Jack Gibbs (born January 29, 1995) is an American professional

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player who last played for

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of the Belgian

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. He played college basketball for

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High school career

Gibbs attended

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in Ohio. He tore his ACL in a game as a junior while being scouted by

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, a

assistant coach. He committed to play college basketball at Davidson and also received a scholarship offer from Creighton. He averaged 16.8 points, 4.8 steals and 4.1 assists per game as a senior and led the Warriors to a 21–2 record and a berth in the district semifinals. Gibbs was named Gatorade Boys Player of the Year in Ohio.

College career

Gibbs played infrequently as a freshman but averaged 16.2 points per game as a sophomore despite missing seven games with a torn meniscus in his knee. He had two 30-point games, including a 37-point performance in a 95–69 win over UCF on November 26, 2014. Gibbs was a Second Team All-

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selection as a sophomore. Coming into his junior year, he became Davidson's top scoring threat due to the graduation of

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. In December 2015, he had 41 points in a win over

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and was congratulated by former Davidson player

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. According to advanced statistics, Gibbs outperformed Curry in handling the ball in transition and scored more points near the rim. Gibbs was named to the First Team All-Atlantic 10 as a junior. He averaged 23.5 points per game for the Wildcats on a 20–13 team despite battling injury. As a senior, Gibbs repeated on the First Team All-Atlantic 10. He had 34 points and surpassed the 2,000 point threshold in a 73–67 win over

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in the conference tournament semifinals. Gibbs averaged 22.1 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. He finished third in scoring all time at Davidson with 2,033 points.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Gibbs played with the

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in the

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. In August he signed with the

Spirou Charleroi Spirou Charleroi, commonly known simply as Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier of basketball in Belgium. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome whi ...

if the Belgian

. In 31 games league games, Gibbs averaged 13.5 points and in 8 games in

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, he averaged 11.9 points per game. In January 2019, Gibbs signed with

Salon Vilpas Vilpas Vikings, also referred to as Salon Vilpas, is a professional basketball club based in Salo, Finland. The team currently plays in the top level Korisliiga. The Vikings are a part of the Salon Vilpas multi-sport club. In 2021, Vilpas won its ...

of the Finnish

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. He averaged 15.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game for Salon Vilpas. On June 7, 2019, he signed with

in Belgium. Gibbs tore a muscle in January 2020 and was sidelined for several weeks.

References

External links

Davidson Wildcats bio

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