Lucius Cecil Davis (born July 20, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who played the forward position. He played for the Isuzu GigaCats in Japan, and for Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the

Israeli 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 sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

. He was the top scorer in the 2004 Israel Basketball Premier League.

Personal life

Davis is a

San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...

, native. He is 6' 7" (201 cm) and weighs 220 lbs (100 kg).

Basketball career

Davis attended and played basketball for

Piedmont Hills High School Piedmont Hills High School is a comprehensive public four-year high school located in the Berryessa neighborhood of San Jose, California, USA. It is part of the East Side Union High School District and in 2019 was ranked in the highest categorie ...

. He was named 1988 ''

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'' All-County and Player of the Year. He attended

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduate ...

, where he played basketball for the

Gauchos A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and the south of Chilean Patagonia. Gauchos became greatly admired and ...

. In 1988–89, Davis came off the bench as a freshman. As a sophomore, he was the

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's Sixth Man of the Year. In 1990–91, he was the team's leading scorer at 16.0 points per game, and was All-Big West. In his senior year, 1991–92, he led the Big West with 22.2 points per game, the second-highest total in school history, led the conference with 644 points, led the Big West with 225 field goals, and his 194 free throws which led the conference were at the time the third-most made in a season by a player in the Big West. He was Big West Player of the Year, First Team All-Big West, All-District, All-Region, and Honorable Mention All-American. The ''

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'' reported Davis to be one of the possible second-round picks of the

1992 NBA draft The 1992 NBA draft took place on June 24, 1992, at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. The draft is considered to be one of the deepest in NBA history. The top three picks (Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Christian Laettner) were considere ...

, but he ultimately was not selected by any NBA team. He was selected in the 3rd round (39th overall) of the

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(CBA) draft by the

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. In late 1992 he played for

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. In 1993 he joined

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of the

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. In his first season with the club he averaged 27.3 points per game. He also stayed with the club for a second season; he scored a total of 2,608 points in 97 appearances in the

, for an average of 26.9 per game. He then played with

Papagou Papagou ( el, Παπάγου or Παπάγος ''Papagos'') is a suburb and municipal unit in the eastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after Marshal Alexandros Papagos, a general who led the Greek Army in the Second ...

: he averaged 25.4 points per game in the 1995–96 season. In 1996 he was noticed by Italian basketball agent and sports writer Federico Buffa and was signed by Italian

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club Mens Sana Siena. He played 28 games with the team, averaging 22.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.5 steals per game. From 1997 to 2002 he played for the Isuzu GigaCats in Japan; in 1998 he ranked third in scoring in the Japanese league at 21.3 points per game, and went on to lead the 2000–01

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in scoring at 25.1 points per game. Davis played forward for Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the

, averaging 25.0 points per game in 2002–03. He was the top scorer in the 2004 Israel Basketball Premier League. In the 2004–05 season he played for

Keravnos Keravnos B.C. (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Στροβόλου «Ο Κεραυνός»), also known as Keravnos Strovolou, is a professional basketball club based in Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus. It plays its home games in the ...

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: he appeared in the

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and won the 2005 edition of the Cyprus Basketball Cup.

Honors

Davis is a member of the UCSB Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2013, he was honored by the Gauchos as he was named the fifth men's basketball "Legend of the 'Dome".

References

External links

Italian league statsIsraeli league stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Lucius 1970 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Argentina American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Japan American men's basketball players Apollon Patras B.C. players Basketball players from San Jose, California Keravnos B.C. players Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball players Mens Sana Basket players Papagou B.C. players UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball players