Steve Lamont "Junior" Robinson jr (born February 15, 1996) is an American basketball player who last played for BBC Monthey-Chablais of the

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(SBL). He played

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for Mount St. Mary's. He was born in Mebane, North Carolina.

College career

Robinson, a 5'5 guard, attended Eastern Alamance High School and scored 2,228 points in his career, 17th in North Carolina high school history. Despite being one of the shortest players in college basketball, he averaged 8.2 points per game as a freshman and was named to the NEC all-rookie team. He scored 12.6 points per game and was named to the Second Team All-

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as a sophomore. As a junior, Robinson averaged 14.1 points per game and led Mount St. Mary's to the NCAA tournament as a 16 seed. He scored 23 points on 9-for-14 shooting in the First Four win against

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. Robinson repeated on the Second Team All-

that year. As a senior, Robinson averaged 22.0 points and 4.8 assists per game and led the Mountaineers to a second-place finish in conference play. He earned five Northeast Conference Player of the Week mentions. After the regular season he was named NEC Player of the year, the second Mount St. Mary's player to be so honored.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Robinson signed with the

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for NBA Summer League. On August 22, 2018, Robinson signed with Sáenz Horeca Araberri of the LEB Oro. In his professional debut on October 6, he scored 47 points against

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, the second-most points in a single game in league history. After missing the beginning of the season with a knee injury, Robinson signed with Grupo Alega Cantabria CBT of the LEB Plata. In the end of 2020 he signed for Kipinä Basket for the rest of the 2020-2021 season. On October 27, Robinson signed with the Greensboro Swarm, but was waived on November 6.

References

External links

Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers bioJunior Robinson, el pequeño gigante que firmó un gran debut (Por Pablo Romero en FEB.es)
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