Mike Lenzly (born 1 May 1981) is a British former professional

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player. At a height of 1.89 m (6'2 ") tall, he played at the

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and

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positions.

College career

Lenzly attended

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. He played four seasons for the

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, before graduating in 2003. He was selected to the Wofford College Athletics Hall of Fame.

Professional career

Lenzly played professional basketball for several European clubs. In 2005 Lenzly won the Latvian League championship with

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. Lenzly was a part of the

Dexia Mons-Hainaut Belfius Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the country, the BNXT League. The club's home arena is the Mons Arena. Founded as Quaregnon in 1959, the ...

team that made the final of the

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's 2007–08 season. With

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, Lenzly won the Czech League and

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, in 2010, 2011, and 2012.

National team career

Lenzly was a member of the senior

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. He played with the team at the

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, and averaged 6.0 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game, during the tournament. His most impressive performance was 14 points scored in the team's first-round near upset of

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.Great Britain v. Spain boxscore
at eurobasket2009.org Lenzly also played at the

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, and the

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References

External links

FIBA ProfileEuroCup ProfileEurobasket.com Profile
1981 births Living people APOEL B.C. players Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Belfius Mons-Hainaut players BK Ventspils players British expatriate basketball people in Spain British expatriate basketball people in the United States British men's basketball players Basketball Nymburk players English expatriates in Germany Olympic basketball players of Great Britain People from Hampton, Georgia Point guards Shooting guards Scafati Basket players S.Oliver Würzburg players Tenerife CB players Wofford Terriers men's basketball players {{UK-basketball-bio-stub