. In January 2011 he signed with

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in Croatia, but because of the financial problems of the club left the team in March 2011 and then signed with Chorale Roanne in France. In March 2013, he signed with

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in Romania. He later went on to play for the Dominican Republic and eventually snagged a two-year contract with Venezuela. In 2019 the pandemic impacted sports all over the world. Devan has been unsigned since 2019 and is currently unemployed.

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Amateur career

Professional career

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