Nic Moore (born July 1, 1992) is an American professional

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player for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the

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. Moore played college basketball for the

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. He was named

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in 2015 and 2016. Moore previously competed for the

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College career

Moore played his freshman year at

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, where he averaged 10.0 points and 3.9 assists per game and was named to the

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All-Freshman team. In the first round of the

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, Moore scored 24 points in a 96-93 win against Ole Miss. He posted 25 points in their 92-88 loss to eventual champion Stanford. After the season, Illinois State coach Tim Jankovich accepted an assistant coach job at SMU. "As soon as Coach Jankovich left I made up my mind and knew I wanted to go play for a BCS program," Moore stated. "It didn't matter who was going to be the head coach. My decision had already been made." He ended up transferring to SMU to play under Larry Brown. In his sophomore season, Moore posted averages of 13.6 points, 4.9 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 32.2 minutes per game. Moore scored in double figures in 30 of the Mustangs' 37 games. In the quarterfinals of the

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, he hit a 3-pointer to in the closing seconds to help SMU to a 67-65 win over

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. As a junior, Moore led SMU in scoring (14.2 points per game) and assists (5.2 per game) in 34.5 minutes per game. He shot 42.2 percent from the floor and 40.8 percent on 3-pointers. Moore, who called being coached by Larry Brown stressful, improved his hot-headedness and won praised for having a quick hand. "He rownshowed me the ropes of the game," Moore said. "I thought I knew it, but he slowed my game down and made me think like a point guard and how to be a leader." He was named

. He scored 24 points in the NCAA Tournament game versus

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. After a controversial goaltending call gave the Bruins a one-point lead with 13 seconds to go, Moore missed two shots to ensure a 60-59 win for UCLA. On February 1, 2016, he was named one of 10 finalists for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the

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on February 11.

Professional career

On July 8, 2016, Moore signed with Italian club

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for the 2016–17 season. On July 6, 2017, Moore signed with the French team

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for the 2017–18 season. On November 7, 2017, he left Nanterre and returned to New Basket Brindisi. He averaged 13 points per game with the club. Moore signed with Virtus Roma on June 29, 2018. On March 1, 2021, he joined

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of the LPB in Portugal. On July 28, 2021, he has signed with MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the

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(PLK). On November 4, 2021, he has signed with Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the

International career

Moore competed on behalf of the United States in the 2015 World University Games, playing with mainly Kansas Jayhawks players. He averaged 6.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. Moore started all eight games for Team USA and helped the team go 8-0 and win a gold medal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Nic 1992 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Italy American men's basketball players Basketball players from Indiana Boulazac Basket Dordogne players Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball players Lega Basket Serie A players Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza (basketball) players Nanterre 92 players New Basket Brindisi players Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players People from Warsaw, Indiana Point guards S.L. Benfica basketball players SMU Mustangs men's basketball players Universiade gold medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in basketball