Basketball, Corey Davis returns to the big leagues
Corey Davis è the new reinforcement of Vanoli Cremona
Corey Davis è a new player for Vanoli Cremona. The class of 1997 playmaker, born and raised in the United States but in Europe since 2019, has accepted the challenge proposed to him by the white and blue club and thus returns to tread the parquet of Serie A after the experience in Trieste, which lasted from 2021 to 2023. Announcing his arrival was the Biancoblù club itself, on Wednesday.
Corey Davis, agreement until the end of the season
"Vanoli Basket Cremona announces that it has signed a agreement until the end of the 2023/2024 season with US athlete Corey Richard Davis Jr" reads the company note; regarding the signing of the American basketball player, 185 centimeters for 86 kilograms, born in Lafayette, Louisiana on June 4, 1997.
Davis's career found its foundation at the high school in his hometown, before moving to Texas, to Houston, to play at both the junior college and college level, with the University of Houston Cougars. In his final season in the NCAA, Davis closed out his 37 appearances with 17 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 33 average minutes on the court, with a season high of 31 points scored on the road against the Cincinnati Bearcats.
The missed call from the NBA and the'landing in Europe
His performance at the college level, which included qualifying for the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, led to his senior year being named to the first team in the American Athletic Conference. Despite this; he was not selected in the 2019 NBA Draft and decided to embark for Europe, to wear the colors of the Afyon Belediye in the Turkish Basketball Super League.
His performance then attracted the attentions of Gravelines, a club in the French top league for which he played the 2020/21 season, before transferring to KK Mornar Bar in the following one. In Montenegro his adventure lasts relatively short because in December the call of Trieste arrives: in the span of two seasons in biancorosso he averages 12.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists, with 48.2% from two and 35.5% from three in over 30 minutes per game in the 46 played.
Return to Italy for American point guard
Closed the experience with the Giulians, Davis started 2023/24 in Spain, in Girona, playing 15 games and ending his experience in the Liga ACB club with 7.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists average. For the season finale he però chose to return to Italy, accepting the proposal of Vanoli Cremona.
