Draft:Sam Finley (basketball)

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Sam Finley

Finley with the Limerick Sports Eagles in 2023
No. 5 – Limerick Sports Eagles
Position	Point Guard
League	Basketball Ireland
Personal information
Born	October 26, 1994 (age 29) Riverside, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86.1 kg)
Career information
High school	Centennial (Corona, California)
College	UCR (2013–2014) Howard College (2014–2015) Ole Miss (2015–2016) ACU (2017–2018)
Playing career	2013–present
Professional Career History
2023-present	Limerick Sports Eagles
Career highlights and awards
Big West 6th Man of the Year (2013) NJCAA Region 5 First team All-Conference and All-Region (2015)

Sam Ahmeel Finley (Born October 26, 1994^[1]) is an American professional basketball player for the Limerick Sports Eagles of Basketball Ireland. He is a point guard and played collegiately at the University of California, Riverside and the University of Mississippi. He transferred from Howard College.

High School career

Finley played at

Finley began his collegiate career at University of California, Riverside. During his freshman season he averaged 12.5 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per game. He was named the Big West's 6th Man of the Year by College Hoops Daily. He also led the Highlanders in scoring in Big West Conference games (15.2 ppg).^[3]

After his freshman season at University of California, Riverside he transferred to Howard College, where he averaged 17.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game. Finley originally committed to play at California State University, Fullerton during November of his sophomore season. He later de-committed and chose to explore his recruiting. He committed to play for the University of Mississippi on March 9, 2015.^[5]

Finley would go on to play his junior season at the University of Mississippi. He played a total of 17 games and averaged 5.1 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game.^[6] He scored a season-high 16 points on November 13, 2015 against the Northwestern State Demons.

Finley would miss the 16-17 season and would return to college basketball during the 17-18 season to finish his senior year with the Arizona Christian University Firestorm. As a senior he would average 15.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.^[1]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA Draft, Finley took a break from basketball.

Limerick Sports Eagles (2023-present)

On December 30, 2023, Finley signed with Basketball Ireland National League team Limerick Sports Eagles.^[7][8]

Career statistics

College

Personal life

While attending Howard College, Finley earned an Associate degree.

Finley is the child of Sam Finley Jr & Carla Luke-Byers. He has 10 siblings.^[9]

References