Marcus Isaiah Hatten (born December 13, 1980) is a retired American professional

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player. Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), he played as point guard and had an extensive professional career in several European and South-American countries. He was the 2006 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League

Early career

Hatten attended Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School. From there he went to

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where he averaged about 20 points per game between his freshman and sophomore seasons. After this, he transferred to

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power, St. John's University in

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to be a communications major. He was the second Tallahassee Community College star to go to St. John's, as Bootsy Thornton (also of Baltimore) took the same route to St. John's. Under coach

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, he was an NIT champion and

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, two time All–Big East first team selection and averaged 21.2 points per game. Though his MVP and St. John' NIT title were later vacated due to St. John's use of illegible players.

Professional career

He was not drafted in the

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and played in the CBA before a brief stint with the

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. Then he played in Poland and Spain before being signed by the Denver Nuggets. However, he went to play in Israel. In the 2005–06 season, he averaged 22.7 points per game playing with Hapoel Tel Aviv, during that same year Hatten was accused during the end of the season of

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by a local 19 year old woman alongside Hapoel Jerusalem's

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, Roger Mason Jr. and

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, the accusation dropped later that year. In the following season he played at Elitzur Ashkelon. He led the Israeli League in scoring per game with 23.23 points and also scored the most points in one game in that season with 49 against

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. In the 2007–08 season, he arrived in Italy and he played in

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. At the beginning of the 2009–10 season, a new contract was inked for U.C.C. Casalpusterlengo, an Italian

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team. Then he went to

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. On July 27, 2015, he signed with BG Göttingen. His contract was terminated two weeks later when he failed a physical as a result of a knee injury. On November 6, 2015, he returned to Mitteldeutscher BC, signing a two-year deal.

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2017, Hatten competed in

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for the number one seeded FCM Untouchables. Competing for the $2 million grand prize, Hatten led the Untouchables in scoring with 20.0 points per game on 52% shooting from the three-point line. His 16 made three-pointers ranked fourth among all competing players. The Untouchables advanced to the Super 16 Round where they were defeated 85–71 by Team FOE, a Philadelphia-based team coached by NBA forwards Markieff and Marcus Morris.

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