Troy DeVries

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Troy DeVries
Position	Guard
Height	195 cm
Weight	88 kg
Team	West Sydney Razorbacks (NBL)
Nationality	United States
Born	July 27, 1982 (1982-07-27) (age 25) Mount Vernon, Washington, United States
College/University	Portland State
Debut	2005

Troy DeVries (born 27 July 1982) is a American professional basketball player with the West Sydney Razorbacksin the NBL in Australia.

[edit] UNM Career

A Guard who transferred from Portland State after the 2002 fall semester. Played in five games at Portland State in the fall of 2002, costing him the entire 2002-03 year of eligibility. Finished as one of the top 3-pt and FG shooters in MWC history. Career 3-pt average of 45.0% is the highest mark in UNM history. His 48.0* career accuracy in MWC games is the highest in MWC history. 147 career 3-pt FGs is tied with Lamont Long for eighth place in UNM history. Hit a 3-pt in 29 consecutive games, the second longest streak in UNM history.

2001-02 Freshman Season (Portland State) Devries saw action in 27 games with six starts and averaged 4.7 ppg and 1.1 assists as a freshman and hit 41.2% of 3-point attempts and was named Academic All-Big Sky.

2002-03 Sophomore Season (Portland State) Played in five games at Portland State, averaged 11.8 ppg and 4.2 rpg but sat out the second semester after transferring to UNM.

2003-04 Junior Season Named honorable mention All-MWC for the 2003-04 season. Devries earned CoSIDA Academic All-District and Academic All-MWC honors in 2003-04 for having over a 3.5 g.p.a as a communications major. Started 21 of 22 games after making his debut against Coppin State on 12-21-03, Averaged 10.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 2.95 apg, Shot 44.4% from the field and 44.6% from 3-pt range is 6th all-time for a season at UNM and would have ranked 14th in the NCAA had he made one more 3-pt to qualify.

2004-05 Senior Season Named 3rd Team All-MWC after shooting 45.1% from 3-pt. range, ranking third in the league and fifth highest mark in school history also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District VI honors and MWC Scholar Athlete recognition, MVP of the 2004 Cmcast Lobo Invitational after scoring 49 points on 16-24 shooting, 13-20 from 3-pt range, in the two-game event and made 93 3-pt which is the fourth most in a season at UNM, Averaged 11.0 ppg, 2.4 rpg and 2.5 apg, Was ninth in the NCAA in 3-pt led the MWC with 2.82 3-pt per-game and ranked 38th in the NCAA, Shot 51.3% from 3-pt range in MWC play, the third highest mark in MWC history .

[edit] NBL

Joining the West Sydney Razorbacks mid-season in 07/08 as an import player DeVries has been influential in getting the Razorbacks off the bottom of the ladder. He is in the top 20 in the league for 3-pt % with 42.8 , is averaging 43.p from the field, 75.5 from the strike and is averaging 16.7 ppg in 27.8 per game.