Fred House

{{for multi|the Major League Baseball pitcher|Fred House (baseball)|the Australian rower|Fred House (rower)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Fred House

| image = Fred House 2011 Ukrainian Superleague All-Star 2.jpg

| image_size = 225

| caption = House at the 2011 Ukrainian League All-Star Game

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|01|04}}

| birth_place = Killeen, Texas

| nationality = American

| high_school = Ellison (Killeen, Texas)

| college =

Dixie State (1997–1999)
Southern Utah (1999–2001)

| draft_year = 2001

| career_start = 2001

| career_end = 2014

| number =

| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| years1 = 2001–2002

| team1 = North Charleston Lowgators

| years2 = 2002

| team2 = Adirondack Wildcats

| years3 = 2002–2004

| team3 = Partizan

| years4 = 2004–2006

| team4 = Lietuvos rytas

| years5 = 2006–2007

| team5 = TAU Cerámica

| years6 = 2007–2008

| team6 = Pamesa Valencia

| years7 = 2008–2009

| team7 = Lokomotiv Rostov

| years8 = 2009–2011

| team8 = Azovmash

| years9 = 2011

| team9 = BC Dnipro

| years10 = 2012–2013

| team10 = Texas Legends

| years11 = 2013–2014

| team11 = Peja

| highlights =

EuroLeague steals leader (2004)
NBDL Rookie of the Year (2002)
NBDL All-Rookie Team (2002)
NBDL All-Defensive Team (2002)
2× YUBA League champion (2003, 2004)
ULEB Cup champion (2005)
Lithuanian League champion (2006)
Baltic League champion (2006)
Baltic League Finals MVP (2006)
Ukrainian League champion (2010)
Spanish Supercup winner (2006)
2× First-team All-MCC (2000, 2001)

}}

Frederick Deshune House (born January 4, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player.

High school

House attended Ellison High School in his native Killeen, Texas.

College career

House played college basketball at Dixie State College of Utah, before transferring to Southern Utah University (SUU). He played two years with the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, averaging 16.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game.

As a junior, he led SUU in scoring (14.8 ppg) and rebounding (5.9 rpg). As a senior, he started all 31 games and led the team in scoring 15 times, averaging 17.8 points per game.

Professional career

After graduation from college, House spent the 2001–02 season with North Charleston Lowgators of the NBA Development League (NBDL), where he was named the league's Rookie of the Year.{{cite news | url=http://www.nba.com/dleague/nbdl/rookie_020324.html | title=Lowgators' House Named Rookie of the Year | publisher=nba.com | date=March 24, 2002 | accessdate=January 4, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110215752/http://www.nba.com/dleague/nbdl/rookie_020324.html | archive-date=November 10, 2012 | url-status=dead }} He averaged 13.4 ppg and 4.5 rpg in 56 starts in helping lead the club to an NBDL-best 36–20 regular season mark and a berth in the NBDL Finals. Later in 2002, he also played for the Adirondack Wildcats of the United States Basketball League (USBL).

In the 2002–03 season, House began his overseas career, signing for ex-European champions Partizan from Serbia. He scored a EuroLeague career-high 39 points in a game against Cibona on November 27, 2003.{{cite news|title=Partizan - Cibona 93-81|url=http://www.arhiva.serbia.gov.rs/news/2003-11/28/332140.html|accessdate=January 13, 2016|work=serbia.gov.rs|date=November 27, 2003}} He also led the 2003–04 Euroleague in steals with 3.3 per game.

From 2004 and 2006, House played for the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas.

In the 2006–07 season, he reached the EuroLeague Final Four with TAU Cerámica. In the next 2007–08 season, he reached the ULEB Cup Final Eight with Pamesa Valencia.

After two years in Spain, House moved to Russia and played for Lokomotiv Rostov in the 2008–09 season. In November 2009, he signed with the Ukrainian team Azovmash for the 2009–10 season.{{cite news|title=BC Azovmash signs defensive ace Fred House|url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/60868/bc-azovmash-signs-defensive-ace-fred-house|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310190707/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/60868/bc-azovmash-signs-defensive-ace-fred-house|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2016|accessdate=March 10, 2016|work=Eurocupbasketball.com|date=November 9, 2009}} In the next summer, he extended his contract for another one, the 2010–11 season.{{cite news|title=Azovmash re-sign Curry, House and Alexander|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/ukraine/82985/azovmash-re-sign-curry-house-and-alexander.html|accessdate=March 10, 2016|work=Sportando.com|date=July 10, 2010}} House signed with BC Dnipro for the 2011–12 season, but was released after few games due to injury problems.{{cite news|title=Dnipro announce Jerome Moiso, part ways with Fred House|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/ukraine/89567/dnipro-announce-jerome-moiso-part-ways-with-fred-house.html|accessdate=March 10, 2016|work=Sportando.com|date=December 31, 2011}}

In November 2012, he was acquired by the Texas Legends.

In August 2013, House signed with Peja of the Balkan League.{{cite news | url=http://www.balkanleague.net/en/news.php?id=16673 | title=Fred House signed for KB Peja | publisher=balkanleague.net | date=August 19, 2013 | accessdate=August 21, 2013}}

Career statistics

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|Led the league

=EuroLeague=

| style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03

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

| 10 || 9 || 27.5 || .458 || .190 || .675 || 3.1 || 1.6 || 2.3 || .1 || 9.3 || 7.4

| style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04

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

| 13 || 13 || 35.2 || .435 || .206 || .659 || 6.1 || 1.3 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|3.4 || .4 || 15.5 || 13.2

| style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06

| style="text-align:left;"| Lietuvos rytas

| 19 || 19 || 26.3 || .427 || .353 || .754 || 3.2 || 1.4 || 1.9 || .1 || 11.9 || 8.9

| style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07

| style="text-align:left;"| TAU Cerámica

| 20 || 18 || 23.1 || .500 || .177 || .763 || 4.5 || 1.2 || 2.3 || .1 || 6.5 || 7.8

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20111012051438/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=BCG Fred House] at acb.com
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=BSF Fred House] at euroleague.net
[https://web.archive.org/web/20151225011251/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6022143/playerview.html Fred House] at fiba.com

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