Manu Lecomte

Emmanuel "Manu" Lecomte (born 16 August 1995) is a Belgian basketball player for Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears and Miami Hurricanes and for the Belgian national team.^[1]

Manu Lecomte

Lecomte with Budućnost in 2023.
No. 20 – Start Lublin
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
League	PLK
Personal information
Born	(1995-08-16) 16 August 1995 (age 29) Brussels, Belgium
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College	Miami (Florida) (2013–2015) Baylor (2016–2018)
NBA draft	2018: undrafted
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–2019	Agua Caliente Clippers
2019–2020	UCAM Murcia
2020	Gran Canaria
2020–2021	Skyliners Frankfurt
2021	Élan Béarnais
2021	CBet Prienai
2021–2022	CBet Jonava
2022–2023	Hapoel Eilat
2023	Budućnost VOLI
2023–2024	Liège Basket
2024–present	Start Lublin
Career highlights
Montenegrin League champion (2023) Montenegrin Cup winner (2023) Second-team All-Big 12 (2018) Third-team All-Big 12 (2017) Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (2017)

Career

College

He played two years at Miami, before transferring to Baylor. He scored 7.7 points and dished out 2.3 assists per game while shooting 42.5 percent from the field as a sophomore. However, he saw his minutes fall playing alongside Ángel Rodríguez.^[2]

As a senior at Baylor, Lecomte averaged 16.2 points per game and was named to the Second-team All-Big 12.

Professional

He went undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft but signed with the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League.^[3]

He joined the Agua Caliente Clippers of the NBA G League for the 2018–19 season after being selected 20th overall in the G League draft.^[4]

On 28 March 2019 he signed with Liga ACB team UCAM Murcia.^[5] Lecomte joined Gran Canaria in February 2020, averaging 5.4 points and 1.0 assist per game. On October 13, he signed with Fraport Skyliners of the Basketball Bundesliga.^[6]

On 27 January 2021 he signed with Élan Béarnais of the French LNB Pro A.^[7] On 2 March 2021 he signed with BC Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League.^[8] Lecomte averaged 14.9 points, 5.1 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game. On September 16, he signed with BC Jonava.^[9]

On 12 November 2022 he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.^[10]

On 6 February 2023 he signed with Budućnost VOLI of the ABA League and EuroCup.

On 6 September 2023 hé signed with Liège Basket of the BNXT League.

On 30 July 2024 he signed with Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).^[11]

International career

Playing for Belgium, Lecomte participated at the EuroBasket 2017.^[12]

Personal life

Born in Belgium, Lecomte is of Cameroonian descent through his mother.^[13]

College statistics

SEASON AVERAGES
SEASON	TEAM	MIN	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
2017-18	BAY	34.1	4.9-12.2	.402	2.8-7.2	.381	3.7-4.1	.890	2.2	3.7	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.2	16.2
2016-17	BAY	30.1	3.9-9.2	.426	2.2-5.3	.408	2.2-2.7	.830	1.8	3.8	0.1	0.8	1.9	2.0	12.2
2014-15	MIA	22.4	2.4-5.6	.430	1.4-3.0	.456	1.7-1.9	.877	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.1	7.9
2013-14	MIA	28.0	2.6-6.1	.425	0.8-2.1	.397	1.7-2.2	.778	2.1	2.3	0.0	0.6	1.9	1.8	7.7