Jerome Beasley

Jerome Beasley
	Moreno Valley; (Moreno Valley, California)
College	Midland (1999–2001); North Dakota (2001–2003);
EiffelTowers Den Bosch
2010–2011	Dnipro
2011–2012	APOEL
Career highlights and awards
	Dutch Cup champion (2009); CBA champion (2005); NBA D-League champion (2007); 2× NCC Player of the Year (2002, 2003); 2× First-team All-NCC (2002, 2003);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Jerome Beasley (born May 17, 1980) is an American former professional

power forward

positions.

High school career

Beasley graduated from

Moreno Valley High School in California in 1999. In his senior year, he led Moreno Valley to a 25–6 record and averaged 19 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 assists per game.^[1]

College career

From 1999 to 2001, Beasley played at Midland College, a junior college in Texas, then transferred to the University of North Dakota.^[1] As a senior Beasley averaged 26.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, while shooting 51.3% from the field, and with a 73.6% free throw accuracy.

Professional career

Drafted by the

NBA's Miami Heat in the second round of the 2003 NBA draft, he played only two games for them before being cut. These two games with Miami ended up being Beasley's only time in the NBA, as his final game ever was also his 2nd game on November 16, 2003. That day, Miami would lose to the Los Angeles Lakers

77 - 99, with Beasley recording 1 rebound and only 2 and half minutes of playing time. In his 2 NBA games, Beasley had career totals of 2 points, 1 rebound, and 5 minutes of playing time.

He also played for the

NBA D-League's Dakota Wizards for nine games before buying out his own contract.^[2]

Beasley played for the

Dutch Basketball Cup

with them.

In the 2010/2011 season he signed with BC Dnipro from the top division in Ukraine. In June 2011 he moved to APOEL in Cyprus for the 2011/2012 season and then quit his professional career.

Legal problems

In 2010, Beasley was arrested for falling behind on child support payments.^[5]

American National Team

Beasley took part in the preliminary matches of the 2006 FIBA World Championship, playing ten games for Team USA.

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Jerome Beasley". North Dakota Fighting Sioux. Archived from the original on November 6, 2002.
^ Jerome Beasley leaves Wizards, retrieved 9 Jan, 2007
^ "Satellite News and latest stories | The Jerusalem Post". fr.jpost.com. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
^ "eiffeltowers Resources and Information". www.eiffeltowers.nl. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
^ Former UND hoops star arrested for child support. USA Today. November 11, 2010. Retrieved on July 10, 2012.

External links

Jerome Beasley at acb.com
Jerome Beasley at ESPN.com
Jerome Beasley at sportsstats.com
"North Dakota Fighting Sioux profile". Archived from the original on December 10, 2006. Retrieved March 6, 2011.

[UND_bio-1] "Jerome Beasley". North Dakota Fighting Sioux. Archived from the original on November 6, 2002.

[2] Jerome Beasley leaves Wizards, retrieved 9 Jan, 2007

[3] "Satellite News and latest stories | The Jerusalem Post". fr.jpost.com. Retrieved 2024-03-09.

[4] "eiffeltowers Resources and Information". www.eiffeltowers.nl. Retrieved 2024-03-09.

[5] Former UND hoops star arrested for child support. USA Today. November 11, 2010. Retrieved on July 10, 2012.

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