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Johnathan Stove
Stove in 2023
Hamburg Towers
PositionShooting guard
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1995-12-23) December 23, 1995 (age 28)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolChristian Life Academy (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
CollegeLouisiana (2014–2018)
NBA draft2018: undrafted
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021Vllaznia
2021–2022Hapoel Galil Elyon
2022–2023Nokia
2023–2024Mitteldeutscher
2024Maroussi
2024–presentHamburg Towers
Career highlights and awards
  • BIBL champion (2022)

Johnathan Stove (born December 23, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Hamburg Towers of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroCup. He plays at the shooting guard position.[1] He played college basketball for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Early life

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Stove was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Sandra and Benjamin Stove.[2][3] He is 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm), and weighs 220 pounds (100 kg).[2][3]

High school

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Playing for Christian Life Academy ('14) in Baton Rouge as a junior, he averaged 19.8 points.[4][1] He earned first all-state honors, and was named to both the state Class A team and to the 11-man all-classes team by the Louisiana High School Basketball Coaches Association.[4]

As a senior, he averaged 25.9 points, 10.9 rebounds 3.2 assists, 2.9 steals, and 2.0 blocks per game.[4] He was ranked the No. 3 player in the state by Nola.com, and named Class 1A MVP by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.[4][5][6]

College

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In 2014-15 as a freshman for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette ('18) where he majored in business management, playing guard for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns he averaged 5.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game while shooting .496 from the field and .787 from the free throw line.[4][7][1]

In 2015-16 he averaged 8.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game, and shot .447 from the floor and .750 from the free throw line.[4] In 2016-17 as a junior he averaged 9.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game.[4] He shot .415 from the floor, and .732 (9th in the Sun Belt Conference) from the free throw line.[4][7]

In 2017-18 as a senior he averaged 10.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game.[4][7][8] He was second among Sun Belt Conference players in free throw percentage (.821), and seventh in two-point field goal percentage (.585).[4][7]

Professional career

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In 2021 he played for KB Vllaznia in the Albanian Basketball Superleague. He averaged 22 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 5.8 assists per game in five games played.[9][10][11]

In November 2021 he signed with Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[3][9]

On June 28, 2023, he signed with Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga.[12]

On June 9, 2024, Stove joined Maroussi of the Greek Basket League.[13] On November 21, 2024, he moved to the German club Hamburg Towers.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Johnathan Stove Player Profile, Hapoel Nofar Energy Galil Elion, News, Stats". Eurobasket LLC.
  2. ^ a b "Johnathan Stove International Stats". Basketball-Reference.com.
  3. ^ a b c "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | Israel Basketball | 2021-22 Season | Hapoel Nofar Energy Galil Elion | Johnathan Stove". basket.co.il.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Johnathan Stove - Men's Basketball". Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.
  5. ^ Andrew Lopez (May 24, 2013). "Out-of-state schools taking notice of Christian Life guard Johnathan Stove". Times-Picayune.
  6. ^ "Tensas' South earns All-State nod". The Franklin Sun. May 25, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d "Johnathan Stove College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  8. ^ Dan McDonald (December 5, 2017). "A healthy Johnathan Stove pivotal for Cajuns' success". The Advocate.
  9. ^ a b Skerletic, Dario (November 22, 2021). "Johnathan Stove joins Galil Elion B.C". Sportando.
  10. ^ "Hapoel Nufar Energy Galil Elion and Ibar sign new players". balkanleague.net. November 24, 2021.
  11. ^ "Israel - H. Galil Elion inks Johnathan Stove, ex Vllaznia". newinfo.net. November 24, 2021.
  12. ^ "Johnathan Stove erster Neuzugang des SYNTAINICS MBC". syntainics-mbc.de (in German). June 28, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  13. ^ Schmidt-Scheuber, Miles (31 May 2024). "Maroussi lands Johnathan Stove, ex Weissenfels". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
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