Cory Higgins
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| Player information | ||
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| birthday | June 14, 1989 | |
| place of birth | Danville , California , United States | |
| size | 196 cm | |
| Weight | 82 kg | |
| position | Combo Guard | |
| college | University of Colorado Boulder | |
| Club information | ||
| society | PBK CSKA Moscow | |
| league | VTB United League | |
| Clubs as active | ||
2011 Erie BayHawks (D-League) 2011–2012 Charlotte Bobcats 2013 Erie BayHawks 2013–2014 Triumph Lyuberzy 2014–2015 Royal Halı Gaziantep Since 2015 PBK CSKA Moscow   
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Cory Higgins (born June 14, 1989 in Danville , California ) is an American basketball player .
Career
Higgins played basketball at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2007 to 2011 . After he was able to achieve 8.3 points per game in his first season, he increased again and scored an average of 17.4 points. The next two seasons went similarly well. When he signed up for the 2011 NBA draft and completed his final year of college, he had scored 15.2 points per game and, among other things, 4.1 rebounds per game.
Despite these achievements, he was not selected in the draft, which is why he moved to the NBA Development League for the Erie BayHawks . For the BayHawks he played a total of five games, in which he was able to score 12.6 points per game.
He was then called to a training camp for the Denver Nuggets . He scored seven points in two games but was sacked by the Nuggets. Two days later, however, he was appointed to the Charlotte Bobcats team, played 38 games this season and scored an average of 3.9 points. On December 9, 2012, he was released from the Charlotte Bobcats. In January 2013 he got a contract with the Erie BayHawks again. In October 2013 he signed a one-year contract with the Russian triumph Lyubertsy . There he was the best scorer of the regular season 2013/14 of the VTB-UL with an average of 21.5 points per game .
Achievements and Awards
- MVP of the month November 2013 in the VTB-UL
Web links
- Cory Higgins - player profile on NBA.com
- Cory Higgins - player profile on basketball-reference.com
- Cory Higgins - College Player Profile on statsheet.com
- Cory Higgins - College Player Profile on basketball.realgm.com (English)
- Cory Higgins - player profile at NBA.com/dleague
Individual evidence
- ^ Duane Rankin: BayHawks select Higgins, Daniels in draft's first round. goerie.com, November 4, 2011, accessed June 29, 2012 .
- ↑ Denver Nuggets waive Higgins and Ruffin. NBA.com/nuggets, December 23, 2011, accessed June 29, 2012 .
- ^ Bobcat's Claim Cory Higgins Off Waivers. (No longer available online.) NBA.com/bobcats, December 25, 2011, archived from the original on January 8, 2012 ; accessed on June 29, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Higgins, Cory |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danville , California |