Darnell Hinson

Darnell Hinson
Player information
Full name	Darnell Hinson Gaines
Nickname	Twin Air
birthday	May 28, 1980
place of birth	Muskogee (OK), USA
size	185 cm
position	Point guard
college	Northeastern State
Club information
society	Brujos de Guayama
league	Baloncesto Superior Nacional
Jersey number	6th
Clubs as active
2000–2004 NSU Redmen ( NCAA Div II) 2004–2005 USC Freiburg 2005–2006 Landstede Zwolle 2006–2007 Hanzevast Capitals 2007–2008 West Sydney Razorbacks 2008 Vaqueros de Bayamón 2008–2009 Perth Wildcats 2009 Limoges CSP Élite 2010 Gallitos de Isabela 2010– 2011 Polonia Warsaw 2011 B-Meg Llamados 2011 Gallitos de Isabela 2011–2012 Czarni Słupsk 2012–2013 Oberwart Gunners 2013 Brujos de Guayama 2013 Titanes DN 2013–2014 Krasny Oktjabr Volgograd 2014 Brujos de Guayama 2014 BC Zepter Vienna Since 2015 Brujos de Guayama 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 0

Darnell Hinson (born May 28, 1980 in Muskogee , Oklahoma ) is an American basketball player with a Puerto Rican passport. After studying in his home country, Hinson first played as a professional in Europe and Australia before taking the summer break to play in his second home, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines . In Europe he has been active in the German 2nd basketball league , the Netherlands , France , Poland and Russia as well as two clubs in the Austrian Bundesliga .

Career

Hinson studied at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah , the headquarters of the Cherokee Nation . The Indian university also has a campus in Hinson's hometown. The Redmen basketball team , renamed RiverHawks since 2006 , played in the Lone Star Conference of NCAA Division II during Hinson's time . In 2002 they won the championship of this conference and in 2003 they won the nationwide finals after beating the Kentucky Panthers Wesleyan College , which had reached the finals for the sixth year in a row. The Panthers were later withdrawn from the final because of the use of unauthorized players. Hinson was named " Most Valuable Player " of the final tournament.

In 2004, Hinson began a professional career and signed a contract with the former first division club USC from Freiburg im Breisgau in the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga Group South and achieved a midfield placement with the club in the 2004/05 season . He then played two seasons in the Dutch FEB for Landstede from Zwolle and then for the Hanzevast Capitals from Groningen . In both seasons he was invited to the league's All-Star Game .

For the 2007/08 season, Hinson went to Australia in the National Basketball League , where he played for the Razorbacks in Sydney . During the break of the NBL, he then played in Puerto Rico for the Vaqueros from Bayamón , before returning to Australia and playing for the Wildcats from Perth , who were eliminated in the play-off quarter-finals in mid-February. For the rest of the European season to Hinson joined the former European champions CSP Élite from Limoges in the French second division LNB Pro B on. In the play-offs of the second division they beat Paris-Levallois Basket , who already had the promotion as the main round first, but lost the final for the second promotion place against Union Poitiers Basket 86 .

In the summer of 2010, Hinson played again in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) in Puerto Rico, this time for the Gallitos from Isabela . Then he came back to Europe and played in the Polish PLK for Polonia from the capital Warsaw . Polonia only reached tenth place in the 2011 championship and had to withdraw from the top division for economic reasons after the season. Hinson meanwhile gave a guest appearance in the Philippines and played again for the Gallitos from Isabela in the summer of 2011. He then returned to Poland and joined the former championship third Energa Czarni from Słupsk . This placement was held even after the main round, but then fell back in the championship round to be eliminated in the play-offs in the quarter-finals. In the following season 2012/13 Hinson joined the Oberwart Gunners in the Austrian basketball league at the end of the year .

Web links

• Player details: Darnell Hinson - player profile on the website of the "Admiral Basketball Bundesliga"
• Hinson Gaines, Darnell - player profile on the websites of BSN Puerto Rico ( Spanish )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kentucky Wesleyan Forfeits to Honor. New York Times , August 7, 2003, accessed February 1, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Associated Press : Redmen go 9-for-14 from 3-point range in second half. ESPN , March 29, 2003, accessed February 1, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Darnell Hinson (USC Freiburg). (No longer available online.) Statistik.basketball-bundesliga.de, archived from the original on August 28, 2016 ; accessed on February 1, 2013 (player profile on the statistics pages of the basketball leagues). 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.  
4. ↑ Dutch Basketball: Eredivisie: Season 2005-2006. Eurobasket.com, accessed February 1, 2013 (2005/06 season overview). 
5. ↑ Dutch Basketball: Eredivisie: Season 2006-2007. Eurobasket.com, accessed February 1, 2013 (overview of the 2006/07 season). 
6. ^ Player statistics for Darnell Hinson. SportingPulse.au, accessed on February 1, 2013 (English, NBL player statistics). 
7. ↑ Darnell Hinson - Limoges - Joueurs - Pro B. (No longer available online.) Ligue Nationale de Basket , archived from the original on January 7, 2016 ; accessed on February 1, 2013 (French, player statistics). 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.  
8. ↑ Koszykówka - Archiwum - Sezon 2011/2012 - Zawodnicy: Darnell Hinson. Polska Liga Koszykówki , accessed February 1, 2013 (Polish, player profile). 
9. ↑ Get started with a new trio of legionnaires! Oberwart Gunners , December 12, 2012, accessed on February 1, 2013 (media info).