Marcus Hatten

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Marcus Hatten (born December 13, 1980 in Baltimore,Maryland) is an American Basketball player currently playing for Legea Scafati in Scafati, Italy in the province of Salerno as of August 2007. He played in Israel for Elitzur Ashkelon. He attended Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School. From there he went to Tallahassee Community College where he averaged about 20 points per game between his freshman and sophomore seasons. After this, he transferred to Big East power, St. John's University in New York City to be a communications major. He was the second Tallahassee CC star to go to St. John's, as Bootsy Thornton (also of Baltimore) took the same route to St. John's. Under Coach Mike Jarvis, he was an NIT champion and MVP, two time Big East First Team Selection, and averaged 21.2 points per game. He was drafted in the second round of the NBA Draft and played in the CBA before a brief stint with the Los Angeles Clippers. Then he played in Poland and Spain before being signed by the Denver Nuggets. However, he went to play in Greece. In the 2005-2006 season he averaged 22.7 points per game Playing on Hapoel Tel Aviv. In The 2006/2007 season he played at Elizur Ashkelon. He led the Israeli League in scoring per game with 23.23 points, and also scored the most points in one game in that season with 49 against Hapoel Jerusalem.

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