Ben Joshua Carter (

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: בן קרטר; born August 22, 1994) is an American-Israeli basketball player who plays for

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of the

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and the

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. He plays the

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position.

Early and personal life

Carter was born in

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, and is Jewish. He said that the fact that he is Israeli "means a lot. I take pride in my Israeli citizenship, my Israeli heritage, even though I haven’t lived there my whole life. I was born there. I still have roots there. I still take pride in my culture. Just to be able to represent my country whenever I can, every time I step out on the court, it’s really an honor." Carter's parents are Mike and Israeli-born Hadar, a former lieutenant in the

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. His father, Mike Carter, played one of his 17 professional seasons for Hapoel Jerusalem (1988–89), and played 13 seasons in Israel in total. Carter also played 13 seasons in Tel Aviv, before the family relocated to

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. His father coached him growing up and playing for the Las Vegas Lakers on the AAU circuit. Carter is tall. He weighs ."Ben-Carter; Israel; Hapoel Eilat"
Eurobasket.com He attended

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('12) in Las Vegas. Carter averaged 12.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game as a junior, and was all-state and all-conference. He averaged 10.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game as a senior, and was third-team all-state and all-conference.

Maccabiah Games

In 2013 Carter and his brother Tim played basketball for Team USA at the

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, winning a gold medal. He was the youngest member on the team, and his father was assistant coach to head coach

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College basketball

Carter played his first two seasons of college basketball for the

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. In his sophomore season in 2013–14 he was an honorable mention Academic All-

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selection. Carter then transferred to and played for

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, where earned his bachelor's degree. He sat out the 2014–15 season at UNLV as a

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. Carter averaged 8.6 points and six rebounds in his first and only year at UNLV. Carter transferred to

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

in the summer of 2016. He was granted a sixth year of eligibility the summer of 2017. Carter spent two years at Michigan State University as a graduate transfer. He sat out the 2016–17 season after suffering his second left knee injury in nine months, and averaged 0.7 points and 1.2 rebounds in 7.7 minutes over 23 games in 2017–18, while struggling with an ankle injury.

Professional basketball

In March 2018 Carter signed with the Hapoel Jerusalem basketball club. As of 2020, he plays for Hapoel Eilat of the

. In 2020-21 he averaged 8.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game, as he shot 55% from the field.

References

External links

Michigan State Spartans bioTwitter page
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