Duquesne Basketball
Duquesne Star Jimmy Clark III Signs Professional Basketball Contract
Duquesne’s Jimmy “Tre” Clark III is on his way to becoming a professional basketball player.
On Sunday, professional basketball organization Bnei Ofek Dist Herzliya announced that Clark signed with the team. The team is based in Herzliya, Israel and won the 2022 Israel State Cup.
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Clark earned All-Atlantic 10 honors this year, and also has two All-A10 defensive team honors along with an all-Atlantic 10 Tournament team nod this year as well. As a senior, this season, he averaged 15 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game.
In his career, Clark spent two years at VCU, one year at Northwest Florida State College (JUCO), and two years at Duquesne. Clark was considered the Dukes’ best defender and was a dynamic scoring option on the offensive end alongside Dae Dae Grant.
Notable former American college players Marcus Carr (Pitt, Texas, Minnesota) and Ryan Boatright (Connecticut) played for Bnei Ofek Dist Herzliya last season. However, Eurobasket lists just three players on this year’s roster so far: Chris Silva, Xavier Sneed, and Josh Hawley.
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For more on Clark and the 2023-24 Duquesne Dukes’ NCAA Tournament team, check out Zac Weiss’ story “Weiss: Personal Reflections Of a Special Season With Duquesne.”
Here is a snippet from the article.
Weiss: Personal Reflections Of A Special Season With Duquesne Basketball
“The relationships Jimmy Clark III and Dae Dae Grant built with the fans in two years during a time when NIL and the transfer portal makes it hard for fans to attach to players was fun to watch. The way both directed traffic on court and how each grew as players and people proved to help tell the story this season. Both saw an authenticity in me and felt safe to tell their stories. The mutual appreciation we shared for each other also helped others feel that I could be trusted, and that is not lost on me.“
