Marcus Faison

{{Short description|Belgian-American former professional basketball player (born 1978)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Marcus Faison

| image = MarcusFaison.JPG

| caption = Faison in 2009

| position = Shooting guard / small forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 198

| league =

| team =

| number =

| nationality = American / Belgian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|2|18}}

| birth_place = Fayetteville, North Carolina

| high_school = Irvin (El Paso, Texas)

| college = Siena (1996–2000)

| draft_year = 2000

| career_start = 2000

| career_end = 2015

| years1 = 2000–2002

| team1 = Go-Pass Pepinster

| years2 = 2002

| team2 = Adirondack Wildcats

| years3 = 2002–2006

| team3 = Spirou Charleroi

| years4 = 2006

| team4 = RheinEnergie Köln

| years5 = 2006–2007

| team5 = Unicaja Málaga

| years6 = 2007–2008

| team6 = Kyiv

| years7 = 2008

| team7 = Beşiktaş Cola Turka

| years8 = 2009

| team8 = ViveMenorca

| years9 = 2009–2010

| team9 = Peristeri

| years10 = 2010

| team10 = Dnipro

| years11 = 2010–2011

| team11 = Oostende

| years12 = 2011–2012

| team12 = Verviers-Pepinster

| years13 = 2012

| team13 = Kryvbasbasket

| years14 = 2012

| team14 = Petron Blaze Boosters

| years15 = 2012

| team15 = Armia Tbilisi

| years16 = 2013

| team16 = Esteghlal Zarin Qeshm

| years17 = 2013

| team17 = KTP-Basket

| years18 = 2014–2015

| team18 = Sint-Niklase Condors

| awards =

2× Belgian League MVP (2003, 2005)
2× Belgian League champion (2003, 2004)
Belgian Cup winner (2003)

}}

Marcus Vondell Faison (born February 18, 1978) is a Belgian-American former professional basketball player. He played Division I basketball for Siena College prior to his professional career.http://sienasaints.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012706aab.html {{Dead link|date=March 2022}} Was a prep standout at Irvin High School in El Paso, Texas.

College career

Faison played for Siena College in Loudonville, New York from 1996 to 2000. As a four-year starter, he was the leading scorer on teams that reached three consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) championship games from 1997–2000. He appeared in one NCAA tournament game in 1999, scoring 18 points in a loss to the #4 seeded Arkansas Razorbacks.http://archives.timesunion.com/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5977634{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} As a senior, he led Siena to a 24–9 record and an appearance in the National Invitation Tournament. He graduated in 2000 as Siena's third leading scorer in school history. He was named to the All-MAAC First Team three times and to the conference's 25th anniversary team in January 2006.

Pro career

Faison joined Beşiktaş Cola Turka for the 2008–09 season.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bjk.com.tr/tr/haberler.php?h_no=12969 |title=Faison for Beşiktaş (Turkish). |access-date=2008-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808065447/http://www.bjk.com.tr/tr/haberler.php?h_no=12969 |archive-date=2008-08-08 |url-status=dead }} In January 2009, he left Beşiktaş because of economic problems and later signed with Peristeri in Greece.[https://web.archive.org/web/20250120150126/https://www.peristerigs.gr/index.asp?langid=gr&intID=11&menu_id=11&g_id=2&int_id=931 Στο Περιστέρι ο Μάρκους Φαϊζόν]

References

External links

[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=mal&pcode=BMJ Euroleague.net Profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20131213035509/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=BCZ ACB.com Profile]

Category:1978 births

Category:Living people

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Belgium

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Finland

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Georgia (country)

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Greece

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Iran

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Spain

Category:American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Turkey

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine