Kevin Pangos

Kevin Pangos

Pangos taking a jump shot for Gonzaga.
No. 3 – Herbalife Gran Canaria
Position Point guard
League Liga ACB
Eurocup
Personal information
Born (1993-01-26) January 26, 1993
Holland Landing, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Denison (Newmarket, Ontario)
College Gonzaga (2011–2015)
NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–present Herbalife Gran Canaria
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Canada
FIBA Americas U16 Championship
2009 Mendoza National team
FIBA World U17 Championship
2010 Hamburg National team
FIBA Americas U18 Championship
2012 São Sebastião do Paraíso National team

Kevin Joseph Pangos (born January 26, 1993) is a Canadian professional basketball player who plays for Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB. He recently completed his college career for the Gonzaga Bulldogs of the West Coast Conference. He was named the 2015 WCC player of the year,[1] as well as a third-team All-American by Sporting News.[2] Pangos has also represented Canada at the international stage.

Early life

Like many young Canadians, Pangos played youth hockey. He had family connections to the game—an uncle played in the NHL, and a cousin was drafted by the Washington Capitals—but he did not like the sport as much as basketball.[3] In any event, he had much deeper family links to that sport. His father Bill played basketball for the University of Toronto[4] and finished his 26th season as the head women's basketball coach at York University in Toronto in 2013,[5] his mother Patty played Canadian Interuniversity Sport basketball at McMaster University,[5] and his sister Kayla played under their father at York.[3]

Growing up, Pangos' biggest inspiration was Steve Nash, a Canadian who developed into one of the NBA's top point guards and a two-time MVP. At training camps throughout his youth, Pangos paid special attention to stories about Nash; he recalled in a 2013 interview, "Someone would say, 'Steve Nash would make 500 shots a day.' I figured I had to make 500 shots a day."[5]

Although he played for various national and provincial youth squads, he frequently trained alone or with his father, as he found relatively little high-level competition in Ontario.[3]

High school career

Pangos played for Dr. John M. Denison Secondary School in Newmarket, Ontario. In his senior season, he led Denison to the OFSAA Triple-A title game where he scored a game-high 26 points in a 69-64 loss to Anderson CVI.[6]

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Kevin Pangos
PG		 Newmarket, ON Dr. John M. Denison (ON) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Nov 11, 2010 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

International career

Pangos played for the 2009 Canadian Cadet Men's National team that won bronze at the U-16 FIBA Americas Championship where he averaged 18.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.8 assists/game and 3.2 steals/game.[7]

Pangos also represented Canada at the 2010 U-17 FIBA World Championships where he averaged 15.8 ppg, 5 rpg, and 1.3 steals per game en route to a bronze-medal victory over Lithuania.[7]

In 2011, Pangos travelled with Canada's U-19 men's basketball team to Latvia for the FIBA U-19 World Championships. He finished second on the team in scoring averaging 13.5 ppg and led the team in assists with 3.1.[8] Pangos finished fourth among the tournament steals per game leaders at averaging 2.1.[9]

College career

Pangos received offers from several NCAA Division I schools including Michigan, Temple, UNLV, Portland, and Cincinnati.[10] Notably, he and Trey Burke were both offered scholarships to Michigan, but only on a first-come, first-served basis; Burke accepted first.[5] Pangos opted for Gonzaga after receiving favorable reviews from Kelly Olynyk and his family; the Pangos and Olynyk families are longtime friends in the closely knit Canadian basketball community.[5]

In his second NCAA game against Washington State he scored 33 points and tied a school record with nine three pointers made in an 89-81 victory. This game kicked off a stellar 2011-12 freshman season at Gonzaga, as Pangos led the team in many statistical categories including points, assists, steals, minutes played, 3-pointers made, and free throw percentage. He helped Gonzaga to a 13-3 record in the West Coast Conference, good enough for second place, and a 26-7 overall record.

In the WCC semi-finals Pangos led Gonzaga by BYU in a 77-58 victory, scoring a game-high 30 points on 10-17 shooting.[11] Pangos did not perform well in the 2012 West Coast Conference finals in a 78-74 overtime loss to Saint Mary's. Pangos shot just 3-18 from the field and 1-10 from three-point range.[12]

Gonzaga entered the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament as a #7 seed. In his first NCAA tournament appearance, Pangos scored 13 points on 5-7 shooting and added 5 assists in a lop-sided 77-54 victory over West Virginia; however, Gonzaga would lose to #2-seeded Ohio State in the third round of the tournament 73-66. Pangos would score just 10 points on 3-13 shooting.[13]

On January 29, 2015 against Portland, Pangos broke Blake Stepp's three points record of 288 with a wide open 3 with approximately 15 minutes left in the first half.[14] As of March 11, 2015, Pangos currently has a school-record of 313 3 pointers, which is good enough for fifth place all-time in West Coast Conference men's basketball.[15]

Professional career

On July 24, 2015, Pangos signed a two-year deal with Herbalife Gran Canaria.[16]

Awards and Achievements

References

  1. 1 2 3 "WCC Announces 2015 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Sporting News' 2014-15 college basketball All-Americans". Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Medcalf, Myron (July 9, 2012). "From Canada to college basketball". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Gonzaga banks on a pair of Canucks for March Madness". Globe and Mail. March 13, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Anderson, Kelli (March 18, 2013). "Canada's Got Talent". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "OFSAA 3A Championship Day Recap and Standouts". Crown Magazine. March 11, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  7. 1 2 Kevin Pangos at Gonzaga Men's Basketball retrieved from http://www.gozags.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26400&ATCLID=205237233
  8. ↑ Kevin Pangos at 2011 FIBA U-19 World Championships Latvia retrieved from http://latvia2011.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/11/fu19m/player/p/eid/5194/pid/75922/rid//sid/5194/tid/257/profile.html on June 8, 2012
  9. ↑ Player Leaders from 2011 FIBA U-19 World Championships Latvia retrieved from: http://latvia2011.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/11/fu19m/statistics/p/eid/5194/lid//rid//rpp//sid/5194/sp/ALL/ss/STE/srid/ALL/top-players.html On June 8, 2012
  10. ↑ Kevin Pangos. Yahoo! Rivals. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Kevin-Pangos-116049. Retrieved on June 8, 2012
  11. ↑ ESPN Box Score http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=320632250 retrieved on June 8, 2012
  12. ↑ ESPN Box Score, March 25, 2012. http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=320652608 retrieved on June 8, 2012
  13. ↑ ESPN Box Score http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=320770194 retrieved on June 8, 2012
  14. ↑ "Kevin Pangos sets Gonzaga's 3-point record in rout of Portland". espn.go.com. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  15. ↑ "2014-15 WCC Basketball Notes" (PDF). Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Herbalife Gran Canaria adds the point guard Kevin Pangos". cbgrancanaria.net. July 24, 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 "WCC Announces 2012 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  18. ↑ "WCC Announces 2013 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  19. ↑ "WCC Announces 2014 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". Retrieved March 3, 2014.


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