Christopher George McNaughton (born October 11, 1982) is a German-American (with an American father and German mother, respectively) professional

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player who last played for

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of the

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(BBL). He competed with the

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at the

2010 FIBA World Championship The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the List of men's national basketball teams, men's national teams. The tournament ran from 28 August to 12 Septem ...

College career

McNaughton played

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college basketball at

Bucknell University Bucknell University is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal-arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts a ...

. McNaughton was a four-year starter at center for the Bison and averaged over 12 points and five rebounds per game for his career. McNaughton was a three-time All-

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selection and was named the Patriot League Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the year three times. While with the Bison, McNaughton helped lead the team to two consecutive first round victories (Bucknell's only two NCAA Tournament victories to date) in the

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and

2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2005–06 basketball seaso ...

. McNaughton was the hero of the 2005 upset victory over #3 seeded

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when he banked in a hook shot with ten seconds left for the 64-63 victory.

Professional career

Despite his successful college career, McNaughton received little interest from professional teams in his native

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. Instead, McNaughton spent three years for three teams in the third tier of Spanish basketball. Finally, he was picked up by

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side

BG Göttingen Basketballgemeinschaft Göttingen () is a German basketball club based in Göttingen, Germany. In 2010, the club won the EuroChallenge against Krasnye Krylya Samara from Russia. The team plays in Germany's second division, the ProA. History Once ...

for the 2009–10 season. With the team, he was a surprise star, averaging 7.4 points per game while helping the team to a third place regular season finish in the Bundesliga. McNaughton scored a game high 22 points while coming off the bench in BG Göttingen's victory in the final of the EuroChallenge 2009–10. Following his successful 2009-10 campaign, McNaughton was signed to a two-year deal by fellow Bundesliga side

EWE Baskets Oldenburg Baskets Oldenburg, for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG ...

, but was released at the end of the 2010-11 season. He played the 2011-12 season with the Bremerhaven Eisbaren where he averaged 12 points and 5 rebounds and was selected to the National All Star Team. He then spent the next two seasons in Wurzburg, where he was named team captain for the second season. In June 2014, he signed a two-year deal with

International career

McNaughton first played with the

as a junior for the Under-20 national team.Player Bio
at bucknellbison.com McNaughton was named to the German senior national team for the first time right before the

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following his strong 2009-10 season.

References

External links

Bucknell Bison profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:McNaughton, Christopher 1982 births Living people BG Göttingen players Bucknell Bison men's basketball players CB L'Hospitalet players CB Prat players Centers (basketball) Eisbären Bremerhaven players EWE Baskets Oldenburg players German expatriate basketball people in Spain German expatriate basketball people in the United States German men's basketball players Riesen Ludwigsburg players Palencia Baloncesto players Würzburg Baskets players 2010 FIBA World Championship players Sportspeople from Nuremberg 21st-century German sportsmen