Christopher Evans (born January 29, 1991) is an American professional

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player who last played for Fos Provence Basket of the Pro B. Standing at , he plays the

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position. After playing five years of

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at Coastal Carolina,

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and Kent State, Evans entered the

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, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

High school career

Evans played high school basketball at Petersburg in

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. Was rated the 17th best junior college player in the country at the start of the season by Rivals.com. At Petersburg High School he was named Second Team All-State and was rated the 73rd-best shooting guard in the country. In the 2008–2009 he averaged 15.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game and helped lead his team to a 30–1 record and a berth in the Group AAA state semifinals.

College career

As a freshman at Coastal Carolina, the Region 24 Player of the Year also took home All-Tournament honors at the NJCAA National Tournament where he averaged 21.7 points over three games. As a sophomore, he averaged 19.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game while leading

to a 29–7 record and a regional title in the 2010–2011 season. On 2011 Evans was transferred to Kent State after playing the previous two seasons for Wabash Valley Community College where he earned first-team NJCAA Division I All-American honors.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

, Evans joined Aries Trikala of the

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. With Trikala, he was the second best scorer and the fourth best rebounder of the league. During his rookie season with Trikala, he averaged 16.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. The following year, he joined

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. On December he left the team and on January he joined

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until the end of the season. On July 21, 2015, Evans signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv of the

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. On December 7, 2015, he was waived by the team. On January 14, 2016, he joined Ironi Nahariya but he left the team after only two months. During the 2016–17 season, Evans returned to the

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and joined Canton Charge. He was waived from the team on March 9, 2017, due to a season ending injury. On April 6, 2017, Evans joined Gimnasia de Comodoro of the

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. On September 8, he returned to Europe and signed with

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of the

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and the Champions League. On August 2, 2018, Evans signed a one-year deal with Herbalife Gran Canaria of the

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and the

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. On January 10, 2019, Evans signed a 6 months deal with Turkish side

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. On August 2, 2019, he has signed with

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of the French Pro A. On August 10, 2020, he signed with Virtus Roma of the Italian

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(LBA). After Virtus Roma's withdrawal from the

due to financial problems, Evans, like all the Roma players, was made

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. On October 4, 2021, he has signed with Shahrdari Gorgan of the Iranian Super League. On August 4, 2022, he has signed with Rapid București of the Liga Națională. On September 14, 2023, he signed with Fos Provence Basket of the Pro B. On November 24, 2023, Fos Provence Basket and Evans have decided by mutual agreement to end their collaboration.

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