Ty Sabin
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Ty Sabin
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| position = Guard
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1994|10|15}}
| birth_place = New Berlin, Wisconsin
| nationality = American
| height_cm = 190
| weight_kg = 86
| number = 12
| high_school = Catholic Memorial
(Waukesha, Wisconsin)
| college = Ripon (2013–2017)
| draft_year = 2017
| career_start = 2017
| career_end =
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| years1 = 2017–2018
| team1 = Hørsholm 79ers
| years2 = 2018–2019
| team2 = Básquet Coruña
| years3 = 2019–2020
| team3 = Wetterbygden Stars
| years4 = 2020–2021
| team4 = KR
| years5 = 2021–2022
| team5 = Cestistica Città di San Severo
| years6 = 2023
| team6 = Sella Cento
| years7 = 2023–2024
| team7 = Luiss Roma
| years8 = 2024–present
| team8 = CS Vâlcea 1924
| highlights = *SBL leading scorer (2020)
- Serie A2 leading scorer (2021)
| medaltemplates =
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Tyler Francis Sabin{{Cite web|title=Sabin, Tyler Francis|url=https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/jugador/792362/2325850|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Federación Española de Baloncesto}} (born October 15, 1994) is an American professional basketball player. He plays for CS Vâlcea 1924 of Romania.
College career
Sabin played college basketball for the Ripon Red Hawks of Ripon College. He left the school as its leader in career points (2,559), career scoring average (26.1 ppg), career 3-pointers made (283), single-season scoring average (30.7 ppg), single-season points (798) and was tied for fifth in school history for career 3-point percentage (.465) when he left.{{cite news |title=Draft Workout |url=https://www.nba.com/bucks/draft/draft-workout-170615 |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=Milwaukee Bucks |publisher=NBA.com |date=15 June 2017}} He was recognized with 2016-17 NABC All-America First Team{{Cite web|title=NABC Division III All-America Teams|url=https://www.nabc.com/awards/all_america/division_III/2010s|access-date=2021-08-12|website=National Association of Basketball Coaches}} and D3hoops.com men's All-America First Team honors.{{Cite web|title=2017 D3hoops.com men's All-America team|url=https://d3hoops.com/awards/all-americans/men/2017|access-date=2021-08-12|website=D3hoops.com}}
Club career
Following his college career, Sabin had a pre-draft workout with the Milwaukee Bucks but ultimately went undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft.{{cite news |title=Badgers, Golden Eagles shut out in draft |url=https://eu.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2017/06/23/badgers-golden-eagles-shut-out-draft/422525001/ |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=23 June 2017}} He later signed with the Hørsholm 79ers of the Danish Basketligaen{{cite news |author1=Carl Ljungquist |title=Poängstarke Ty Sabin klar för Stars |url=https://www.jp.se/artikel/poangstarke-ty-sabin-klar-for-stars |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=Jönköpings-Posten |date=26 June 2019 |language=Swedish}} where he went on to average 16.9 points in 25 games.{{Cite web|title=Ty Sabin|url=http://oldbasketligaen.mbt.lt/da/top/player/?player_id=5452783&season_id=98165|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Basketligaen}} The following season he played for Básquet Coruña in the Spanish LEB Oro. He saw action in 34 league games for Coruña, averaging 9.1 points per contest.
In June 2019, Sabin signed with Wetterbygden Stars of the Swedish Basketball League. During the 2019–20 season, he led the SBL in scoring (22.2 points per game){{Cite web|title=Statistik: Ledare Poäng|url=https://www.basket.se/Resultat/Serieoversikt?id=18514&season_id=108263|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Svenska Basketligan Herr}} and helped the Stars to a 5th-place finish.{{cite news |author1=Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson |title=Íslandsmeistararnir fá tvo erlenda leikmenn - Annar stigahæstur í Svíþjóð á síðustu leiktíð |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20202014119d/is-lands-meistararnir-fa-tvo-er-lenda-leik-menn-annar-stiga-haestur-i-svi-thjod-a-sidustu-leik-tid |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=Vísir.is |date=18 September 2020 |language=Icelandic}}
Sabin signed with KR of the Úrvalsdeild karla in September 2020. In his debut, he scored a season high 47 points in a 1-point loss against Tindastóll.{{cite news |author1=Arnar Geir Halldórsson |title="Skorari af guðs náð" |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20212061694d/-skorari-af-guds-nad- |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=Vísir.is |date=17 January 2021 |language=Icelandic}} During the regular season, he averaged 25.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. On 16 May 2021, he scored a game winning three pointer with 5 seconds left to beat Valur in the first game of its first round playoff series against KR.{{cite news |author1=Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson |title=Sabin um sigurkörfuna: "Samherjarnir treysta mér" |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20212110339d/sabin-um-sigurkorfuna-samherjarnir-treysta-mer- |access-date=17 May 2021 |work=Vísir.is |date=17 May 2021 |language=Icelandic}} He reached the semifinals with KR, where they fell short to Keflavík.{{Cite web|title=Keflavík í úrslit - sigurgöngu KR er lokið|url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2021/06/07/keflavik_i_urslit_sigurgongu_kr_er_lokid/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=www.mbl.is|language=is}} Sabin averaged 25.3 points a game in eight playoff appearances for KR.{{Cite web|title=Úrvalsdeild karla ( 2020-2021 Tímabil); Tyler Sabin|url=https://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Leikmadur?league_id=undefined&season_id=118319&player_id=6387621|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands}} With 25.5 points per game over the course of the 2020-21 season, Sabin was the leading scorer of the Úrvalsdeild karla.{{Cite web|title=Úrvalsdeild karla ( 2020-2021 Tímabil); Tölfræði; Leiðtogi í: Stig|url=https://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Tolfraedi-leikmanna?league_id=undefined&season_id=118319|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands}}
In August 2021, Sabin signed with Cestistica Città di San Severo of Italy's Serie A2, Group B.{{Cite web|last=Stampa|first=Ufficio|title=L'ultimo squillo dell'Allianz; é Ty Sabin il secondo americano tesserato!|url=https://cestisticasansevero.com/comunicati-stampa/1510-l-ultimo-squillo-dell-allianz-e-ty-sabin-il-secondo-americano-tesserato|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Cestistica Città di San Severo|language=it-IT}} He played for the team until the end of the 2021-22 season in which he was the leading scorer of the Serie A2 (21.6 points a contest).{{Cite web |last= |title=Ty Sabin Player Profile |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Ty-Sabin/324500 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Eurobasket.com}}
He started the 2023-24 season at Sella Cento of the Italian A2 league.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-08 |title=Ty Sabin entra nel roster della Sella Cento |url=https://www.benedettoxiv.it/dettaglio-news.php?id=237 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Benedetto XIV Basket Cento}} In November 2023, he moved to fellow A2 team Luiss Roma.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-24 |title=Ufficiale A2 - Ty Sabin nuovo giocatore della Luiss Roma |url=https://www.pianetabasket.com/serie-a2/ufficiale-a2-ty-sabin-nuovo-giocatore-della-luiss-roma-287458 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Pianeta Basket |language=it}} Sabin inked a deal with Romanian side CS Vâlcea 1924 in August 2024.{{Cite web |title=Ty Sabin este noul jucător al lui CS Vâlcea 1924 |url=https://baschet.ro/articole/lnb-masculin/ty-sabin-este-noul-jucator-al-lui-cs-valcea-1924 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Baschet.ro |language=ro}}
References
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External links
- [http://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Leikmadur?league_id=190&season_id=118319&player_id=6387621 Icelandic statistics] at Icelandic Basketball Association
- [https://riponredhawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/ty-sabin/2134 Ripon College profile]
- [https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Ty-Sabin/Sweden/Wetterbygden-Stars-Huskvarna/324500 profile] at EuroBasket.com
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Category:American expatriate basketball people in Denmark
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