Morris "Mo" Finley (born August 2, 1981) is an American professional

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player who last played for

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of the

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. Standing at , he plays the point guard position. In 2023 he began a small modeling career by appearing in an Instagram post for Milo's Tea Company.

College career

Finley played

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at the

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with the school's

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. He is mostly remembered for hitting the game winning shot against the No. 1 overall seed Kentucky in the Second Round of the 2004 NCAA Tournament.

Pro career

Finley joined the Serbia and Montenegro League team Mornar Bar in 2004. He led the league in scoring during the 2004–05 season, averaging 23.3 points per game. In 2005, he joined the Greek League club

Olympia Larissa Olympia Larissa B.C. (alternate spellings: Olimpia, Larissas, Larisa, Larisas) (Greek: Ολύμπια Λάρισας) was a Greek professional basketball club, based in Larissa, Greece. The club's full name was Olympia Larissa Basketball Club. It ...

for only 3 games. He then joined the Belgian team

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. In 2007, he joined the

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team

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, and was the

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top scorer with 20.3 points per game. In 2008, he moved to

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, where he won the Italian Championship. In 2009, he moved to

Olimpia Milano Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...

. He started the season with Armani Jeans with a stunning performance, scoring 28 points on 10/16 shooting in a 66–73 loss against Milano's rival,

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. He led Olimpia both in Euroleague and in Serie A, until he suffered a

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on January 11, 2010. He missed three months of the season, but returned to help lead Olimpia back to the Finals. During the 2011 season Finley suffered a knee injury requiring surgery. He was sidelined for most of 2012, but returned to finish the season for Fenerbahçe Ülker in Turkey. In January 2013, he signed for Lagun Aro GBC of the Spanish League. After a sabbatical leave, he signed for

of the

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in May 2014.

Career statistics

Euroleague statistics

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, 14 , , 1, , 10.4 , , .396, , .333, , 1.000 , , .6 , , 1.0 , , .9, , .0 , , 4.5 , , 4.5 , - , align="left" , 2009–10 , align="left" ,

Armani Jeans Milano Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...

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Italian League statistics

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, 30 , , 28 , , 30.8 , , .498 , , .423 , , .846 , , 3.3 , , 3.3 , , 2.5 , , .1 , , 20.3 , - , align="left" , 2008–09 , align="left" ,

, 31 , , 3 , , 16.1 , , .468 , , .386 , , .769 , , 1.5 , , 2.0 , , 1.1 , , .0 , , 8.5 , - , align="left" , 2009–10 , align="left" ,

, 13 , , 13 , , 32.1 , , .450 , , .340 , , .884 , , 4.4 , , 4.1 , , 2.0 , , .2 , , 14.0 , - , align="left" , Career , align="left" , , 76 , , 44 , , 24.9 , , .482 , , .399 , , .837 , , 2.7 , , 2.9 , , 1.8 , , .1 , , 14.2

References

External links

Euroleague.net profile

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