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Pierriá Henry
American basketball player (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pierriá Henry (born January 20, 1993) is a professional basketball player with dual American and Senegalese nationality. He played college basketball for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte before playing professionally in Georgia, Germany, Israel, Spain, Turkey and Russia. He last played for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He won a bronze medal at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 tournament as part of the Senegal national team.
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Henry is currently serving a four-year ban set to expire in January 2027 for an anti-doping rule violation.
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Early life and college career
Henry attended South Charleston High School in South Charleston, West Virginia, where he averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds, six assists, five steals and two blocks per game as a senior, earning All-State honors twice.[1]
Henry played college basketball for the Charlotte 49ers, where he became the 49ers' all-time leader in assists (555) and steals (293). Henry was named two-time Conference USA All-Third and Defensive teams, Atlantic 10 Conference All-Defensive and Rookie Teams and the Great Alaska Shootout Tournament MVP.[1]
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Professional career
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Vita Tbilisi / Ulm (2015–2016)
After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Henry joined the Houston Rockets for the 2015 NBA Summer League.[2] On September 4, 2015, Henry signed with the Georgian team Vita Tbilisi for the 2015–16 season.[3] However, on December 14, 2015, Henry parted ways with Vita Tbilisi due to financial struggles[4] to join the German team ratiopharm Ulm for the remainder of the season.[5] Henry helped Ulm reach the 2016 BBL Finals, where they eventually lost to Brose Bamberg.
Hapoel Eilat (2016–2017)
On August 3, 2016, Henry signed with the Israeli team Hapoel Eilat for the 2016–17 season.[6] On June 4, 2017, Henry recorded a career-high 34 points, shooting 4-of-5 from three-point range, along with 5 assists, 5 steals and 3 rebounds in a 94–91 playoff win over Maccabi Rishon LeZion.[7] Henry finished the season as the Israeli League second-leading player in assists with 6.1 per game, he helped Eilat reach the 2017 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually were eliminated by Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
Tofaş (2017–2018)
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On June 21, 2017, Henry signed with the Turkish team Tofaş for the 2017–18 season.[8] On November 15, 2017, Henry recorded a season-high 26 points, shooting 5-of-8 from three-point range, along with 7 assists and 5 steals in a 100–84 win over his former team ratiopharm Ulm.[9]
Henry helped Tofaş reach the 2018 Turkish League Finals, where they eventually lost to Fenerbahçe. In 53 games played during the 2017–18 season (including the EuroCup and all Turkish competitions), he averaged 10.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.7 steals per game, shooting 40.4 percent from three-point range.
UNICS Kazan (2018–2019)
On June 29, 2018, Henry joined the Boston Celtics for the 2018 NBA Summer League, where he averaged 10 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.1 steals in six games played for the Celtics.[10] On July 16, 2018, Henry signed a one-year deal with the Russian team UNICS Kazan.[11] On December 24, 2018, Henry was named the EuroCup Regular Season MVP, averaging PIR of 19.4, which was the highest among all players whose teams reached the Top 16.[12] On March 2, 2019, Henry tied his career-high with 34 points, while shooting 14-of-18 from the field, along with seven assists and four steals in a 98–95 loss to Astana.[13]
Henry helped Kazan reach the 2019 EuroCup semifinals, where they eventually lost to Valencia. On April 4, 2019, he earned a spot in the All-EuroCup Second Team.[14]
On June 21, 2019, Henry parted ways with Kazan.[15]
Baskonia (2019–2021)
On July 17, 2019, Henry signed a one-year deal with Spanish club Kirolbet Baskonia.[16] He averaged 7.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game in EuroLeague. On July 22, 2020, Henry re-signed with the team.[17]
Fenerbahçe (2021–2022); represeting Senegal
On June 24, 2021, Henry signed a 1+1 year deal with Turkish side Fenerbahçe.[18]
In June 2021 Henry acquired Senegalese nationality[19] and August, he was part of the Senegalese team that participated in the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 tournament. Senegal won the bronze medal.
Return to Baskonia (2022–2023); doping ban
On October 12, 2022, Henry signed with the Houston Rockets. However, he was waived three days later.
On October 23, 2022, Henry signed a one-year contract with Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB, returning for a second stint with the club.[20] In January 2023, his contract was suspended after Henry was put under investigation by FIBA for providing a fake doping sample. In February 2024, FIBA officially banned him for a total of 48 months with an expiry date of January 2027.[21][22][23]
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Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance index rating |
| Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
| * | Led the league |
EuroCup
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