Kyle James Barone (born September 12, 1989) is an American basketball player who played for the

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of the B2 League. He was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior in

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after leading the WAC in scoring (18.2) and rebounding (10.9) in conference games. Barone became the first player from the

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to be named the men's basketball player of the year in the WAC. In Barone's four-year career between 2009–10 and 2012–13 he appeared in a school record 125 games. He graduated with 1,414 points—the fourth highest total in school history—as well as 864 rebounds, which ranks second. Heading into his

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season he was suspended indefinitely by head coach

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for violating team rules but was re-instated before the first regular season game. For his career, Barone averaged 11.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.0 blocks and 0.4 steals. He plays the

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position.

Professional career

On October 24, 2013, Barone signed with PGE Turów Zgorzelec in Poland. After 5 games, Barone left PGE Turów, after averaging 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. In November 2015, Barone signed with Kingman Kaoliang Liquor in Taiwan's

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. While with Link Tochigi Brex, Barone averaged 10.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. In April 2019, Barone signed with the Columbian Dyip of the

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as the team's import for the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup.

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External links

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