Devon Henry Scott (born April 7, 1994) is an American basketball player for

Daegu KOGAS Pegasus The Daegu KOGAS Pegasus (in Korean: 대구 한국가스공사 페가수스) is a professional basketball club in the Korean Basketball League (KBL). Established in 1994, the team plays in the KBL since its existence. Since 2021, the club is based ...

of the

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(KBL). He is a 6 ft 9 in (206 m), 215 lb (98 kg) forward/center. Scott is from

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

. His parents are Sean Scott and Karen Smith.

Basketball career

In the

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, Scott played for the 17U All-Ohio Red team that won the 2011 AAU national championship. In 2014-15 he averaged 9.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. Scott attended

Northland High School Northland High School (NHS) is a public high school in Columbus, Ohio, United States, NHS is a part of the Columbus City Schools system and opened in 1965. The current principal is Jason Johnson and athletic teams are known as the Vikings with scho ...

('12) in Columbus. As a junior, he averaged 11.5 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 2.3 blocked shots per game. As a senior, he averaged 17.2 points per game, and was named Division I Second Team All-Ohio and First Team All-District. He attended the

University of Dayton The University of Dayton (UD) is a private, Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, it is one of three Marianist universities in the nation and the second-largest private university in Ohio. The univ ...

('15), playing on its basketball team, the

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. In 2014-15 Scott averaged 9.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, and had a .636 field goal percentage. In August 2015, Scott was sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years probation after pleading guilty to several burglaries. He then attended and played basketball for

Philander Smith College Philander Smith College is a private historically black college in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and is a founding member of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Philander Smith College is accredited by ...

('16). Scott began his professional career with the Wellington Basketball Club of the

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. On October 4, 2018, he signed with the

Club Deportivo Hispano Americano Club Deportivo Hispano Americano is a professional basketball club based in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina. The club currently competes in the Liga Nacional de Básquet league. On August 1, 2018, the club officially announced that it will c ...

of the

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Scott averaged 15.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. During the 2019-20 season, he played with Minas Tênis Clube of the

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, and in 26 games averaged 14.3 points per game. On May 20, 2020, Scott signed with Hapoel Eilat. On August 7, 2020, he signed with

Ironi Nahariya Ironi Nahariya Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל עירוני נהריה; ) known for sponsorship reasons as Ironi Rain Nahariya () is a professional basketball club based in city of Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in t ...

of the

Israel Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball co ...

. In 2020-21 he was second in the Israel Basketball Premier League in two-point field goal percentage (72.3 per cent). In October 2022, he signed with the

San Miguel Beermen The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with the Magnolia Hotshots and Barangay Ginebra ...

of the

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(PBA) to replace

Diamond Stone Diamond Louis Stone (born February 10, 1997) is an American professional basketball player. He played one season of college basketball for Maryland before being drafted 40th overall in the 2016 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans. High school ...

as the team's import for the

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