Michael Carey (basketball player)
Michael Carey (born 18 August 1993) is a Bahamian professional basketball player who last played for Lausanne foxes of the SBL. He Also played in Mexico’s top tier league for the Hurricanes de Tampico, France second division Pro B for Etoile de Charleville-Mézières, and most recently with Força Lleida of Leb oro in Spain’s second division.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 August 1993 Nassau, Bahamas |
| Nationality | Bahamian |
| Listed height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lamar Consolidated (Rosenberg, Texas) |
| College | San Jacinto (2013–2015)
|
| NBA draft | 2017 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2017–present |
| Position | Shooting Guard |
| Career history | |
| 2017 | Soles |
| 2017–2018 | Charleville-Mézières |
| 2018–2019 | Huracanes |
| 2019 | Los Prados |
| 2019 | Força Lleida |
| Career highlights and awards | |
High school career
Carey attended Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg, Texas, clinching the 2012 District Championship. He was rated a top 100 recruit nationally all the way up until his junior season of high school due to violations of amateurism status due to TAPPS, a private school league based in the state of Texas. He was also rated at one point the number 1 player in the city of Houston his freshman year by houstonpreps.com and rated as a top 100 player by ESPN and rivals all the way up to his sophomore year in high school, but due to TAPPS ruling him ineligible due to suspicion of him being a professional athlete. Michael Carey was forced to sit out his junior year of high school in sports and he had to forfeit all rankings. Carey then became a standout guard his senior year once again at Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg, TX, which is located within the Houston metropolitan area. As a senior, he led the Mustangs to a 27-9 overall record and a 13-1 mark in league play while clinching the 2012 District Championship and garnering Second-Team All-District honors.
College career
Originally being signed to Texas Tech University. Carey was deemed ineligible by the NCAA due to many financial and academically red flags. After spending a year in Spain at the Canarias Basketball Academy, he led San Jacinto College to its first NJCAA Division I appearance in ten years. Carey notched 16 double-digit scoring games, eclipsing the 20-point plateau four times... His 2014-15 campaign was highlighted by a career-high 23-point outburst, which came on 10-of-14 shooting, during the Ravens' 129-72 victory over Lone Star College-Kingwood on 11 November.
2015- 2016 junior season
Started in 25 of the 34 games played… Second-leading scorer on the team at 12.6 points per game (15th among all-Northeast Conference players)… Pulled down a team-leading 9.1 caroms a contest (2nd in the NEC; 1st among all guards)… Dished out 1.5 assists a game in 29.1 minutes… Shot 50.3 percent from the field (7th in the NEC) while converting on 81.0 percent from the free throw line (8th in the conference)… Ranked among the top-15 in blocked shots (0.79 per game) while ranking fourth in the circuit in both offensive rebounds (3.21 a/g; 109 total) and defensive rebounds (5.94 a/g; 202 total)… Of the 34 games played, scored in double-figures in 26 of those contests while hitting the 20-point mark on four occasions, which includes a career-high 28 against the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds in the 2016 NEC Semifinals (3/5)… Finished the season with 15 double-doubles, the most by a Seahawk since Durell Vinson tallied 14 double-doubles during the 2007-08 campaign… Grabbed at least five rebounds in 32 of 34 games on the season while recording double-digit caroms in 17 contests, which includes a career-best 17 rebounds in the final game of the regular season at home against Robert Morris (2/27)… Two-time NEC Player of the Week (2/1 & 2/29)… Two-time Metropolitan Basketball Writers’ Association (MBWA) Men’s Division I Honorable Mention choice (Week of 25–31 January and 22–28 February)… Named 2015-16 All-Northeast Conference Second Team selection… Named to the 2016 NEC All-Tournament Team… Garnered National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I District 18 Second Team honors…Member of the Bahamas National Team that competed in the 2016 Centrobasket Championships in Panama City, Panama, where he averaged 8.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg, and 3.0 apg in five games for the Bahamas, which took home a fourth-place finish.
2016-2017 senior season
The lone Seahawk to start in all 30 games during the 2016-17 campaign… Averaged 13.8 points per game (10th in the NEC), which was second on the team, while averaging a team-best 9.1 rebounds per contest (1st among all NEC players) in 34.1 minutes a contest (6th in the NEC)… Named to the 2016-17 All-NEC First Team… Dished out nearly 2.0 assists a game and shot 47.3 percent from the field (13th in the NEC) while going 77.4 percent from the free throw line (9th in the NEC)… Scored in double-figures 21 times on the season while recording 14 double-doubles… Netted 20+ points eight times while eclipsing the 30-point plateau in the 2017 NEC quarterfinals against Fairleigh Dickinson (3/1/17), when he recorded a career-high 32 points on 11-of-15 shooting, 3-of-4 from three-point range, and 7-of-7 from the free-throw line… Followed up that performance with his 27th career double-double, as he finished with 29 points and ten rebounds in the NEC semifinals against Saint Francis U (3/4/17)… Since 1997-98, he was just the sixth Seahawk to record 10 or more double-doubles and only the fourth player in the program to record more than 20 for a career, finishing one behind Durell Vinson (’08), who had 28… Had 14 games in which he recorded double-digit rebounds, highlighted by a career-best 22 at home against Fairleigh Dickinson (1/5/17)… … Garnered All-NEC Tournament honors for the second straight season after averaging 30.5 points per game, 10.0 rebounds per game in 39.0 minutes… Shot 62.2 percent from the field and 63.6 percent from three-point range in the postseason…Named NEC Player of the Week (1/9/17)… Selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I District 18 First Team…Invited to play in the Fourth Annual Gotham Hoops Invitational… Tabbed to the Metropolitan Basketball Writers’ Association (MBWA) All-MET Third Team
Professional career
After playing at Wagner, Carey started his pro career in 2017 with the Dominican club Soles de Santo Domingo Este.[1] As a member of the Soles, Carey played in 14 games, averaging 12.7 points per game and 5.5 rebounds 3.4 assists. On October same year, he signed for the French club Étoile Charleville-Mézières.[2] Carey played in 34 games, averaging 9.2 points per game and 4.3 rebounds 2.5 assists per game. On September 2018, he signed for the Mexican club Huracanes de Tampico.[3] Played in 11 games, averaging 15.1 points per game and 3.6 rebounds with 2.8 assists per game. He played in the summer at Los Prados in TBS League in Dominican Republic, but left the team in June. In two TBS games he averaged 13 points per game and 2 rebounds 4 assists per game.
On August 2019, he signed for the Spanish club Força Lleida.[4]
National team
Carey played for The Bahamas Basketball national team since 2009. Member of the Bahamas team on the 2009 U16 fiba Americas (20.9ppg,10.5rpg,3.5apg) , 2016 Centrobasket (8.2ppg,4.4rpg,3.5apg), 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games (11.3ppg,2.5rpg,2apg) and 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (11.5ppg,4.3rpg,2.5apg) along with the Men’s fiba America’s pre qualifiers (20.8ppg,6.8rpg,3apg)
References
- "Former Men's Basketball Standout, Michael Carey Inks Professional Contract". Wagner. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- "Former Men's Basketball Standout Michael Carey Inks Deal With Professional Team In France". Wagner. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- "Carey heads to Mexico". The Nassau Guardian. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- "L'ICG Força Lleida incorpora a Michael Carey" [ICG Força Lleida lands Michael Carey] (in Catalan). Força Lleida CE. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.