Tre Bussey (born November 13, 1991) is an American former professional

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player. He played college basketball for

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where he was named a third-team All-

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honoree.

High school career

Bussey attended

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where he was team captain his final two seasons. As a junior in 2008–09, he averaged 19.6 points, 6.2 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game. As a senior in 2009–10, he averaged 26.0 points, 4.2 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game as he earned All-State honors from All-Metro Sports and was named to the Region 5-AAAA squad.Tre Bussey – 2013–14 Men's Basketball
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College career

As a freshman at Georgia Southern in 2010–11, Bussey played in 30 games with 10 starts as he averaged 6.8 points per game on the year with 205 total points. He reached double-figure scoring in seven games with a season-high 21 points against College of Charleston on December 4, 2010. As a sophomore in 2011–12, Bussey played in 30 games with one start as he averaged 5.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. He scored in double-figures on seven occasions including the SoCon Tournament win over Chattanooga on March 2, 2012, with 10 points. As a junior in 2012–13, Bussey played all 33 games with 27 starts as he averaged 8.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game. He reached double-figure scoring in 17 games and posted a season-best 17 points twice against Georgia State and UAB. As a senior in 2013–14, Bussey played in 34 games with 33 starts as he averaged 16.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 steals per game, and earned third-team All-

honors.

Professional career

Bussey went undrafted in the

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, but on November 1, 2014, he was selected by the

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with the seventh overall pick in the 2014 NBA Development League Draft. On November 21, in just his third game for the Stampede, he scored a season-high 18 points against the

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. On September 11, 2015, Bussey signed with

Bashkimi Prizren Klubi i Basketbollit Bashkimi, also known as K.B. Bashkimi or simply Bashkimi , is a professional basketball team based in Prizren, Kosovo. Bashkimi is the oldest basketball team in Kosovo and competes in the top professional men's basketball lea ...

of the ETC Superliga. On September 26, 2016, Bussey signed a one-year contract with

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side APOEL. He spent the 2017–18 season with

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of the

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, averaging 5.2 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. On August 7, 2018, Bussey signed with

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of the Polish league. On July 4, 2020, he signed with

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of the

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(PLK). After four games in which he averaged 3.3 points, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steal per game, Bussey left the team on October 13. On October 16, 2020, he signed with

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of the PLK. In December 2020, Bussey joined

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of the

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References

External links

NBA D-League profileGeorgia Southern bioRealGM.com profile
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