Quincy Johan Diggs (born December 8, 1990) is an American-Austrian professional

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player for

Oberwart Gunners Oberwart Gunners, for sponsorship reasons known as Unger Steel Gunners Oberwart, is a professional basketball club based in Oberwart, Austria. The team plays in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga and was founded in 1957. The team has won ...

of the

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College career

In the 2011–11 season, the Akron Zips qualified for the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Notre Dame with Diggs scoring 11 points in the matchup. The following season Akron lost in the MAC tournament final to

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when Diggs's missed a desperation last second shot. The Zips participate in the National Invitation Tournament in 2012, however, they lost in the first round to Northwestern despite 18 points from Diggs. Diggs averaged 8.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game as a junior and was MAC Sixth Man of the Year in 2012, but was suspended from the university for the next season, in what was later revealed to be fights with his girlfriend. After a year break Diggs returned to the team, which lost in the semifinals of the MAC championship after overtime against the eventual winner

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. This time Akron participated in the Collegeinsider.com Tournament (CIT), in which they lost 97–91 to IPFW in the first round despite 23 points from Diggs, which brought Diggs's career in college to an end. As a senior, Diggs posted 12.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists and was named Second Team All-Mid-American Conference.

Professional career

Diggs signed with

in 2015 and averaged 20.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He was named MVP of the Austrian league. In the 2016–2017 season, Diggs competed for Eisbaeren Bremerhaven. He averaged 13.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. In June 2017 he signed with the Czech team CEZ Nymburk. Diggs averaged 9.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game with Nymburk. In November 2017, he inked with Boulazac. On July 24, 2018, Diggs moved to Greece for Kolossos Rodou. He was released from the Greek team on April 5, 2019. On April 19, 2019, Diggs signed with

Okapi Aalstar Okapi Aalst is a Belgian professional basketball club from Aalst, Belgium. The club competes in the top tier BNXT League and plays its home games in the Okapi Forum, which has a seating capacity of 2,800 people. Okapi is a long-time participant ...

of the Belgium

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. He later joined

PVSK Panthers PVSK-Panthers, for sponsorship reasons known as PVSK-Veolia or simply Pécs, is a men's basketball club based in Pécs, Hungary. It was the oldest non-Budapest based basketball club playing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the first division of Hun ...

of the Hungarian league and averaged 13.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game. On September 9, 2020, Diggs returned to Oberwart Gunners. He averaged 14 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game. On August 10, 2021, Diggs signed with

Fribourg Olympic Basket Fribourg Olympic Basket, commonly known as Fribourg Olympic, is a Swiss professional basketball club that is based in Fribourg. Due to name sponsorship reasons, the former name of the club was Benetton Fribourg. The club is a seventeen-time Swiss ...

of the

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. On January 2, 2022, Diggs signed with

Kaposvári KK Kaposvári KK, also known as Kometa Kaposvári KK for sponsorship reasons, is a Hungarian professional basketball team based in Kaposvár, Hungary. The team plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highes ...

of the

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. On December 20, 2024, Diggs returned to Oberwart Gunners.

National team career

On October 26, 2023, Diggs received the

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. He gave his debut for

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on Februar 22, 2024.

References

External links

RealGM profileAkron Zips bio
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