Kurt Looby (born February 14, 1984) is an Antiguan professional

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player. He played collegiately for the

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team and professionally in the

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, Europe and Puerto Rico.

Collegiate career

During his time at High School in

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, Looby played soccer. He began playing basketball while attending

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. He played at Tyler for two seasons before receiving a scholarship at

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. After redshirting his first season at Iowa, the Caribbean

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played for coach Steve Alford with the Hawkeyes from 2006–2008.Profile
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Professional career

Looby began his professional career in the NBA Development League with the

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. On January 16, 2009 Looby moved into the starting lineup for Rio Grande Valley. The final 29 games of the season, Looby averaged 8.6 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 3.3 blocks per game. He reached double figures in scoring 13 times and double-digits in rebounds 17 times, while recording ten double-doubles and one triple-double. He was traded midway through his second season with the Vipers to the

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, with whom he played 26 games. While playing for the

, Looby average 31 minutes per game, 9 rebounds, 3.27 blocks per game and a second career triple-double of 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 blocks-shots against

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. Following those 26 games, he was traded to the

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for

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. At the time, he was second in the Development League in blocked shots per game, averaging 3.1. With the Red Claws, he averaged 4 blocks a game over 13 games. Through his first two seasons, Looby played in 100 games and averaged 6 points per game, 8 rebounds and 2.9 blocked shots. He complete 22 games with a 9.4 points avg., 10.5 rebounding avg., for third in rebounding, 2.8 blocks avg. and (166) block-shots, a D-League record. After playing the NBA Development League for 2009-2010. Kurt signed with Mets de Guaynabo of

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, where he played 8 games and 27.4 minutes a game. Looby also playing in

in 2009 where he played 22 games with an average 30 minutes a game, 10.5 rebounds, third in rebounding and 2.8 Blocks per game, leading block-shots record for the BSN league. In September 2010, Looby signed a contract with

Peristeri B.C. Peristeri B.C. (Greek language, Greek: Περιστερίου K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball club that was founded on October 22, 1971. The club is located in Peristeri, Greece, which is a suburban municipality in west Athens. It is a ...

in Athens, Greece. Kurt Looby ended his 2010-2011 season in Greece with a 28 games played and 23 min. avg. per game. FGM-A 54%, 6.5 points avg., 7.0 rebounds avg., and 1.1 block shot avg. This set Looby as 8th in rebounding and 4th in block shots in the Greece league for the season. Kurt Looby has signed with

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team of the (BBL) in Germany for the 2011–12 basketball season. In the 2012–13 season he played for

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. In December 2014, he signed with Panelefsiniakos.Kurt Looby signs with Panelefsiniakos
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Personal

Looby was born and raised in St. John's,

.His wife Lynisha Samuel-Looby, daughter Kalea Looby and son Katryel Looby. His late mother Olivet Looby. He was an African American World Studies major at Iowa.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com profile
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