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Alessandro Lever

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Alessandro Lever
Lever with Reggiana in September 2016
No. 4 – Reyer Venezia
PositionCenter
LeagueLBA
Personal information
Born (1998-12-04) December 4, 1998 (age 25)
Bolzano, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight104 kg (229 lb)
Career information
CollegeGrand Canyon (2017–2021)
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2017Reggiana
2021–2023Pallacanestro Trieste
2023–2024Napoli Basket
2024–presentReyer Venezia
Career highlights and awards
  • Italian Cup winner (2024)
  • 2× First-team All-WAC (2018, 2021)
  • Second-team All-WAC (2020)
  • WAC Freshman of the Year (2018)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Italy
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Turkey Team

Alessandro Lever (born 4 December 1998) is an Italian basketball player for Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

Youth career

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On September 10, 2014, Lever signed with Italian side Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia, he played three games for the team in the 2015–16 season.[1] He played a EuroCup game for the team in the 2015–16 season.[2] In the 2016–17 season, he played a single game for the team where he scored three points and had a rebound.[3][4][5]

College career

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Lever began playing college basketball for Grand Canyon in Phoenix in 2017. In his freshman season, he averaged 12.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. In his sophomore year, he averaged 12.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.[6] In his junior season he averaged 16 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists per came.[7] In a match against Illinois State, Lever scored 23 points as Grand Canyon won, 68–63.[8] Lever was named to the Second Team All-Western Athletic Conference. During his senior year, he helped lead Grand Canyon to their first NCAA tournament in program history.[9]

Professional career

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After the college years, Lever returned to Italy signing with Pallacanestro Trieste.[10]

On July 3, 2023, he signed with Napoli Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[11]

On June 22, 2024, he signed with Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[12]

National team career

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Lever represented Italy in the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Latvia where he averaged 5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game.[13] He also participated in the 2016 FIBA U18 European Championship where he averaged 13.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game.[14] He also participated in the 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship where he averaged 13.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 0.6 assists.[15]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Grand Canyon 34 27 21.3 .453 .321 .766 4.4 1.2 .4 .4 12.2
2018–19 Grand Canyon 34 33 25.5 .447 .354 .748 4.3 1.4 .4 .1 12.5
2019–20 Grand Canyon 30 30 33.5 .535 .383 .789 6.0 2.2 .5 .2 15.7
2020–21 Grand Canyon 24 24 28.5 .509 .378 .634 5.4 1.7 .3 .2 13.3
Career 122 114 26.9 .485 .359 .741 4.9 1.6 .4 .2 13.4

References

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  1. ^ "Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Rosters".
  2. ^ "Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Rosters".
  3. ^ "ALESSANDRO LEVER". proballers.com.
  4. ^ "2016-2017 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Roster". RealGM.com.
  5. ^ "Alessandro Lever". RealGM.com.
  6. ^ "Alessandro Lever". Foxsports.com.
  7. ^ "Alessandro Lever". SportsReference.
  8. ^ "Alessandro Lever carries GCU basketball past Illinois State". azcentral.com.
  9. ^ "2020 WAC Men's Basketball Postseason Honors Announced" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  10. ^ "Alessandro Lever a Trieste per la firma" (in Italian). pallacanestrotrieste.it. 1 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Alessandro Lever È Un Nuovo Giocatore Della Gevi Napoli Basket". napolibasket.it (in Italian). July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  12. ^ "L'umana Reyer Firma L'accordo Con Alessandro Lever". reyer.it (in Italian). June 22, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  13. ^ "Alessandro Lever".
  14. ^ "Alessandro LEVER".
  15. ^ "Alessandro LEVER". Fiba.basketball.
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