Ty Greene

Ty Greene
No. 15 – Delaware 87ers
Position Point guard
League NBA Development League
Personal information
Born (1992-06-06) June 6, 1992
Knoxville, Tennessee
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Bearden (Knoxville, Tennessee)
College USC Upstate (2011–2015)
NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–present Delaware 87ers (D-League)
Career highlights and awards

Ty Greene (born June 6, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for the University of South Carolina Upstate.

High school career

Greene attended Bearden High School where he was named the East Tennessee Player of the Year after leading Bearden to a 35-3 overall record and a spot in the Tennessee Class AAA State Championship Game. As a senior, he averaged 16 points per game and picked up All-District and All-State Tournament honors.[1]

College career

Greene played college basketball for the University of South Carolina Upstate[2] where he was selected as the 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year after finishing the regular season ranked first in the conference in scoring with 23.4 points per game in league games and scoring more than 20 points at least once against every A-Sun opponent.[3]

Professional career

On October 31, 2015, Greene was selected by the Delaware 87ers in the third round of the 2015 NBA Development League Draft.[4]

Personal life

He is the son of David, who played basketball and baseball at Clinch Valley College, and Debbie Greene and has a younger brother. Greene majored in political science.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ty Greene named top player in Atlantic Sun". UpstateSpartans.com. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ty Greene - South Carolina Upstate Spartans". CBS Sports. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ty Greene named top player in Atlantic Sun". Knoxville News Sentinel. March 2, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2015 NBA D-League Draft Board". NBA.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.

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