ETB Essen | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
Personal information | |
Born | August 16, 1990 |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Virginia) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2014 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2014–present |
Career history | |
2014 | Den Helder Kings |
2015 | ZZ Leiden |
2016 | SISU Copenhagen |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Maurice Creek (born August 16, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for SISU Copenhagen of the Danish Basketligaen. He played four seasons collegiate for the Indiana Hoosiers and one season for the George Washington Colonials.
Creek graduated from Hargrave Military Academy, where he averaged 18.4 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks per game, leading his team to a 27-2 record. As a junior, he played first at Oxon Hill High School in Maryland where he averaged 22.3 points per game, and then transferred to South Kent Prep School where he averaged 21.5 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. He was named a First-Team Prep School All-American and played in the Reebok All-American game and the Derby Festival. Scout.com ranked Creek as the #9 shooting guard in the 2009 class and #45 in the class overall, while Rivals.com ranked him the 59th best prospect in class overall and the #16 shooting guard in the class. ESPN ranked him as the #15 shooting guard in his class and #61 in the class overall. In the summer he played AAU basketball for Triple Threat.
Creek chose to play collegiate basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers and major in sport communication broadcast, turning down offers from Marquette, Maryland, Pittsburgh and Texas. Upon committing to Indiana he said among his goals was to "try to get to the national championship to show everybody that Indiana is alive and is always going to be alive for the rest of the time we live."