Chavaughn Lewis (born February 1, 1993) is an American professional
basketball
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player who last played for
Ironi Kiryat Ata of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...
. He played high school basketball at
St. Mary's High School in
Manhasset, New York
Manhasset is an affluent Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United States. It is co ...
, reaching the
Class A state finals as a senior in 2011. He then played
college basketball
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with the
Marist Red Foxes
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; in four seasons with the team he obtained three All-MAAC selections and was included in the
NABC All-District Second Team in his senior season. His 2,119 career points at Marist make him the top scorer in program history. After going undrafted in the
2015 NBA draft
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, Lewis played in the
NBA Summer League
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for the
Philadelphia 76ers
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before starting his professional career in
Lithuania
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with
Juventus Utena.
High school career
Lewis was born in the
New York City borough
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of
Queens
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to Edgar and Pansy Lewis, and attended
St. Mary's High School in
Manhasset, New York
Manhasset is an affluent Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United States. It is co ...
.
Lewis' father Edgar died on March 28, 2009.
Chavaughn Lewis established himself as one of the best players in the
Long Island
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area, and in his senior year he averaged 24 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks per game.
His team amassed a 28–0 record on the way to the Class A state finals in the
2011 season, where they lost to
Long Island Lutheran, 51–78. St. Mary's ended the season with a 29–1 record, and Lewis was selected to the
NYSSWA All-State First Team.
Lewis received offers from several
NCAA Division I
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programs, including
Long Island
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,
Marist,
Loyola (Maryland) and
Siena
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: he opted to play at Marist.
College career
During his freshman season, Lewis earned
MAAC All-Rookie Team honors, averaging 14.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game, shooting 32.9% on three-pointers. He had 460 points for the season, a record for a Marist freshman. Lewis posted a season-high 25 points against
Iona
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on March 3, 2012.
In his sophomore year, Lewis started all 31 games of the season, and posted averages of 16.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2 steals per game: he was twice named MAAC Player of the Week (February 25 and December 17), led the team in scoring and minutes, led the conference in steals per game, and scored a career-high 30 points against
VMI on February 23, 2013; in the same game he also posted his career high in rebounds with 16.
At the end of the season he was named in the All-MAAC Third Team.
Before the start of his junior season, Lewis was named in the preseason All-MAAC Second Team. He was named team captain and played 31 games (29 starts) and averaged 17.5 points, 5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game: on November 10 he scored his 1,000th career point in a game against
Elon; on February 16 he scored a season-high 28 points against
Monmouth
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, and on March 6 he reached the 1,500 points milestone in the game against
Niagara.
He led the team in minutes, scoring, assists and steals, and led the conference in steals;
he was included in the All-MAAC Second Team.
Lewis was again a preseason All-MAAC Second Team selection before the start of his senior year at Marist, which was his second as team captain. During the season, Lewis had 18 games with 20 or more points, and two 30-point games: he scored a career high 35 on February 2, 2015, in a game against
Canisius.
He ended the season with 29 appearances (all starts) and led his team in scoring (20.6 points per game), assists (2.7) and steals (2.3); he reached 2,119 career points, the best mark in Marist history, passing Steve Smith's 2,077.
He was named in the All-MAAC Second Team and in the
NABC All-District Second Team.
Professional career
2015-20
After the end of his collegiate career, Lewis was invited to participate in the 2015
Portsmouth Invitational Tournament as part of the Mike Duman Auto Sales team. After pre-draft workouts with the
Toronto Raptors
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and the
Philadelphia 76ers
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, Lewis was undrafted in the
2015 NBA draft
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; he was included in the 76ers roster for the
2015 NBA Summer League
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in
Salt Lake City
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,
Utah
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, during which he played 3 games averaging 1 point and 1 rebound in 6.2 minutes of average playing time.
He then started his professional career in
Lithuania
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with
Juventus Utena, playing in the
Lietuvos krepšinio lyga
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(LKL), the top tier of Lithuanian basketball: he played 36 regular season games, averaging 10.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists, and 11 playoff games, with averages of 13.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. He also appeared in 14
FIBA Europe Cup games, posting averages of 11.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.2 steals per game.
In the summer of 2016 he was part of the
Detroit Pistons
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roster for the
2016 NBA Summer League in
Orlando, Florida
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: Lewis played 4 games and averaged 4.3 points, 1 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 12.7 minutes per game.
He then signed for
Czarni Słupsk
Czarni Słupsk, more commonly known as Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk because of sponsorship reasons, is a Polish basketball team, based in Słupsk, playing in Polish Basketball League (PLK). The home arena of the club was Hala Gryfia.
History
In July ...
, a team of the
Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK), the top Polish basketball league: he played 28 games, averaging 14.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game. He also had 10 appearances in the
league playoffs, increasing his averages to 15.9 points. 4.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. In the 2017 offseason he signed a contract with
Start Lublin
Start Lublin, officially Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin for sponsporship reasons, is a Polish basketball club based in Lublin. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) since 2014. Its home arena is the Globus, which has places f ...
, another PLK team, and over 33 games he averaged career-highs in points (20.1) and rebounds (5.5) in 33 minutes of average playing time.
His performance in
Poland
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attracted the attention of
Kalev/Cramo, a team that played in the
VTB United League
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and the
Latvian–Estonian Basketball League (LEBL). Lewis joined the team for the 2018–19 season and played 20 games in the
2018–19 LEBL with 11.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game; in the
2018–19 VTB United League he averaged 16.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists and a league-leading 2.1 steals per game.
He also played 5 LEBL playoff games, and 3 VTB playoff games with Kalev/Cramo.
On July 8, 2019, Lewis signed with
Nizhny Novgorod
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and played in the first part of the season, participating in 5 games during the
2019–20 Basketball Champions League (2 in the qualifying round, 3 in the regular season) and in 6 games of the
2019–20 VTB United League; he then left the team in late November and signed with
BC Enisey, another VTB United League team.
He appeared in 7 league games with Enisey and took part in the
2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup, playing 2 games. On October 1, 2020, Lewis signed a contract with Kalev/Cramo, returning to the club.
2021-present
On August 9, 2021, he signed with
Hapoel Galil Elyon of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...
. In 2021-22 he averaged 11.6 points, 3.3 assists, and 1.2 steals per game.
In the summer of 2022, Lewis signed with
Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
References
External links
Career stats at ProBallers.comVTB United League stats at VTB-League.com
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1993 births
Living people
21st-century African-American sportsmen
21st-century American sportsmen
American expatriate basketball people in Estonia
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in Russia
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Queens, New York
BC Enisey players
BC Juventus players
BC Kalev/Cramo players
BC Nizhny Novgorod players
Czarni Słupsk players
Hapoel Galil Elyon players
Ironi Kiryat Ata players
Marist Red Foxes men's basketball players
Shooting guards
Small forwards
Start Lublin players