Dwayne Evans (basketball)

Dwayne Evans (born January 24, 1992) is an American basketball player who last played for Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. He was an All-conference college basketball player at Saint Louis University (SLU).

Dwayne Evans
Evans at Saint Louis University in 2013
Free agent
PositionPower forward / Small forward
Personal information
Born (1992-01-24) January 24, 1992
Bolingbrook, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight104 kg (229 lb)
Career information
High schoolNeuqua Valley (Naperville, Illinois)
CollegeSaint Louis (2010–2014)
NBA draft2014 / Undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016Gladiators Trier
2016–2017Gießen 46ers
2017–2018MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
2018–2019ratiopharm Ulm
2019–2020Dinamo Sassari
Career highlights and awards

College career

Evans came to SLU to play for coach Rick Majerus from Neuqua Valley High School in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, Illinois and was an immediate impact player for the Billikens, averaging 8.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a freshman and making the Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie team.[1] As a sophomore, Evans made the leap to being a top player in the conference.[2] He then became a first-team All-Atlantic 10 player in both his junior and senior seasons.[3][4] In addition to conference honors, Evans was named a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award.[5] As a senior, he averaged 14.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.

Professional career

Following the close of his college career, Evans was chosen to play in the Reese's college All-Star Game.[6] After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Evans took a year off from basketball, ultimately signing with Gladiators Trier of the German ProA for the 2015–16 season. After averaging 15.7 points and 8.6 rebounds, he moved up a division to the Basketball Bundesliga with the Gießen 46ers.[7] After averaging 11.8 points and 7.1 rebounds, he signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg for the 2017–18 season.[8]

For the 2018–19 season, Evans signed with ratiopharm Ulm of the Bundesliga and EuroCup.[9] He averaged 12.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists for ratiopharm Ulm. Evans signed with Dinamo Sassari in Italy on July 23, 2019.[10] He averaged 14.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Evans left the team on June 14, 2020.[11]

References
  1. Austin Jr., Earl (March 8, 2011). "SLU's Dwayne Evans earns A-10 All Rookie Team Honors". The St. Louis American. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  2. Lee, Chris (March 7, 2012). "SLU's Evans made big gains this season". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  3. Latsch, Nate (November 7, 2013). "Steadily improving Dwayne Evans ready for big senior year at SLU". Fox Sports. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  4. Crone, Thomas (March 3, 2014). "SLU Senior Dwayne Evans Leads the Billikens Down the Home Stretch". St. Louis Magazine. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  5. "SLU's Evans tabbed candidate for Senior CLASS Award". Atlantic 10 Conference. October 30, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  6. "Dwayne Evans to participate in Reese's All-Star game". Saint Louis Billikens. April 1, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  7. "Dwayne Evans wechselt aus Trier zu den Gießen 46ers". Gießen 46ers (in German). April 27, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  8. "Erster Neuzugang! Dwayne Evans unterschreibt für zwei Jahre", MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (in German), p. 6, May 31, 2017
  9. "ratiopharm Ulm gets forward Evans". EuroCup Basketball. June 26, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  10. "Banco di Sardegna Sassari officially signs Dwayne Evans". Sportando. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  11. "Dwayne Evans in advanced talks with Ryukyu Golden Kings Okinawa". Sportando. June 14, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
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