D'Moi Hodge ( ; born December 20, 1998) is a British Virgin Islander professional

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player who last played for

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of the

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(GBL). He played

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for the State College of Florida,

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, and

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Early life and high school career

Hodge was born on December 20, 1998, in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, to Courtney Hodge and Cleopatria King Defreitas. He started to play basketball at a community court behind his house where he played with his cousins and friends. Hodge moved to the United States as a teenager but returned one year later due to homesickness. He decided to go back to the United States at the age of 17 to pursue his goals that were not possible in the Islands. Hodge played his senior year of high school basketball at Faith Baptist Christian Academy in

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. While at Faith Baptist Christian Academy, Hodge earned league MVP and championship MVP honors.

College career

Coming out of high school, Hodge was not ranked as a college basketball recruit by major recruiting services. Hodge began his college basketball career with

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(2017–18), but chose to redshirt and never played a game for the college, transferring to State College of Florida for the 2018–19 season. At the State College of Florida, Hodge began to emerge as one of the best junior college players in the country. Over his two seasons in the junior college ranks, Hodge averaged 22.3 points per game. He received numerous honors, including being named to the FCSAA All-State and

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All-Region VIII team. In the Junior College Recruiting Rankings, Hodge was ranked as the 11th-best JUCO player in the country. Hodge would spend two seasons at the State College of Florida, before transferring to

Cleveland State University Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in oper ...

, joining the Cleveland State Vikings who compete at the

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level of college basketball. In a game against Purdue Fort Wayne on Dec. 20, 2020, Hodge recorded his Division I career-high in scoring, recording 46 points, seven rebounds, three assists, four steals and one block. Hodge set numerous records for the Cleveland State basketball program, including: three-pointers in a game (10), most made three-pointers in a half (8), most points scored by a junior (46) and most points scored in a first half (31). After two seasons at Cleveland State, Hodge transferred to the

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for his graduate season. Hodge would average 14.7 points per game in his lone season at Missouri. He was the second leading scorer on the Tigers behind Kobe Brown. He would help the Tigers to an appearance in the

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and a first round victory over

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, 76–65.

Professional career

Los Angeles / South Bay Lakers (2023–2024)

After going undrafted in the

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, Hodge signed a

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with the

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on July 3, 2023. On November 4, he became the first British Virgin Islander to ever play in the NBA. Hodge was later honored as a part of the Lakers team that won the inaugural

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game. On January 6, 2024, he was waived by the Lakers along with

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and ten days later, he joined the

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Rip City Remix (2024)

On January 17, 2024, Hodge was traded by the South Bay Lakers to the Rip City Remix for a 2025 first round pick, subsequently joining the team.

Aris Thessaloniki (2024–2025)

On August 5, 2024, Hodge signed with Greek club

Career statistics

NBA

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References

External links

State College of Florida Manatees bioCleveland State Vikings bioMissouri Tigers bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hodge, D'Moi 1998 births Living people 21st-century British sportsmen British expatriate basketball people in Greece Aris B.C. players British men's basketball players Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Los Angeles Lakers players Missouri Tigers men's basketball players People from Tortola Rip City Remix players Shooting guards South Bay Lakers players State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota alumni Undrafted NBA players