Lucius Cecil Davis[1] (born July 20, 1970)[2] is an American former professional basketball player who played the forward position.[3] He played for the Isuzu GigaCats in Japan, and for Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He was the top scorer in the 2004 Israel Basketball Premier League.
| Personal information | |
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| Born | (1970-07-20) July 20, 1970 (age 52) Fresno County, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Piedmont Hills (San Jose, California) |
| College | UC Santa Barbara (1988–1992) |
| NBA draft | 1992 / Undrafted |
| Position | Forward |
| Career history | |
| 1992 | Apollon Patras |
| 1993–1995 | Deportivo Roca |
| 1995–1996 | Papagou |
| 1996–1997 | Mens Sana Siena |
| 1997–2002 | Isuzu Motors Giga Cats |
| 2002–2004 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| 2004–2005 | Keravnos |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Davis is a San Jose, California, native.[4] He is 6' 7" (201 cm) and weighs 220 lbs (100 kg).[5]
Davis attended and played basketball for Piedmont Hills High School.[6][7] He was named 1988 Mercury News All-County and Player of the Year.[8]
He attended University of California, Santa Barbara, where he played basketball for the Gauchos.[4] In 1988–89, Davis came off the bench as a freshman.[4] As a sophomore, he was the Big West Conference's Sixth Man of the Year.[4] In 1990–91, he was the team's leading scorer at 16.0 points per game, and was All-Big West.[4] In his senior year, 1991–92, he led the Big West with 22.2 points per game, the second-highest total in school history, led the conference with 644 points, led the Big West with 225 field goals, and his 194 free throws which led the conference were at the time the third-most made in a season by a player in the Big West.[3][4][9] He was Big West Player of the Year, First Team All-Big West, All-District, All-Region, and Honorable Mention All-American.[4][10]
The Los Angeles Times reported Davis to be one of the possible second-round picks of the 1992 NBA draft, but he ultimately was not selected by any NBA team.[11] He was selected in the 3rd round (39th overall) of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) draft by the Omaha Racers.[12] In late 1992 he played for Apollon Patras in Greece.[13][14] In 1993 he joined Deportivo Roca of the Liga Nacional de Básquet of Argentina. In his first season with the club he averaged 27.3 points per game.[15] He also stayed with the club for a second season; he scored a total of 2,608 points in 97 appearances in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, for an average of 26.9 per game.[16] He then played with Papagou: he averaged 25.4 points per game in the 1995–96 season.[17]
In 1996 he was noticed by Italian basketball agent and sports writer Federico Buffa and was signed by Italian Lega Basket Serie A club Mens Sana Siena.[18] He played 28 games with the team, averaging 22.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.5 steals per game. From 1997[1] to 2002[19] he played for the Isuzu GigaCats in Japan;[20] in 1998 he ranked third in scoring in the Japanese league at 21.3 points per game,[21] and went on to lead the 2000–01 JBL Super League in scoring at 25.1 points per game.[22]
Davis played forward for Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, averaging 25.0 points per game in 2002–03.[23][24] He was the top scorer in the 2004 Israel Basketball Premier League.[25] In the 2004–05 season he played for Keravnos in Cyprus: he appeared in the 2004–05 FIBA Europe Cup and won the 2005 edition of the Cyprus Basketball Cup.[26]
Davis is a member of the UCSB Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.[4] In 2013, he was honored by the Gauchos as he was named the fifth men's basketball "Legend of the 'Dome".[27][4]
Israeli Premier League Top Scorers | |
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Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year | |
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