Kyle Alejandro Fuller Jr. (born January 27, 1992) also known as "Zoom Fuller", is an American

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for

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of the

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(LUB). He attended and played college basketball for

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for four seasons between 2010–2014. Fuller has also played internationally for Paulistano, where he won the

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title in the 2017–18 season, and

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, also in the NBB.

High school career

Fuller excelled athletically and academically at

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. As a senior, Fuller was All-State and Conference MVP as he averaged 27.6 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals while maintaining a 3.4 GPA. He is the winningest basketball player in Rancho Verde history. Fuller was rated as the number 34 point guard and given a scout grade of 91 in the class of 2010 by espn.com, who described him as "one of the more prolific scorers out west." He committed to play college basketball for Vanderbilt, turning down scholarship offers from California, Marquette and UCLA.

College career

After quiet freshman and sophomore years, Fuller became the starter for Vanderbilt at point guard his junior season. Fuller attributed the change in his status on the team due to an improved work ethic resulting from a desire to honor his father's memory after his death that May. Fuller told ''USA Today'' that he was thinking about transferring, unhappy due to his lack of playing time when his sick father changed his mind "My dad told me I'm not a quitter", Fuller said. "He told me I'm going to fight for everything I've got. He said he didn't want to see me leave a good university, especially when you have a skill set to play at a high DI university. You're going to stay and there you're going to play." Starting at point guard junior year, Fuller averaged 8.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. Fuller earned

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Player of the Week for his performance against Xavier during which he scored 25 points including all 12 of Vanderbilt's points in overtime, leading them to a 66–64 Victory. Fuller returned to his starting role at the point guard position for his senior season in 2013–2014. He averaged 11.0 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game, qualifying him for second in the

in assists per game. He recorded double-doubles against Kentucky and Tennessee with 17 points and 10 assists against Kentucky and 12 points and 10 assists against Tennessee. On January 16 Fuller scored 22 points against Missouri, including 8 in the final 65 seconds to help seal a 78–75 victory for the Commodores.

Career highlights

Points: 25, at Xavier (12/6/12)
Rebounds: 9, vs. Ole Miss (1/22/14)
Assists: 10, 2x, last vs. Tennessee (2/5/14)
Blocks: 1, 4x, last vs. Missouri (1/16/14)
Steals: 3, 2x, last vs. MTSU (12/21/12)

References

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