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Maurice Sutton Jr. (born July 31, 1989)[1] is an American professional basketball player for Mahram Tehran BC of the Iranian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball for Villanova University and then carved out a career in Latin America.
| Mahram Tehran BC | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / center |
| League | Iranian Basketball Super League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 31, 1989 Largo, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Largo (Largo, Maryland) |
| College | Villanova (2009–2013) |
| NBA draft | 2013: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2015 | Tulsa 66ers / Oklahoma City Blue |
| 2015 | Titanes del Distrito Nacional |
| 2015 | Enriquillo |
| 2015 | Śląsk Wrocław |
| 2016 | Metros de Santiago |
| 2016 | Pueblo Nuevo |
| 2016 | Cocodrilos de Caracas |
| 2016 | Titanes del Distrito Nacional |
| 2016 | Enriquillo |
| 2017 | Cocodrilos de Caracas |
| 2017 | Jose Horacio Rodriguez |
| 2017 | Enriquillo |
| 2017–2018 | Aguacateros de Michoacán |
| 2018 | Rafael Barias |
| 2018 | Gregorio Urbano Gilbert |
| 2018 | Leones de Santo Domingo |
| 2018–2019 | Aguacateros de Michoacán |
| 2019 | Abejas de León |
| 2019 | Dosa |
| 2020–present | Mahram Tehran BC |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Sutton attended Largo High School in Largo, Maryland. As a senior, he averaged 18 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocks per game in 2007–08.[2]
Sutton attended Villanova University in 2008–09, but did not play and chose to redshirt the season as to maintain his four seasons of eligibility.[3]
In his freshman season at Villanova University, Sutton played sparingly for the Wildcats. In 26 games, he averaged 1.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 10.3 minutes per game.[4]
In his sophomore season, his production increased slightly but he still had a similar bench role to his freshman season. In 27 games, he averaged 2.4 points 2.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 10.6 minutes per game.[4]
In his junior season, he became a regular rotation player over the final six weeks of the season. In 25 games (7 starts), he averaged 3.6 points and 3.1 rebounds in 13.7 minutes per game.[2][4]
In his senior season, he finished his career with 100 blocks, which ranks 11th all-time at Villanova. In 31 games (10 starts), he averaged 3.2 points and 2.7 rebounds in 9.5 minutes per game.[2][4]
Between 2013 and 2015, Sutton played in the NBA Development League for the Tulsa 66ers[5] and then the renamed Oklahoma City Blue.[6] In 91 regular season games over two D-League season, Sutton averaged 7.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.[7] He also had three NBA Summer League stints with the Washington Wizards (2013), Oklahoma City Thunder (2014), and the D-League Select Team (2015).
Since 2015, Sutton has played mostly in Latin America—apart from a stint in Poland with Śląsk Wrocław to start the 2015–16 season[8][9]—splitting his time in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Mexico. He spent the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons in the Mexican LNBP with Aguacateros de Michoacán,[10] and then started the 2019–20 season with Abejas de León, but was released on October 14, 2019.[11] In November 2019, he played for Dosa in the XXVI Torneo de Baloncesto Superior.[12]
On March 6, 2020, Sutton signed with Iranian team Mahram Tehran BC.[13]
Sutton is the son of Maurice Sr. and Gwen Sutton, and has two older siblings, Terry Barnes and Candace Sutton-Pearson. His cousin is former NBA player, Chris Gatling.[2]
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