Ty Sabin Explained

Ty Sabin
Position:Guard
Birth Date:1994 10, mf=yes
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
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)

Tyler Francis Sabin[1] (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.[2] He was recognized with 2016-17 NABC All-America First Team[3] and D3hoops.com men's All-America First Team honors.[4]

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.[5] He later signed with the Hørsholm 79ers of the Danish Basketligaen[6] where he went on to average 16.9 points in 25 games.[7] The following season he played for Básquet Coruña in the Spanish LEB Oro.[6] 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.[6] During the 2019–20 season, he led the SBL in scoring (22.2 points per game)[8] and helped the Stars to a 5th-place finish.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11] He reached the semifinals with KR, where they fell short to Keflavík.[12] Sabin averaged 25.3 points a game in eight playoff appearances for KR.[13] With 25.5 points per game over the course of the 2020-21 season, Sabin was the leading scorer of the Úrvalsdeild karla.[14]

In August 2021, Sabin signed with Cestistica Città di San Severo of Italy's Serie A2, Group B.[15] 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).[16]

He started the 2023-24 season at Sella Cento of the Italian A2 league.[17] In November 2023, he moved to fellow A2 team Luiss Roma.[18] Sabin inked a deal with Romanian side CS Vâlcea 1924 in August 2024.[19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sabin, Tyler Francis. 2021-08-12. Federación Española de Baloncesto.
  2. News: Draft Workout . 17 January 2021 . . . 15 June 2017.
  3. Web site: NABC Division III All-America Teams. 2021-08-12. National Association of Basketball Coaches.
  4. Web site: 2017 D3hoops.com men's All-America team. 2021-08-12. D3hoops.com.
  5. News: Badgers, Golden Eagles shut out in draft . 17 January 2021 . . 23 June 2017.
  6. News: Carl Ljungquist . Poängstarke Ty Sabin klar för Stars . 17 January 2021 . . 26 June 2019 . Swedish.
  7. Web site: Ty Sabin. 2021-08-12. Basketligaen.
  8. Web site: Statistik: Ledare Poäng. 2021-08-12. Svenska Basketligan Herr.
  9. News: Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson . Íslandsmeistararnir fá tvo erlenda leikmenn - Annar stigahæstur í Svíþjóð á síðustu leiktíð . 17 January 2021 . . 18 September 2020 . Icelandic.
  10. News: Arnar Geir Halldórsson . "Skorari af guðs náð" . 17 January 2021 . . 17 January 2021 . Icelandic.
  11. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Sabin um sigurkörfuna: "Samherjarnir treysta mér" . 17 May 2021 . . 17 May 2021 . Icelandic.
  12. Web site: Keflavík í úrslit - sigurgöngu KR er lokið. 2021-08-12. www.mbl.is. is.
  13. Web site: Úrvalsdeild karla (2020-2021 Tímabil); Tyler Sabin. 2021-08-12. Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands.
  14. Web site: Úrvalsdeild karla (2020-2021 Tímabil); Tölfræði; Leiðtogi í: Stig. 2021-08-12. Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands.
  15. Web site: Stampa. Ufficio. L'ultimo squillo dell'Allianz; é Ty Sabin il secondo americano tesserato!. 2021-08-12. Cestistica Città di San Severo. it-IT.
  16. Web site: Ty Sabin Player Profile . 2023-03-10 . Eurobasket.com.
  17. Web site: 2023-09-08 . Ty Sabin entra nel roster della Sella Cento . 2024-05-14 . Benedetto XIV Basket Cento.
  18. Web site: 2023-11-24 . Ufficiale A2 - Ty Sabin nuovo giocatore della Luiss Roma . 2024-05-14 . Pianeta Basket . it.
  19. Web site: Ty Sabin este noul jucător al lui CS Vâlcea 1924 . 2024-08-09 . Baschet.ro . ro.