- Troy DeVries
Infobox NBA Player
caption =
position = Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight = 195 lb (88 kg)
team = Plus Pujol Lleida
nationality = United States
birth_date = birth date and age|1982|7|27
birth_place = Mount Vernon,Washington ,United States
career_start = 2005Troy Anthony DeVries (born
27 July 1982 ) is a Americanprofessional basketball player with the Plus Pujol Lleida in theLiga Española de Baloncesto in Spain.Player career
*2001/03 flagicon|USA
Portland State Vikings
*2003/05 flagicon|USA New Mexico Lobos
*2005/06 flagicon|GermanyBG Karlsruhe
*2007/08 flagicon|Australia West Sydney Razorbacks
*2007/08 flagicon|Ukraine Sumykhimprom Sumy
*2008/09 flagicon|Spain Plus Pujol LleidaPortland State Career
A Guard who transferred from Portland State after the 2002 fall semester. Played in five games at Portland State in the fall of 2002, costing him the entire 2002-03 year of eligibility. Finished as one of the top 3-pt and FG shooters in MWC history. Career 3-pt average of 45.0% is the highest mark in UNM history. His 48.0* career accuracy in MWC games is the highest in MWC history. 147 career 3-pt FGs is tied with Lamont Long for eighth place in UNM history. Hit a 3-pt in 29 consecutive games, the second longest streak in UNM history.
2001-02 Freshman Season (Portland State)Devries saw action in 27 games with six starts and averaged 4.7 ppg and 1.1 assists as a freshman and hit 41.2% of 3-point attempts and was named Academic All-Big Sky.
2002-03 Sophomore Season (Portland State)Played in five games at Portland State, averaged 11.8 ppg and 4.2 rpg but sat out the second semester after transferring to UNM.
University of New Mexico career
2003-04 Junior SeasonNamed honorable mention All-MWC for the 2003-04 season. Devries earned CoSIDA Academic All-District and Academic All-MWC honors in 2003-04 for having over a 3.5 g.p.a as a communications major. Started 21 of 22 games after making his debut against Coppin State on 12-21-03, Averaged 10.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 2.95 apg, Shot 44.4% from the field and 44.6% from 3-pt range is 6th all-time for a season at UNM and would have ranked 14th in the NCAA had he made one more 3-pt to qualify.
2004-05 Senior SeasonNamed 3rd Team All-MWC after shooting 45.1% from 3-pt. range, ranking third in the league and fifth highest mark in school history also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District VI honors and MWC Scholar Athlete recognition, MVP of the 2004 Cmcast Lobo Invitational after scoring 49 points on 16-24 shooting, 13-20 from 3-pt range, in the two-game event and made 93 3-pt which is the fourth most in a season at UNM, Averaged 11.0 ppg, 2.4 rpg and 2.5 apg, Was ninth in the NCAA in 3-pt led the MWC with 2.82 3-pt per-game and ranked 38th in the NCAA, Shot 51.3% from 3-pt range in MWC play, the third highest mark in MWC history .
NBL
Joining the
West Sydney Razorbacks mid-season in 07/08 as an import player DeVries has been influential in getting the Razorbacks off the bottom of the ladder. He is in the top 20 in the league for 3-pt % with 42.8 , is averaging 43.p from the field, 75.5 from the strike and is averaging 16.7 ppg in 27.8 per game.External links
* [http://www.razorbacks.com.au/default.aspx?s=playerprofile&id=750&team=razorbacks West Sydney Razorbacks Player Profiles]
* [http://www.lleidabasquet.com/ca/noticies/detall.asp?IdNoticia=2666 Official CB Lleida website]
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