Leandro García Morales (born June 27, 1980) is a Uruguayan-Italian professional
basketball
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player. At a height 1.88 m (6'2") tall, he plays at the
shooting guard position. He was also a member of the senior
Uruguayan national basketball team
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. He currently plays for
Larre Borges.
College career
García Morales moved from
Montevideo to
Hialeah
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,
Florida
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, to attend high school there. He was joined in his senior season by fellow
Uruguayan national team member,
Martin Osimani Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austr ...
, at
Champagnat Catholic High School. He first attended
NCAA Division II
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school
Lynn University
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.
In his only season with the school, he earned NCAA Division II All-American Honorable Mention honors, and was named to the All-Freshman Team.
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García Morales then transferred to
Miami-Dade Community College
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. In one season there, he finished in the top ten in the nation in scoring, assists, and steals, while averaging 22.9 points, 9 assists, and 3.6 steals per game. He earned All-Region honors.
After one season of playing
JUCO
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ball, García Morales again committed to play
college basketball
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, this time at
Texas A&M University
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, after originally also considering the
University of Miami
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,
Xavier University
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, and
Auburn University, among others.
He played two seasons with the
Aggies, averaging 6.5 points and 1.9 assists per game in his senior season.
Professional career
After graduating from college, García Morales played for teams in Italy, Argentina, Venezuela, Iran, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Along with
Martin Osimani Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austr ...
, he helped lead
Club Biguá to the 2008 Uruguayan League championship, averaging 25.9 points per game for the team.
With
Cocodrilos de Caracas
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, he won the
Venezuelan League
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championship in 2008 and 2010. With
Halcones UV Xalapa
Halcones de Xalapa is a basketball club based in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico that plays in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). Their home games were played at Gimnasio Universitario de la Unidad Deportiva.
Former Michigan star and ...
, he also won the
Mexican League
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The league has 18 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games each season. Five te ...
championship in 2010.
National team career
Garcia Morales was also a member of the senior
Uruguayan national basketball team
The Uruguay national basketball team (Spanish: ''Selección de baloncesto de Uruguay'') represents Uruguay in men's international basketball competitions and it is governed by Federación Uruguaya de basketball, The team has made seven appearanc ...
. Some of the tournaments he played at include the
2005,
2007, and
2009 editions of the
FIBA AmeriCup
The FIBA AmeriCup (previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the Americas Basketball Championship that takes place every four years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents.
Since FIBA organised the entire West ...
.
References
External links
FIBA ProfileLatinBasket.com ProfileItalian League Profile