Lucius Cecil Davis (born July 20, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who played the forward position. He played for the Isuzu GigaCats in Japan, and for Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the

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. He was the top scorer in the 2004 Israel Basketball Premier League.

Personal life

Davis is a

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, native. During his basketball playing career, he was listed at a height of tall, and a weight .

Basketball career

College career

Davis attended and played basketball for Piedmont Hills High School. He was named the 1988 ''

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'' All-County and Player of the Year. After high school, Davis attended the

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, where he played

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for the Gauchos. In 1988–89, Davis came off the bench as a freshman. As a sophomore, he was the

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's Sixth Man of the Year. In 1990–91, he was the team's leading scorer at 16.0 points per game, and was All-Big West. In his senior year, 1991–92, he led the Big West with 22.2 points per game, the second-highest total in school history, led the conference with 644 points, led the Big West with 225 field goals, and his 194 free throws which led the conference were at the time the third-most made in a season by a player in the Big West. He was Big West Player of the Year, First Team All-Big West, All-District, All-Region, and Honorable Mention All-American.

Professional career

The ''

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'' reported Davis to be one of the possible second-round picks of the

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, but he ultimately was not selected by any

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team in the draft. He was selected in the 3rd round (39th overall) of the

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(CBA) draft by the

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. In late 1992, he played for

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's top-tier level Basket League. In 1993, he joined Deportivo Roca of the

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. In his first season with the club, he averaged 27.3 points per game. He also stayed with the club for a second season; he scored a total of 2,608 points, in 97 appearances, in the

, for an average of 26.9 points per game. He then played with the Greek club

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, and with them he averaged 25.4 points per game in the 1995–96 season. In 1996, Davis was noticed by Italian basketball agent and sports writer Federico Buffa, and he was then signed by the Italian

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club Mens Sana Siena. He played in 28 games with the team, averaging 22.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.5 steals per game. From 1997 to 2002, he played for the Isuzu GigaCats in Japan; in 1998, he ranked third in scoring in the Japanese league, at 21.3 points per game, and he went on to lead the 2000–01 JBL Super League season in scoring, at 25.1 points per game. Davis played at the

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position for Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the

, where he averaged 25.0 points per game, in the 2002–03 season. He was the Israeli Premier League Top Scorer in the 2003–04 season. In the 2004–05 season, he played in

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for the Cypriot League club Keravnos: he competed in the 2004–05 FIBA Europe Cup and won the 2005 edition of the

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Honors

Davis is a member of the UCSB Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2013, he was honored by the Gauchos, as he was named the fifth men's basketball "Legend of the 'Dome".

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Lucius 1970 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Argentina American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Japan American men's basketball players Apollon Patras B.C. players Basketball players from San Jose, California Keravnos B.C. players Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball players Mens Sana Basket players Papagou B.C. players UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball players 20th-century American sportsmen