Dexter Boney

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

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| name = Dexter Boney

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| position = Guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 185

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| number = 10

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|04|27}}

| birth_place = Wilmington, Delaware

| nationality = American

| high_school = Brandywine (Wilmington, Delaware)

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| draft_year = 1993

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| years1 = 1994–1995

| team1 = Mexico Aztecas

| years2 = 1996–1997

| team2 = Florida Beach Dogs

| years3 = {{nbay|1996|end}}

| team3 = Phoenix Suns

| years4 = 1997

| team4 = Florida Beach Dogs

| years5 = 1998

| team5 = Dinamo Sassari

| years6 = 1999

| team6 = Las Vegas Silver Bandits

| years7 = 2000

| team7 = Idaho Stampede

| years8 = 2000

| team8 = Elitzur Ashkelon

| years9 = 2000

| team9 = Alaska Aces

| years10 = 2001

| team10 = Toros de Aragua

| years11 = 2001–2002

| team11 = Besançon BCD

| years12 = 2002

| team12 = Fargo-Moorhead Beez

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Dexter Lyndell Boney (born April 27, 1970) is an American former college and professional basketball player.

Biography

He was born on April 27, 1970.

Boney played for Brandywine High School, where he was named all-state three times{{cite magazine |title=The 50 Greatest Delaware Sports Figures |magazine=Sports Illustrated |publisher=SI.com |date=2003-07-09 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/delaware/greatest/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031003074302/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/delaware/greatest/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 3, 2003}} and holds the boys scoring record in Delaware with over 2,000 points.{{cite web |title=Brandywine High School – History & Tradition |url=http://brandywineschools.org/16172085183223167 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He played collegiately at Hagerstown Junior College of the NJCAA where he averaged 31.6 points as sophomore, and then for two years at University of Nevada, Las Vegas of the NCAA Division I. He later played eight games with the NBA's Phoenix Suns in February of the 1996–97 NBA season.

Boney won the Continental Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award after ranking fourth in scoring (21.7 points per game) and third in steals (2.1 per game) for the Florida Beachdogs during the CBA's 1996–97 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0193082.html|title=CBA Annual Awards|work=infoplease.com|accessdate=18 October 2015}}{{cite web |title=Dexter Boney minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-boneydex001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 2, 2025}} He last played with the CBA's Fargo-Moorhead Beez in 2002.

He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.{{cite web | url=http://www.desports.org/inductees/2019/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226010947/http://www.desports.org/inductees/2019/ | archive-date=2024-02-26 | title=Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in Wilmington, Delaware - 2019 Inductees }}

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