Diontae "Dion" Dwayne Dixon (born December 24, 1989) is an American professional

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player for

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. He played college basketball at the

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College career

Dixon played 4 seasons of college basketball at the

, with the

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. He graduated in 2012 with a criminal justice major. Playing a total of 137 games for the Bearcats, including all 37 games in his senior year, he became the team second best scorer for the final season with 481 points (13.0 ppg) in the Big East conference of the NCAA. He tallied a college career 1,281 points, ranking 22nd in school all-time history.

Professional career

Dixon went undrafted in the

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. For the 2012–13 season he signed with

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

of Cyprus. With AEK he won the

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. In 26 Division A games he recorded 11.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. On November 1, 2013, Dixon was selected in the 2013 NBA D-League draft by the Idaho Stampede. However, he was later waived by the Stampede on November 18, 2013. In February 2014, he signed with

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of the Lebanese Basketball League. In 17 games he averaged 23.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. In Asiabasket.com county awards, he was named "Player of the Year", "Guard of the Year", "Best Import of the Year" and "Best Newcomer" in the website's "All-Lebanese League Awards 2014". On October 29, 2014, he was signed by Macedonian club

MZT Skopje MZT Skopje Aerodrom ( mk, МЗТ Скопје Аеродром) is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but due to small capa ...

. On February 27, 2015, he was released by MZT. On March 1, 2015, he re-signed with Homenetmen Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League after a successful spell the year before. On April 28, 2015, he signed with

Marinos de Anzoátegui Marinos B.B.C., also referred to as Marinos de Anzoátegui, is a professional basketball club based in the port city of Puerto la Cruz, located in the Venezuelan Anzoátegui State. The team currently plays in Venezuela's Liga Profesional de Balonc ...

of Venezuela. In late October 2015, he signed with

Club Sagesse Sagesse Sports Club (), known as Hekmeh ( ar, الحكمة) in Arabic, is a multi-sports club in Lebanon. History Hekmeh, or Club Sportif La Sagesse was founded in 1943, under the patronage of the Maronite father Boulos Kike, supported by his e ...

in Lebanon. In February 2016, he re-joined the Marinos de Anzoátegui. He left Marinos after appearing in eleven games. On February 11, 2017, Dixon signed with Kymis for the rest of the

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season. On September 29, 2017, he joined

Club Africain Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis that competes in the Tunisian Championship. It fields several sports teams, including football, handball, basketball, swimming and volleyball. The foot ...

of the Tunisian League. In November 2017, he signed with Libyan club Al-Ittihad Tripoli of the Libyan League.Al Ittihad signs Dion Dixon to play African qualify
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Urunday Universitario Club Social y Deportivo Urunday Universitario is an Uruguayan sports club located in the Prado barrio of Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census ...

. As of 2018, he played for the Indios de San Francisco.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Dion 1989 births Living people ABA League players AEK Larnaca B.C. players American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Lebanon American expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia American expatriate basketball people in Uruguay American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela American men's basketball players Basketball players from Chicago Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball players Club Africain basketball players KK MZT Skopje players Kymis B.C. players Marinos B.B.C. players Obras Sanitarias basketball players Point guards Sagesse SC (basketball) players