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Fred House
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House at the 2011 Ukrainian League All-Star Game
Personal information
Born (1978-01-04) January 4, 1978 (age 46)
Killeen, Texas
Nationality American
High school Ellison (Killeen, Texas)
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College
  • Dixie State (1997–1999)
  • Southern Utah (1999–2001)
NBA Draft 2001 / Undrafted
Pro career 2001–2014
Career history
2001–2002 North Charleston Lowgators
2002 Adirondack Wildcats
2002–2004 Partizan
2004–2006 Lietuvos rytas
2006–2007 TAU Cerámica
2007–2008 Pamesa Valencia
2008–2009 Lokomotiv Rostov
2009–2011 Azovmash
2011 BC Dnipro
2012–2013 Texas Legends
2013–2014 Peja
Career highlights and awards
  • 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. 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. 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. In the next summer, he extended his contract for another one, the 2010–11 season. House signed with BC Dnipro for the 2011–12 season, but was released after few games due to injury problems.

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

In August 2013, House signed with Peja of the Balkan League.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high
Led the league

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2002–03 Partizan 10 9 27.5 .458 .190 .675 3.1 1.6 2.3 .1 9.3 7.4
2003–04 Partizan 13 13 35.2 .435 .206 .659 6.1 1.3 3.4 .4 15.5 13.2
2005–06 Lietuvos rytas 19 19 26.3 .427 .353 .754 3.2 1.4 1.9 .1 11.9 8.9
2006–07 TAU Cerámica 20 18 23.1 .500 .177 .763 4.5 1.2 2.3 .1 6.5 7.8

See also

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