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JeQuan Lewis
American basketball player (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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JeQuan Demonte Lewis[1] (born September 4, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Rostock Seawolves of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played college basketball for VCU.
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High school career
Lewis attended Davidson Academy as a freshman starting at quarterback as a true freshman for the defending state champions before transferring to Dickson County High School in Tennessee, where he played both basketball and football. His prowess at quarterback led to a scholarship offer from Marshall. However, Lewis was persuaded to stick to basketball and committed to VCU after then-assistant coach Will Wade recruited him.[2]
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College career
Lewis came off the bench as a freshman at VCU and averaged 5.9 points and 2.0 assists per game. He was a part-time starter as a sophomore and averaged 8.5 points and 2.7 assists per game. As a junior he started all but two games and averaged 11.3 points and 5.1 assists per game.[2] Coming into his senior season, Lewis was named to the preseason Third Team All-Atlantic 10.[3] Lewis averaged 15.2 points and 4.5 assists per game as a senior, shooting 36.7 percent from beyond the three-point arc.[4] He was named to the First Team All-Atlantic 10.[5] He scored 30 points in his final game, an 85–77 loss to St. Mary's in the NCAA Tournament.[6] He finished his VCU career with 1,444 points and ranks sixth all-time at the school in assists (505), eighth in career made 3-pointers (189) and sixth in made free throws (341).[7]
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After graduating from VCU, Lewis signed with the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA Summer League.[4] He was not signed by the Bucks to a regular season contract but was instead assigned to their G League affiliate the Wisconsin Herd.[8] Lewis scored 32 points and added five rebounds, four assists and three steals in a loss to the Long Island Nets on February 11, 2018.[9] In his rookie year, Lewis started 16 of 49 games, averaging 9.2 points, 4.5 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game.[10]
On August 9, 2018, Lewis signed with Goyang Orions of the Korean Basketball League.[11] On November 18, Lewis was replaced by Jason Siggers.[12] On December 2, 2018, Lewis joined Kymi of the Greek Basket League.[13] He averaged 16.1 points, 2.2 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game over 16 games with Kymis. On August 28, 2019, Lewis signed with PAOK Thessaloniki and remained in Greece.[14] Lewis averaged 9.5 points and 5.3 assists per game. He was eventually replaced by Bobby Brown in early January 2020.[15] Lewis subsequently joined Ramat HaSharon and averaged 17.8 points and 6.5 assists per game. On August 2, 2021, he signed with Kalev/Cramo of VTB United League.[16] On January 20, 2022, JeQuan parted ways with the team. On July 22, 2022, he signed with Rostock Seawolves of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[17]
On June 20, 2023, he signed with JL Bourg of the LNB Pro A.[18]
On October 30, 2024, Lewis signed with Qingdao Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).[19] On December 7, he was replaced by Kendall Smith.[20]
On December 25, 2024, he signed with Rostock Seawolves of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[21]
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