Andre McCarter

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Andre McCarter

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|08|25}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| high_school = Overbrook
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

| college = UCLA (1973–1976)

| draft_year = 1976

| draft_round = 6

| draft_pick = 89

| draft_team = Kansas City Kings

| career_start = 1976

| career_end = 1983

| career_number = 20, 33

| career_position = Point guard

| coach_start = 1979

| coach_end = 1980

| years1 = {{nbay|1976|start}}–{{nbay|1977|start}}

| team1 = Kansas City Kings

| years2 = 1978–1979

| team2 = Rochester Zeniths

| years3 = 1979

| team3 = Maine Lumberjacks

| years4 = 1980

| team4 = Utica Olympics

| years5 = 1980–1982

| team5 = Atlantic City Hi-Rollers

| years6 = {{nbay|1980|full=y}}

| team6 = Washington Bullets

| years7 = 1982–1983

| team7 = Pantterit

| cyears1 = 1979–1980

| cteam1 = Maine Lumberjacks

| highlights =

}}

Andre McCarter (born August 25, 1953) is an American retired professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins.

College career

A 6'3" guard born in Philadelphia, McCarter attended the University of California, Los Angeles, and played for the Bruins under head coach John Wooden.

Professional career

McCarter played three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Kansas City Kings and Washington Bullets.

NBA.{{Cite news |date=March 27, 1972 |title=Collegiate Record Winning Streak In Serious Jeopardy Now |page=16 |work=The News-Palladium |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69333377/ |access-date=February 4, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}

McCarter played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Rochester Zeniths, Maine Lumberjacks, Utica Olympics and Atlantic City Hi-Rollers from 1978 to 1982.{{cite web |title=Andre McCarter minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-mccarand001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 20, 2025}} During his first season with the Zeniths in 1978–79, he was selected as the CBA Most Valuable Player, CBA Newcomer of the Year, and CBA All-Star Game MVP and was selected to the All-CBA First Team. He won a CBA championship with the Zeniths in 1979.{{cite web |title=1978-79 Rochester Zeniths Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAROZ/y-1978 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 9, 2025}} McCarter was selected to the All-CBA Second Team in 1980. He served as head coach of the Lumberjacks during the 1979–80 season and accumulated a 2–2 record.{{cite web |title=Andre McCarter minor league basketball coaching records |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/c-mccarand001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 20, 2025}}

Career statistics

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

=NBA=

Source{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mccaran01.html|title=Andre McCarter NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=5 May 2025}}

==Regular season==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!MPG

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1976}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Kansas City

| 59 || 12.3 || .463 || || .711 || .9 || 1.7 || .4 || .0 || 4.6

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1977}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Kansas City

| 1 || 9.0 || .000 || || – || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1980}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Washington

| 43 || 10.4 || .378 || .250 || .750 || .9 || 1.7 || .3 || .0 || 2.8

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 103 || 11.5 || .431 || .250 || .725 || .9 || 1.7 || .4 || .0 || 3.8

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References

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