the Pro Guide

BYU Pro Tracker
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2015-16 Season Report
The Ultimate Guide to
BYU Basketball
Alumni in the Pros
About this Guide
Overview:
BYU had ten alumni playing basketball professionally during the 2015-16
season, with two in the U.S. (Fredette, Carlino), one in Spain (Haws), one in
Poland (Broadus), two in Italy (Davies & Tavernari), one in France (Carlino), one
in Belgium (Cummard), one in Argentina (Ambrosino), one in Lithuania
(Plaisted), & one in Qatar (Abouo).
In 2015-16 there was at least one active professional basketball player for every
BYU class since 2009, and there has been at least one player go pro from every
class in the Dave Rose era, with 19 total players since 2005. This guide provides
playing summaries and statistics for each of the active players.
The guide was written by Tyler Christensen, managing editor at BYU Insider. If
you have comments or suggestions on how to improve this guide, updates on
players, or recommendations for another guide or article series feel free to
email me at tyler@tylerchristensen.com.
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Tyler Haws Class of 2015
Tyler Haws (@tyhaws3) went undrafted in the 2015 NBA
draft. After an unsuccessful tryout with the Cleveland
Cavaliers, he made his way to Europe, where he signed with
Rio Natura Monbus in Spain (Liga Endesa). In 2015-16 he
spent most of the season as the first man off the
bench. However, he did earn a starting role by the end of
the season.
YEAR
2015-16
TEAM
Monbus
COUNTRY
Spain
G
34
MIN
18.6
FG%
.458
3PT%
.396
FT%
.828
REB
1.3
AST
0.4
STL
0.7
BLK
0.1
PTS
7.9
Matt Carlino Class of 2014
Matt Carlino (no twitter) just completed his first season
professional basketball. He left BYU in 2014 for Marquette
where he played his final season as a graduate
transfer. Then, after trying out for the Milwaukee Bucks he
headed to Europe to play for the Italian experimental
national team. He ended up with France’s Boulazac Basket
(ProB League) where he averaged 12.4 points per game in 10
appearances. In January 2016 he was signed by the Rio
Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA’s Developmental League,
where he played for the remainder of the 2015-16 season, and in one playoff game.
YEAR
2015
2015
2015-16
TEAM
COUNTRY
Boulazac France
Boulazac France
Rio Gran
USA
G
10
8
27
MIN
25.7
25
14.1
FG%
30.0
3PT%
.436
.313
FT%
.913
.733
REB
3.3
3.0
1.6
AST
2.8
2.4
1.6
STL
1.2
1.0
0.9
Season Highs:
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Minutes: 33 (February 4, 2016)
Points: 14 (January 30, 2016, March 31, 2016)
Rebounds: 6 (January 13, 2016)
Assists: 6 (February 26, 2016; January 7, 2016)
Steals: 3 (February 4, 2016; March 31, 2016)
Notes:
 BA in Recreation Management & Youth Leadership, BYU (2014)
 Masters degree, Marquette (2015)
BLK
0.0
PTS
12.4
11.8
3.8
Brandon Davies Class of 2013
Brandon Davies (no twitter) had a two-year stint in the NBA
(Clippers, 76ers, Nets) and had a career high 20 points in a
game with the 76ers in 2014. After being waived by the Nets
in January 2015 he was signed by Elan Chalon in France’s
LNB Pro A League. This is his first season for Openjobmetis
Varese (Serie A League) in Italy.
YEAR
2013-14
2014-15
2014-15
2014-15
2015-16
2015-16
TEAM
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Elan Chalon
Openjobmetis
Openjobmetis
COUNTRY
USA
USA
USA
France
Italy
Italy
Season Highs:
 Points: 17 (April 2016)
G
51
7
20
14
30
20
MIN
11.3
6.3
19.0
22.5
25.7
24.2
FG%
.422
.333
.412
.421
.472
.572
3PT%
.200
.250
.233
.240
.162
.364
FT%
.642
.750
.636
.690
.756
.741
REB
2.1
1.4
3.7
4.5
6.5
7.6
AST
0.5
0.3
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.6
STL
0.5
0.1
0.9
1.0
1.0
0.7
BLK
0.2
0.4
0.2
0.5
0.9
0.4
PTS
2.8
2.3
6.3
9.1
13.3
15.1
Agustin Ambrosino Class of 2013
Agustin Ambrosino (no twitter) only played for one season
at BYU (2012-13) in which he averaged 1.8 points, 1.4
rebounds, and 6.2 minutes in 31 games. He left BYU prior to
his senior season and went back to Argentina to play for
Weber Bahia Blanca (Liga A), where he played during the
2013-14 season (3.0 points in 8.6 minutes per game). He
played the following season for Tomas De Docamor and he
currently plays for Alianza Viedma (TNA League) also in
Argentina.
YEAR
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
TEAM
Weber
Tomas
Viedma
COUNTRY
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
G
38
16
41
Season Highs:
 Points: 11 (April 2016)
 Rebounds: 14 (April 2016)
MIN
8.6
18.8
18.8
FG%
.422
.482
.532
3PT%
.277
.429
.232
FT%
.700
.625
.686
REB
1.3
3.1
4.2
AST
0.3
0.4
0.4
STL
0.2
0.1
0.6
BLK
0.1
0.4
0.2
PTS
3.0
7.1
5.9
Charles Abouo Class of 2012
Charles Abouo (@CharlesAbouo1) was born November 4,
1989 in the Ivory Coast. He attended High School in Logan,
Utah where he broke the all-time scoring record at Logan
High. After graduating from BYU, Abouo started playing
basketball professionally in 2012 with CB Penas Huesca in
Spain (2012-13). He then played for Quesos Cerrato (201314) and now plays for Al Khor in Qatar (2015-16). He has also
been a member of the Cote d’Ivoire national team (2009,
2010, 2013).
YEAR
2012-13
2013-14
2015-16
2015-16
TEAM
Penas Huesca
Quesos Cerrate
Al Khor
Al-Khor (Qatar Cup)
COUNTRY
Spain
Spain
Qatar
Qatar
G
30
35
18
3
MIN
27.1
15.7
40.2
37.0
FG%
36.7
42.6
49.3
3PT%
23.7
32.7
24.1
FT%
71.1
70.2
71.9
REB
4.0
3.1
12.2
11.3
AST
1.13
0.3
4.6
4.0
STL
1.3
1.0
3.7
1.3
BLK
1.3
1.0
0.6
Achievements
 Finished 2015-16 as No. 3 in the league in scoring
 Finished 2015-16 No. 5 in the Qatar league in rebounds
 Finished 2015-16 No. 1 in the Qatar league in steals with 3.7 per game-almost a full steal more per game than No. 2 in the league.
 Named 2015-16 All-Qatar D1 Defensive Player of the Year
 Selected as a member of the 2015-16 All-Qatar League second team
PTS
7.7
4.9
25.8
20.3
Jimmer Fredette Class of 2011
Jimmer Fredette (@jimmerfredette) was drafted No. 10 in
the 2011 NBA draft. He played six games for the New
Orleans Pelicans at the beginning of his fifth NBA season
(2015-16), and averaged 0.5 points in just 3.3 minutes per
game. He was waived by the Pelicans in November. He was
then drafted by New York No. 2 overall in the NBA’s
Developmental League (D-League stats). He played
extremely well in the D-League and was called up to the
New York Knicks for a 10-day contract in February 2016. He
returned to the Westchester Knicks where he completed the season.
YEAR
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2015-16
2015-16
TEAM
Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento
Chicago
New Orleans
New Orleans
New York
Westchester
COUN
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
G
61
69
41
8
50
4
2
40
MIN
18.6
14.0
11.3
7.0
10.2
3.3
2.5
35.8
FG%
3PT%
.386
.421
.475
.448
.380
.250
1.00
.458
.361
.417
.493
.364
.188
.000
1.00
.411
FT%
.833
.859
.895
1.00
.956
.000
.800
.904
REB
1.2
1.0
0.9
1.1
0.8
0.0
0.0
4.4
AST
1.8
1.3
1.5
0.4
1.2
1.2
0.3
5.0
STL
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.0
1.8
Season Highs:
 Points: 37 (April 2016)
Achievements
 Was the 2016 D-League All-Star MVP, scoring a record 35 points
 Named to the D-League second team (2015-16)
PTS
7.6
7.2
5.9
4.0
3.6
0.5
3.5
21.1
Jonathan Tavernari Class of 2010
Jonathan Tavernari (@For3JT) has been playing
professionally overseas since graduating from BYU in 2010.
He has spent time playing in Brazil (Pinheiros, 2010-11,
2013-14) and in Italy (Pallacanestro Biella, 2011-12; Pistoia
Basket, 2012; Scafati Basket, 2012-13; Derthona Basket,
2014-15) He started the 2015-16 season for BCC
Corvengenze Agropoli (Italy Serie A2 League). In a January
interview with BYU Insider he expressed interest in possibly
coming back to BYU at some point.
YEAR
TEAM
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Pinheiros
Pallacanestro
Scafati
Pinheiros
Derthona
BCC Corvengenze
COUN
TRY
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Brazil
Italy
Italy
G
MIN
FG%
3PT
%
FT%
REB
AST
STL
PTS
32
28
30
26
21.4
19.7
26.1
31.3
.493
.468
.531
.481
.441
.388
.293
.376
.667
1.00
.676
.765
3.0
4.4
4.7
4.5
0.5
0.9
0.6
1.0
1.2
0.6
1.4
0.9
8.3
6.8
10.6
13.3
Lee Cummard Class of 2009
Lee Cummard (no twitter) has been playing in professionally
since graduating from BYU in 2009. He started with the Utah
Flash of the D-League (2009-10) and then spent a few
seasons in France (fos-sur-Mer, 2010-11, 2012-13) and Japan
(Kyoto Hannaryz, 2011-12). He is currently in his third
season with Belgium’s Okapi Aalstar (Scooore League. He
recently had an 11 point, 6 rebound, 3 assist outing as
Aalstar defeated Verviers-Pepinster 85-70.
YEAR
2009-10
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
TEAM
Utah Flash
Fos-sur-Mer
Fos-sur-Mer
Kyoto Hannaryz
Fos Ouest
Okapi Aalstar
Okapi Aalstar
Okapi Aalstar
COUN
USA
France
France
Japan
France
Belgium
Belgium
Belgium
G
22
17
34
57
6
47
36
35
MIN
16.6
28
30
21.9
18.5
31.5
26.6
21.9
FG%
.483
.503
.425
.521
.469
.546
.535
.576
3PT%
.471
.393
.359
.321
.364
.397
.473
.405
FT%
.909
.767
.776
.773
.500
.856
.907
.722
REB
1.9
5.2
5.7
5.1
3.3
5.3
4.9
4.4
AST
1.2
3.5
2.3
3.1
1.7
1.6
2.0
1.4
STL
0.6
1.6
1.3
1.1
1.0
1.3
1.3
1.0
PTS
5.0
11.7
12.8
10.6
6.2
10.4
7.8
6.7
Notes:
 Played in the 2009 NBA summer league for Phoenix and 2010 for
Sacramento
 Also played in the 2009 Reese’s College All-Star game (7 rebounds, 3 steals, 3
assists) and the 2009 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament
 Prepped at Mesa High School (Mesa, AZ)
Trent Plaisted Class of 2008
Trent Plaisted (no twitter) has played in more countries than
any other BYU alumn, with stops in Detroit (NBA), Italy,
Croatia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Turkey, Germany, France, and
now back in Lithuania where he plays for Neptunas (LKL).
All in all he has played for 12 teams in eight different
countries.
YEAR
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011
2011-12
2012
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2015-16
TEAM
Angelico Biella
Zadar
Cedevita Zagreb
Zalgiris Kaunas
Cherkaski Mavpy
Aliaga Petkim
Ratiopharm Ulm
Limoges CSP
Neptunas
Neptunas
COUNTRY
Italy
Croatia
Croatia
Lithuania
Ukraine
Turkey
Germany
France
Lithuania
Lithuania
G
2
26
7
16
7
MIN
15.5
13.5
19.1
15.6
30.4
FG%
.800
.677
.667
.565
.476
FT%
.667
.617
.741
.467
.447
REB
2.0
3.8
3.9
3.9
7.1
STL
1.0
0.6
0.3
0.4
0.9
BLK
0.5
0.8
0.1
0.3
0.4
PTS
5.0
6.6
9.1
5.8
13.6
36
31
25
5
19.7
12.6
13.5
11.8
.566
.586
.566
.333
.513
.405
.481
.333
5.6
2.6
3.1
2.8
0.3
0.4
0.6
0.0
0.4
0.2
0.4
0.0
9.2
3.9
5.0
1.4
Rashaun Broadus Class of 2007
Rashaun Broadus (@RashaunBroadus) has been a
Euroleague journeyman since entering the league in 2007.
He has played in Romania (CSU Basov, 2008-09), Lithuania
(Suduva Marijampole, 2009-10; Siauliai, 2010-12; BC
Neptunas Klaipeda, 2012-13; Juventus Utena, 2014-15), the
Ukraine (Politekhnika-Halychyna, 2010), and for his current
team (MKS Dabrowa Gornicza) in Poland.
YEAR
2008-09
2009-10
2010
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2014-15
2015-16
TEAM
CSU Basov
Suduva
Politekhnika
Siauliai
Siauliai
BC Neptunas
Juventus
MKS DG
COUNTRY
Romania
Lithuania
Ukraine
Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania
Poland
G
24
16
19
18
31
28
17
31
MIN
27.4
31.6
21.7
27.3
25.6
22.9
29.6
33.1
FG%
.544
.496
.425
.516
.470
.489
.527
.488
3PT%
.372
.293
.220
.238
.352
.283
.283
.313
FT%
.652
.714
.667
.625
.810
.628
.579
.716
REB
3.3
3.9
2.2
3.8
3.0
2.6
3.8
3.5
AST
3.7
5.3
3.5
5.2
3.4
3.0
2.9
4.1
STL
1.5
1.6
0.7
1.1
1.6
1.4
1.1
1.0
Notes:
 Prior to playing for the Cougars Broadus starred at Western Nebraska
Community College
 Native of Hawaii
PTS
17.5
13.8
8.8
9.9
10.0
9.2
12.6
11.6
Other Recent Pros
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Noah Hartsock (2012), Belgium
Logan Magnusson (2011), German (Pro B League)
Chris Miles (2010), France
Lamont Morgan (2010); D-League, Spain (2013-15)
Kent Tuttle (2010, BYU volleyball); D-League (2010)
Vuk Ivanovic (2008), Serbia, France
Keena Young (2007), Korea, Finland
Brock Reichner (2006); Greece
Mike Hall (2005); Turkey, France, Italy, Austria, Japan
Rafael Araujo (2004); Toronto, Utah (NBA), Russia, Brazil
Mark Bigelow (2004); Germany, Spain
Luis Lemes (2004), Brazil
Kevin Woodbury (2004)
Travis Hansen (2003), Atlanta (NBA), Russia
Terrell Lyday (2001), Russia
Trent Whiting (2001), Italy
Mekeli Wesley (2001); France, Poland, Spain, Belgium, France, Portugal,
Mexico
If you know of other BYU alumni who played basketball professionally, please let
me know (tyler@tylerchristensen.com) and I’ll update this guide accordingly in
future revisions.
End Notes
Thanks for reading this basketball guide. If you’d like more guides like this in the
future, please let me know. I could do a similar one for football, or simply update
this guide from year-to-year.
 What do you like about this guide? Dislike?
 What do you wish the guide included?
 Am I missing anyone? What about pre-2000? Are you interested in me
listing those pros as well?
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Relevant Links:
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Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/BYUbasketball
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Cougarfan (article aggregator): http://www.cougarfan.com/sports/mensbasketball
Special thanks to:
“RoseyScenario”/James Vincent, who is now a semi-regular contributor to BYU
Insider, penning the “State of the Program” column. He’s also a bona fide insider
who chooses to write for the BYU Insider blog under the pen name James Vincent.
James is a passionate BYU basketball fan and provides great insight. You can read
his work at: http://byuinsider.com/author/roseyscenario/.
Jay Yeomans, whose blog www.jmoneysports.com is probably the best source for
BYU basketball alumni updates (even better than BYU Insider). He occasionally
posts updates to Deseret News as well.