Manu Lecomte

Emmanuel Lecomte (born 16 August 1995) is a Belgian basketball player for Élan Béarnais of the French LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for Baylor Bears and the Belgian national team.[1]

Manu Lecomte
Lecomte with Miami in 2014
Élan Béarnais
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
LeagueLNB Pro A
Personal information
Born (1995-08-16) 16 August 1995
Brussels, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College
NBA draft2018 / Undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2019Agua Caliente Clippers
2019–2020UCAM Murcia
2020Gran Canaria
2020–2021Skyliners Frankfurt
2021–presentÉlan Béarnais
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-Big 12 (2018)
  • Third-team All-Big 12 (2017)
  • Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (2017)

He played two years at Miami before transferring to Baylor. He scored 7.7 points and dished out 2.3 assists per game while shooting 42.5 percent from the field as a sophomore. However, he saw his minutes fall playing alongside Ángel Rodríguez.[2] As a senior at Baylor, Lecomte averaged 16.2 points per game and was named to the Second-team All-Big 12. He went undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft but signed with the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League.[3]

He joined the Agua Caliente Clippers of the NBA G League for the 2018–19 season after being selected 20th overall in the G League draft.[4]

On 28 March 2019 he has signed with Liga ACB team UCAM Murcia. [5] Lecomte joined in Gran Canaria in February 2020, averaging 5.4 points and 1.0 assist per game. On October 13, he signed with Fraport Skyliners of the Basketball Bundesliga.[6]

On January 27, 2021, he has signed with Élan Béarnais of the French LNB Pro A.[7]

Playing for Belgium, Lecomte participated at the EuroBasket 2017.[8]

College statistics
SEASON AVERAGES
SEASON TEAM MIN FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
2017-18 BAY 34.1 4.9-12.2 .402 2.8-7.2 .381 3.7-4.1 .890 2.2 3.7 0.0 0.7 1.8 2.2 16.2
2016-17 BAY 30.1 3.9-9.2 .426 2.2-5.3 .408 2.2-2.7 .830 1.8 3.8 0.1 0.8 1.9 2.0 12.2
2014-15 MIA 22.4 2.4-5.6 .430 1.4-3.0 .456 1.7-1.9 .877 1.4 1.8 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.1 7.9
2013-14 MIA 28.0 2.6-6.1 .425 0.8-2.1 .397 1.7-2.2 .778 2.1 2.3 0.0 0.6 1.9 1.8 7.7


References
  1. FIBA profile
  2. Porter, Matt (April 8, 2015). "Deandre Burnett, Manu Lecomte transferring from Miami Hurricanes". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  3. "Manu Lecomte joins Mavericks Summer League Team". KWTX. July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  4. Winderman, Jake (October 22, 2018). "10 Notable Players Selected In The 2018 NBA G League Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  5. "El UCAM Murcia incorpora a Manu Lecomte" (in Spanish). Official website. March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  6. Schmdt-Scheuber, Miles (October 13, 2020). "Emmanuel Lecomte To Run The Point For The Fraport Skyliners". Eurobasket. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  7. "Pau Orthez ink Emmanuel Lecomte". Sportando. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  8. EuroBasket 2017 profile
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