Shane Gibson (basketball)

Shane Gibson (born January 5, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Cibona of the ABA League and the Croatian League.

Shane Gibson
Free agent
PositionShooting guard / Point guard
Personal information
Born (1990-01-05) January 5, 1990
Killingly, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight181 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolKillingly (Killingly, Connecticut)
CollegeSacred Heart (2008–2013)
NBA draft2013 / Undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2014–2015Idaho Stampede
2015Recanati
2015–2016Halifax Hurricanes
2016–2017Beroe
2017–2018AEK Larnaca
2018–2019Bonn
2019–2020Cibona
Career highlights and awards

College career

He played college basketball for Sacred Heart, where he was a three-time All-Northeast Conference selection. In his junior season, Gibson averaged 22.0 points per game, fourth in the nation. He scored 21.6 points per game as a senior, ninth in NCAA Division I. Gibson finished his career with 2,079 points, the most in Sacred Heart's Division I years and eighth highest in school history overall.[1]

Professional career

Gibson went undrafted in the 2013 NBA Draft, though he played for the Sacramento Kings in the Summer League.[1] He did not play during the 2013-14 season. Gibson signed with the Idaho Stampede of the NBA D-League in 2014, where in 50 games he was averaging 26.5 minutes per game, 12.5 points per game, while shooting 44.7% from the floor, 39.8% from three-point range and 87.1% at the foul line. In 2015, he played for Basket Recanati of the Italian Series A2 league before joining Halifax Hurricanes of NBL Canada.[2] On June 14, 2016, the Hurricanes won the 2016 NBL Canada Finals over the London Lightning, 4–3.[3]

On August 10, 2017, he joined AEK Larnaca of the Cypriot Division A.[4] Gibson signed with Cibona on August 24, 2019.[5]

References
  1. "Shane Gibson Set to Play for Kings in NBA Summer League". Sacred Heart Pioneers. July 8, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  2. Serefoglu, Selin (November 18, 2015). "The Halifax Hurricanes team continues to grow, adding versatile lefty and 3-point specialist to the roster". Halifax Hurricanes. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  3. Williams, Cassie. "Halifax Hurricanes win NBL championship in Game 7". CBC. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  4. "Petrolina AEK Larnaca adds BIBL MVP Shane Gibson". Sportando.com. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. "Shane Gibson signs with Cibona". Sportando. August 24, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
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