Maurice Creek

Maurice Creek (born August 16, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Prometey Kamianske of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. He played four seasons collegiate for the Indiana Hoosiers and one season for the George Washington Colonials.

Maurice Creek

Creek playing for George Washington in March 2014
Prometey Kamianske
Position	Shooting guard
League	Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
Personal information
Born	(1990-08-16) August 16, 1990
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Virginia)
College	Indiana (2009–2013) George Washington (2013–2014)
NBA draft	2014 / Undrafted
Playing career	2014–present
Career history
2014	Den Helder Kings
2015	ZZ Leiden
2016	SISU Copenhagen
2017–2018	Kobrat
2018–2019	Kyiv-Basket
2019	Maccabi Hod HaSharon
2019–present	Prometey Kamianske
Career highlights and awards
Third-team All-Atlantic 10 (2014)

High school

Creek graduated from Hargrave Military Academy, where he averaged 18.4 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks per game, leading his team to a 27-2 record.[1] As a junior, he played first at Oxon Hill High School in Maryland where he averaged 22.3 points per game, and then transferred to South Kent Prep School where he averaged 21.5 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. He was named a First-Team Prep School All-American and played in the Reebok All-American game and the Derby Festival. Scout.com ranked Creek as the #9 shooting guard in the 2009 class and #45 in the class overall, while Rivals.com ranked him the 59th best prospect in class overall and the #16 shooting guard in the class. ESPN ranked him as the #15 shooting guard in his class and #61 in the class overall. In the summer he played AAU basketball for Triple Threat.

College career

Creek chose to play collegiate basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers and major in sport communication broadcast, turning down offers from Marquette, Maryland, Pittsburgh and Texas. Upon committing to Indiana he said among his goals was to "try to get to the national championship to show everybody that Indiana is alive and is always going to be alive for the rest of the time we live."[2]

"It is really hard to put into context what has happened with him. But the one thing that I can put into context is that he is one tough young man. He embodies the spirit that we want this program to be about. When you look at a situation where, not only has he had one major injury and surgery, not only has he had two major injuries and surgeries, but he has now had three in less than 22 months."

—Coach Tom Crean (October 24, 2011).[3]

As a freshman during the 2009-10 season, Creek started the first 12 games of the year before suffering a season-ending injury. In the team's game against Kentucky that year he scored 31 points on 9-of-14 shooting, including 5-of-8 from behind the arc. Following that game he was the top scoring freshman in the country with a 17.3 point average through the first nine games. In seven straight games he scored in double figures and, prior to his injury, was in early discussions for freshman of the year honors.

As a sophomore during the 2010-11 season Creek played in 18 games and started 13 before once again suffering a season-ending injury, this time a stress fracture in his knee that required surgery. Remarkably, just days before the Hoosiers reached the official start of practice for the 2011-12 season, Creek suffered yet another injury, this time a torn left Achilles. The injury was his third within 22 months and caused him to sit out the entire season. As a result, Creek decided to redshirt and is now considered part of the 2014 graduating class with Victor Oladipo and Will Sheehey.

In June 2013, he transferred to The George Washington University for his final year of eligibility,[4] where he became the team's leading scorer and hit a buzzer beater to defeat the Maryland Terrapins.[5] That team reached the NCAA tournament, GW's first in a few years.

College statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009–10	Indiana	12	12	25.4	.527	.448	.763	3.8	1.8	1.4	0.4	16.4
2010–11	Indiana	18	13	20.0	.389	.310	.808	2.4	1.2	0.2	0.2	8.3
2012–13	Indiana	24	0	7.8	.288	.323	.800	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.1	1.8
2013–14	George Washington	32	30	29.4	.414	.400	.743	3.4	1.8	1.1	0.2	14.1
Career		86	55	20.8	.422	.382	.758	2.5	1.3	0.7	0.2	9.8

Professional career

Netherlands

In September 2014, Creek signed with Port of Den Helder Kings of the Dutch DBL.[6] In December, Kings went bankrupt and was dissolved. In his games with Den Helder, he averaged 18.2 points a game, enough for second place in scoring in the DBL.

On January 28, 2015, he signed with Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden.[7] His season ended when Leiden was defeated 4–2 in the Semi-finals by Donar Groningen.

Denmark

In January 2016, Creek signed with SISU Copenhagen for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[8]

NBA D-League

On October 31, Creek was acquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League,[9] However, he was waived five days later.[10]

Ukraine

On August 15, 2018, Creek signed a one-year contract with Kyiv-Basket of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.[11]

Israel

On October 24, 2019, Creek signed a one-year deal with Maccabi Hod HaSharon of the Israeli National League, replacing Lee Moore.[12] On November 26, 2019, he parted ways with Hod HaSharon after appearing in two games.[13]

Return to Ukraine

On December 26, 2019, he has signed with Prometey Kamianske of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. [14]

The Basketball Tournament

Maurice Creek played for Sideline Cancer in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament. He scored 19 points and had 8 rebounds in the team's first-round loss to Gael Nation.

References

1. "Maurice Creek Profile". Indiana University Athletic Department. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
2. Bozich, Alex (7 August 2008). "Q & A: Maurice Creek". Inside the Hall. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
3. Grimala, Mike. "Meet the high school stars who plan to resurrect IU hoops". Inside the Hall. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
4. Standig, Ben. "Exclusive: Former IU transfer Creek to GW". Comcast sportsnet. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
5. Giles, Matt. "Back on His Feet and Leading a New Team". New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
6. Wop van Eis (8 September 2014). "Maurice Creek derde Amerikaan voor Den Helder Kings". DenHelderActueel.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
7. "Maurice Creek moves to ZZ Leiden". Sportando.com. January 28, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
8. "SISU Copenhagen signs Maurice Creek, ex Leiden". ProBasketballOverseas.com. January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
9. "Santa Cruz Warriors Announce 2016 Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. October 31, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
10. "Warriors Waive Damontre Harris, Maurice Creek & Rasean Simpson". NBA.com. November 5, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
11. Lupo, N. (15 August 2018). "Maurice Creek signs with Kyiv-Basket". Sportando. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
12. "טי קיי אדוגי חתם בר"ג/גבעתיים, זר חדש להוד"ש". ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
13. "מכבי הוד"ש צירפה את טרבון יוז". LeumitBasket (in Hebrew). November 26, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
14. "Maurice Creek signs with SC Prometey". Sportando. December 26, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

External links

• Eurobasket.com Profile