Marcus Hatten

Marcus Hatten
No. 9 CSM U Oradea
Position Point guard
League Liga Națională
Personal information
Born December 13, 1980
Baltimore, Maryland
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical
(Baltimore, Maryland)
College Tallahassee CC (1999–2001)
St. John's (2001–2003)
NBA draft 2003 / Undrafted
Pro career 2003–present
Career history
2003 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (Poland)
2003–2004 UB La Palma (Spain 2nd)
2004–2005 Bnei HaSharon (Israel)
2005 Guaros de Lara (Venezuela)
2005–2006 Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)
2006–2007 Ironi Ashkelon (Israel)
2007–2008 Scafati Basket (Italy)
2008–2009 New Basket Brindisi (Italy 2nd)
2009–2010 Assigeco Casalpusterlengo (Italy 2nd)
2011 Belfius Mons-Hainaut (Belgium)
2011–2013 Kolossos Rodou (Greece)
2013–2014 Mitteldeutscher BC (Germany)
2014–present CSM U Oradea (Romania)
Career highlights and awards

Marcus Hatten (born December 13, 1980) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for CSM U Oradea of the Liga Națională.

Hatten 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 Community College 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 All Big East First Team Selection and averaged 21.2 points per game. He was not 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 following season he played at Elitzur 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. In the 2007/2008 season, he arrived in Italy and he played in Scafati Basket. At the beginning of the 2009/2010 season, a new contract was inked for U.C.C. Casalpusterlengo, an Italian Legadue team. Then he went to Dexia Mons-Hainaut.

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