No. 2 – Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
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Position | Point guard |
League | Israeli Basketball Premier League |
Personal information | |
Born |
Schenectady, New York |
July 4, 1989
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, New Hampshire) |
College | |
NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
2013–2014 | Chorale Roanne |
2014 | Zadar |
2014–2015 | Ironi Nahariya |
2015–2016 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
2016 | Muratbey Uşak Sportif |
2016–present | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Mark Lyons (born July 4, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Xavier and Arizona. As a professional, Lyons won the Israeli National Championship in 2016.
Lyons redshirted his freshman year at Xavier due to not gaining eligibility to compete for the Musketeers. In three seasons at Xavier, Lyons was on two Sweet 16 teams and two Atlantic 10 Conference champions and scored almost 1,200 career points. As a junior, Lyons averaged 15.1 points and 2.8 assists per game while shooting 39.2 percent from behind the arc. He was suspended for two games due to his involvement in the 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl.
In May 2012, Lyons announced that he was transferring to Arizona for his final collegiate season. Arizona's coach, Sean Miller, had previously coached Xavier and had recruited Lyons to the school. He was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on January 21, 2013. Lyons was selected to the Pac-12 All-Conference First Team in his only season at Arizona after averaging a team-high 14.9 points and 2.97 assists per game.
After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Lyons joined the Toronto Raptors for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On July 7, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Chorale Roanne of the LNB Pro A. However, on January 9, 2014, he parted ways with Roanne after appearing in 14 games. He later signed with Zadar of Croatia for the rest of the season on February 10. In 14 league games for Zadar, he averaged 17.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.