Chris Lofton
Chris Lofton
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| No. 5 – Neptūnas Klaipėda | |
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| Position | Guard |
| League | Lithuanian Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
March 27, 1986 Maysville, Kentucky |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Mason County (Maysville, Kentucky) |
| College | Tennessee (2004–2008) |
| NBA draft | 2008 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2008–present |
| Career history | |
| 2008–2009 | Mersin BB |
| 2009 | Caja Laboral |
| 2009–2010 | Asefa Estudiantes |
| 2010–2011 | Iowa Energy |
| 2011–2012 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| 2012 | Asefa Estudiantes |
| 2012–2013 | Lagun Aro GBC |
| 2013–2015 | Beşiktaş |
| 2015–2016 | Le Mans Sarthe |
| 2017–present | Neptūnas Klaipėda |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Christopher Franklin Lofton (born March 27, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Neptūnas Klaipėda of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He played college basketball with the University of Tennessee Volunteers.
Chris Lofton is from Maysville, Kentucky, where he led the Mason County Royals (his high school basketball team) to a victory in the 2003 State Championships and led the Royals back to the state championship game the next year. Despite being named Mr. Basketball his senior year, Lofton was not recruited by Louisville or Kentucky. He was recruited by University of Tennessee coach Buzz Peterson and subsequently chose to play for the Vols.
As a freshman, Lofton made third team All-America at Tennessee. Against the University of Georgia on February 11, 2006, he made a school record 9 three-point shots en route to a career-high 33 points in an 83-78 win. On December 23, 2006, he scored a new career-high 35 points in a 111-105 overtime victory against the University of Texas. For the 2005–2006 season, Lofton was selected as a second team All-America.
In the 2006–07 season, Lofton led the conference in scoring, with 20.8 points per game, and was named the SEC Player of the Year by the Associated Press. He led the Tennessee Volunteers to the Sweet 16 in the 2007 NCAA Basketball Tournament. He was again named Second-team All-American for the 2006–07 season. During the summer after the 06-07 season, Lofton went to Kobe Bryant camp and tried out for the Pan Am USA team.
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