French
DeutschManu Lecomte
.jpg) Lecomte with Budućnost in 2023. | |
| No. 20 – Start Lublin | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| League | PLK |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 16 August 1995 Brussels, Belgium |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2018: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2018–present |
| Career history | |
| 2018–2019 | Agua Caliente Clippers |
| 2019–2020 | UCAM Murcia |
| 2020 | Gran Canaria |
| 2020–2021 | Skyliners Frankfurt |
| 2021 | Élan Béarnais |
| 2021 | CBet Prienai |
| 2021–2022 | CBet Jonava |
| 2022–2023 | Hapoel Eilat |
| 2023 | Budućnost VOLI |
| 2023–2024 | Liège Basket |
| 2024–present | Start Lublin |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Emmanuel "Manu" Lecomte (born 16 August 1995) is a Belgian basketball player for Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears and Miami Hurricanes and for the Belgian national team.[1]
Career
[edit]College
[edit]He played two years at Miami, before transferring to Baylor. He scored 7.7 points and dished out 2.3 assists per game while shooting 42.5 percent from the field as a sophomore. However, he saw his minutes fall playing alongside Ángel Rodríguez.[2]
As a senior at Baylor, Lecomte averaged 16.2 points per game and was named to the Second-team All-Big 12.
Professional
[edit]He went undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft but signed with the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League.[3]
He joined the Agua Caliente Clippers of the NBA G League for the 2018–19 season after being selected 20th overall in the G League draft.[4]
On 28 March 2019 he signed with Liga ACB team UCAM Murcia.[5] Lecomte joined Gran Canaria in February 2020, averaging 5.4 points and 1.0 assist per game. On October 13, he signed with Fraport Skyliners of the Basketball Bundesliga.[6]
On January 27, 2021, he signed with Élan Béarnais of the French LNB Pro A.[7] On March 2, 2021, he signed with BC Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[8] Lecomte averaged 14.9 points, 5.1 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game. On September 16, he signed with BC Jonava.[9]
On November 12, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[10]
On February 6, 2023, he signed with Budućnost VOLI of the ABA League and EuroCup.
On September 6, 2023, hé signed with Liège Basket of the BNXT League.
On July 30, 2024, he signed with Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).[11]
International career
[edit]Playing for Belgium, Lecomte participated at the EuroBasket 2017.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Belgium, Lecomte is of Cameroonian descent through his mother.[13]
College statistics
[edit]| SEASON AVERAGES | |||||||||||||||
| SEASON | TEAM | MIN | FGM-FGA | FG% | 3PM-3PA | 3P% | FTM-FTA | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PF | TO | PTS |
| 2017-18 | BAY | 34.1 | 4.9-12.2 | .402 | 2.8-7.2 | .381 | 3.7-4.1 | .890 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 16.2 |
| 2016-17 | BAY | 30.1 | 3.9-9.2 | .426 | 2.2-5.3 | .408 | 2.2-2.7 | .830 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 12.2 |
| 2014-15 | MIA | 22.4 | 2.4-5.6 | .430 | 1.4-3.0 | .456 | 1.7-1.9 | .877 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 7.9 |
| 2013-14 | MIA | 28.0 | 2.6-6.1 | .425 | 0.8-2.1 | .397 | 1.7-2.2 | .778 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 7.7 |
References
[edit]- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com.
- ^ Porter, Matt (April 8, 2015). "Deandre Burnett, Manu Lecomte transferring from Miami Hurricanes". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ^ "Manu Lecomte joins Mavericks Summer League Team". KWTX. July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ^ Winderman, Jake (October 22, 2018). "10 Notable Players Selected In The 2018 NBA G League Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ "El UCAM Murcia incorpora a Manu Lecomte" (in Spanish). Official website. March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ Schmdt-Scheuber, Miles (October 13, 2020). "Emmanuel Lecomte To Run The Point For The Fraport Skyliners". Eurobasket. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ Skerletic, Dario (January 27, 2021). "Pau Orthez ink Emmanuel Lecomte". Sportando. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ^ "Manu Lecomte joins BC Prienai". Sportando. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ "Emmanuel Lecomte joins Jonava". Eurobasket. September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
- ^ Skerletic, Dario (November 12, 2022). "Manu Lecomte joins Hapoel Eilat". Sportando. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ "Lecomte wzmacnia Polski Cukier Start". plk.pl (in Polish). July 30, 2024. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^ "Emmanuel LECOMTE at the FIBA EuroBasket 2017". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "Manu Lecomte : "La NBA, ce n'est plus un rêve pour moi, c'est un objectif" - rtbf.be". RTBF.
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