No. 94 – Canterbury Rams | |
---|---|
Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
League | NBL |
Personal information | |
Born |
Santa Rosa, California |
May 11, 1992
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | College Park (Pleasant Hill, California) |
College |
|
NBA draft | 2015 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2015–present |
Career history | |
2015 | Nelson Giants |
2015 | Leuven Bears |
2016 | Canterbury Rams |
2016–2017 | Promitheas Patras |
2017–present | Canterbury Rams |
Career highlights and awards | |
|
|
McKenzie Moore (born May 11, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Canterbury Rams of the National Basketball League (NBL). After a troubled college tenure, Moore began his professional career with New Zealand's Nelson Giants in 2015. He returned to New Zealand in 2016 and won the NBL's Most Valuable Player Award after leading the Canterbury Rams to the minor premiership.
Moore attended College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, California. As a senior at College Park in 2010–11, he averaged 18 points, six rebounds and 11 assists en route to being tabbed MVP of the Diablo Valley Athletic League. He led College Park to a 22–3 record and earned MVP honors at three tournaments, including the Jim Stephenson Invitational. Prior to his senior year, he gave an oral commitment to Saint Mary's but never signed a letter of intent.
Due to a sub-par academic record, Moore was unable to sign with a Division I program coming out of high school. He instead enrolled at City College of San Francisco for the 2011–12 season and played for the Rams as a freshman.
Moore enrolled at UTEP for the spring 2012 semester and joined the Miners men's basketball team in December 2012 for the rest of the 2012–13 season. He appeared in 25 games with 15 starts as a sophomore, averaging 8.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.4 steals in 24.4 minutes per game. He rated among the Conference USA leaders in blocked shots and steals, finishing 13th in both categories. On January 30, 2013, he scored a season-high 18 points against UAB. He was named to the 2013 Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average) and was named a Conference USA Men's Basketball All-Academic Team honoree.