Zachary Leon Andrews (born March 9, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the
Northern Arizona Suns
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of the
NBA G League
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. He grew up in
Rancho Cordova, California
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and played
college basketball
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for
Yuba College
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and
Bradley University
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.
Early life and high school
Andrews lived in poverty with his mother and three siblings in
Oakland, California
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as a young child. He later grew up in foster homes for nearly a decade before reuniting with his biological mother to public housing in
Sacramento, California
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as a teenager.
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in 2003. At Cordova, Andrews lettered in both basketball and football.
College career
Yuba (2003–2005)
Andrews enrolled at Yuba College
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The college district has an extension campus in Yuba City, California. Yuba College is one of two colleges ...
, a junior college in Marysville, California
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. He helped its basketball program make the Elite Eight of the California Community College Athletic Association
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state tournament in 2004 with a program-best record of 24–7 and averaged 10 points and 9 rebounds as a freshman in the 2003–04 season. As a sophomore (2004–05), Andrews earned Bay Valley East All-Conference honors after leading the league with 10.5 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots per game, finished second in the league in field goal percentage (.584), and was ninth in scoring (13.5 points). He earned the number-one spot on the "Top 10 Plays" of an edition of '' SportsCenter'' in 2005 after leaping over a player of the opposing team to slam an alley-oop.
Bradley (2005–2007)
In 2005, Andrews transferred to Bradley University
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in Peoria, Illinois and played two seasons on the Bradley Braves men's basketball
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team. Twice the Missouri Valley Conference
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selected Andrews as Player of the Week (December 19, 2005 and November 20, 2006). Andrews played in two 22-win seasons.
As a starter, Andrews averaged 9.3 points and 6.7 rebounds during his junior year (2005–06) and averaged 3.9 points and 4.2 rebounds as a reserve. On December 14, 2005 against Western Kentucky
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;Always included
* The Jackson Purchase, the state's westernmost generally recogniz ...
, Andrews had his second double-double of the season and tied a school record 11 offensive boards, 19 points, and 15 rebounds. Bradley advanced to the "Sweet 16" regional semifinal of the 2006 NCAA tournament.
On 64% field goal shooting, Andrews averaged 11.1 points and 7.0 rebounds as a senior in 2006–07. For the spring 2007 semester, Andrews made the honor roll of the Bradley athletic director. Bradley made the second round of the 2007 National Invitation Tournament
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.
Professional career
Andrews worked out with the Sacramento Kings
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in the summer of 2007 after going undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft. After an attempt to join Farho Gijón of Spanish third-tier LEB Plata
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fell through, Andrews signed with Costa Urbana Playas de Santa Pola of LEB Plata instead. After an injury, Santa Pola waived Andrews.
In January 2008, Andrews signed with Genc Banvitliler of Turkish Basketball Second League
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Format and promotion and relegation
T ...
and played the last 14 games of the season, averaging 11.6 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 2 assists. Andrews was an honorable mention all-league pick. He was the only American on the team.
For the 2008–09 season, Andrews played for Rayet Guadalajara of Spanish fourth-tier LEB Bronce and averaged 12.1 points and 10.2 rebounds. Again, Andrews was an honorable mention all-league selection.
He played for CB Peñas Huesca
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History
The team played in Liga ACB, where they stayed from 1983 to 1996. After winning the relegati ...
of third-tier LEB Plata
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the next season and averaged 11.9 points and 7.4 rebounds and was a 2010 second team all-LEB Plata selection and All-Import selection.
In the 2010–11 season, Andrews played for Niigata Albirex of the Japanese Bj league and averaged 11.1 points and 10.8 rebounds.
Andrews signed with the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League after a tryout before the 2011–12 season. Andrews signed with the D-Fenders' NBA parent team Los Angeles Lakers on December 9, 2011. Four days after the Lakers waived Andrews, the D-Fenders re-acquired Andrews on December 26. Andrews started 42 of 44 games for the D-Fenders and averaged 9.3 points on 64.7% shooting and 7.3 rebounds in 25.4 minutes per game.
Andrews began the 2012–13 season playing two games for Sutor Montegranaro of Italian Lega Basket Serie A
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. On January 15, 2013, Andrews was reacquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders. Later that year, he signed with Osaka Evessa of Japan for the 2013–14 season.
After a one-game stint for Fuerza Regia
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in November 2014, Andrews was reacquired once again by the Los Angeles D-Fenders on December 20, 2014. On October 31, 2015, he was reacquired by the D-Fenders for the 2015–16 season. On January 29, 2016, he was traded to the Iowa Energy
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, along with two 2016 fifth-round picks, in exchange for Michael Holyfield and a 2016 fourth-round pick. The next day, he made his debut with the Energy in an 87–83 loss to the Canton Charge
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, recording two points and two rebounds in eight minutes. On February 19, he was waived by Iowa.
Andrews competed for Team 23
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in The Basketball Tournament
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. He was a center on the 2015 team who made it to the $1 million championship game, falling 67–65 to Overseas Elite.
On October 24, 2017, Andrews was called up by the Northern Arizona Suns
The Motor City Cruise are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Detroit, Michigan, and are affiliated with the Detroit Pistons. The Cruise play their home games at Wayne State Fieldhouse. The franchise began play a ...
for training camp. He made their official roster at the start of the season. However, after playing in only three regular season games, Andrews was waived on November 12, 2017 in order to acquire forward Malik Dime on their roster. He was reacquired by Northern Arizona on February 2, 2018.
References
External links
NBA D-League Profile
Bradley Braves bio
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1985 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Japan
American expatriate basketball people in Lebanon
American expatriate basketball people in Mexico
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Oakland, California
Bradley Braves men's basketball players
CB Peñas Huesca players
Earth Friends Tokyo Z players
Fuerza Regia de Monterrey players
Iowa Energy players
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Los Angeles D-Fenders players
Niigata Albirex BB players
Northern Arizona Suns players
Osaka Evessa players
Power forwards (basketball)
People from Marysville, California
People from Rancho Cordova, California
Sportspeople from Sacramento County, California
Sagesse SC basketball players