Samir Doughty (born January 2, 1997) is an American professional

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player. He played

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for the VCU Rams and the

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High school career

Doughty attended

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. In middle school, he played for the Philly Pride AAU team. Doughty was a two-time first-team all-league selection in high school and led the Mighty Elephants to back-to-back appearances in the league playoffs. He averaged 16.8 points per game as a junior. As a senior, Doughty averaged 24.9 points per game. Doughty originally committed to St. John's out of high school.

College career

Doughty redshirted his freshman season at VCU. He had a season-high 23 points to go with nine assists and seven rebounds against Duquesne. Doughty scored 17 points in the

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Tournament against

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. He helped the Rams reach the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to St. Mary's in a game in which Doughty scored nine points. As a redshirt freshman, Doughty averaged 9.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, shooting 40.9 percent from the floor and 28.4 percent from three-point range. After the season, he decided to transfer to

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after coach

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left to become the coach of

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. In Auburn's trip to Italy, Doughty averaged 6.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 2.0 assists per game. After sitting out a season, he helped lead Auburn to the Final Four. In the Final Four matchup against

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, Doughty scored 13 points but fouled

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with 0.6 seconds remaining in a 63–62 loss. Doughty was the Tigers’ top three-point shooter at 42.5 percent as a junior while averaging 7.3 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

Doughty scored a career-high 33 points in a 116–70 win over Cal State Northridge on November 15, 2019. On February 4, Doughty scored 23 points and hit two clinching free throws in a 79–76 overtime win at

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, despite having a virus and not practicing. At the end of the regular season in his senior year, Doughty was named to the All-SEC First Team by the coaches and the All-SEC Second Team by the

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. Doughty averaged a team-leading 16.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game during a 25–6 season.

Professional career

Doughty was selected with the 22nd pick in the

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by the

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. He was subsequently traded to the

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. He appeared in 17 games for the Magic, averaging 8.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists, before being waived on January 31, 2022. Doughty was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants on February 14, but waived on February 24.

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", VCU , style="text-align:center;" colspan="11",

Redshirt , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", VCU , 35 , , 15 , , 23.2 , , .409 , , .284 , , .766 , , 3.6 , , 2.1 , , .9 , , .1 , , 9.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:center;" colspan="11", Transfer , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;",

, style="background:#cfecec;", 40* , , 27 , , 24.2 , , .458 , , .425 , , .785 , , 3.5 , , 1.7 , , 1.4 , , .1 , , 7.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;",

, 31 , , 31 , , 33.3 , , .412 , , .335 , , .767 , , 3.9 , , 2.7 , , 1.2 , , .1 , , 16.7 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 106 , , 73 , , 26.5 , , .423 , , .350 , , .770 , , 3.6 , , 2.1 , , 1.2 , , .1 , , 10.6

References

External links

Auburn Tigers bioVCU Rams bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doughty, Samir 1997 births Living people American men's basketball players Auburn Tigers men's basketball players Basketball players from Philadelphia Lakeland Magic players Point guards Shooting guards VCU Rams men's basketball players