Jermaine Guice
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(Westerville, Ohio)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 2, 1972 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 194 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Westerville South (Westerville, Ohio) |
| College | Butler (1990–1994) |
| NBA draft | 1994: undrafted |
| Playing career | 1994–2008 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Career history | |
| 1994–1995 | Pittsburgh Piranhas |
| 1995 | Rapid City Thrillers |
| 1995 | Atlético CP |
| 1996 | Connecticut Pride |
| 1996 | Shreveport Storm |
| 1996 | Treasure Coast Tropics |
| 1996–1998 | Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin |
| 1999 | La Crosse Bobcats |
| 1999–2000 | Ironi Hadera |
| 2000–2001 | Trenton Shooting Stars |
| 2001–2002 | Elitzur Kiryat Ata |
| 2002 | Elitzur Ashkelon |
| 2002–2005 | STB Le Havre |
| 2005–2006 | Le Mans |
| 2006–2008 | Élan Chalon |
| Career highlights | |
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Jermaine Edward Guice (born September 2, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. He played high school basketball at Westerville South High School in Westerville, Ohio, and played college basketball with the Butler Bulldogs, staying for four years and leading the team in scoring for two consecutive seasons. After going undrafted in the 1994 NBA draft, he started his professional career in the Continental Basketball Association. After playing in Portugal and Israel as well as in minor leagues in the United States, Guice moved to France where he was a three-time All-Star selection, MVP in 2005 and won the league title in 2006.
Guice was born in Columbus, Ohio and attended Westerville South High School in nearby Westerville, where he was a multi-sport athlete: he was part of the varsity basketball, soccer (where he played in the defender position)[1] and track teams.[2][3] In his senior year of high school he earned all-state honors in all three sports.[3] While playing for the basketball team he averaged 19.1 points, 7.6 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 4.1 steals per game[2] and was a first-team all-state selection[4] and District III Player of the Year.[2]
College career
Guice was recruited since his junior year at Westerville South by Butler's head coach Barry Collier and assistant coach Jay John, who personally attended some of Guice's games in high school.[2] Guice signed to play for Butler in mid-November 1989,[5] preferring the Bulldogs to Yale and St. Peter's, the other two programs that showed interest in signing him.[2] In his freshman year Guice played as the team's sixth man,[6] and averaged 10.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, ranking fifth on the team in both scoring and rebounding.[7] At the end of the season he was named in the MCC All-Newcomer team.[6][8]
In his sophomore season Guice entered the starting lineup, and received increased playing time, a team-high 37.3 minutes per game.[9] He missed 7 games due to a broken hand,[10] and finished the season as the team's second best scorer (12.4 points per game) behind senior guard Darin Archbold, and also improved his assist numbers to 2.8 per game, which ranked him second on the team behind Tim Bowen.
With the graduation of Archbold, Guice was named team captain[11] and took up the majority of the scoring load for the Bulldogs, averaging a team-high 13.4 field goal attempts per game, and he led the team in scoring with 17.3 points per game.[12] He also ranked second on the team in assists per game (1.9) and steals per game (1.2), trailing Tim Bowen in both categories. He was named in the All-MCC Tournament team,[11] team MVP[13] and was a second-team All-MCC selection.[8]
Guice's senior season saw him again being named the team captain,[11] and he averaged career-highs in all shooting categories (his free throw percentage of 77.4 led the conference), and a career high in points per game with 18.2, which made him the 4th best scorer in the MCC. He was the best scorer on the team, the second best assistman with a 2.6 average (behind Travis Trice Sr.), and he led the Bulldogs in steals per game with 1.3.[14] He finished the season as an All-Tournament selection,[11] team MVP,[13] and was named in the All-MCC first team.[8]
Guice retired as the 6th best scorer in Butler history with 1,607 points,[15] and is ranked 10th as of 2019.[16] In 2011 he was inducted in the Butler Athletics Hall of Fame.[17]
College statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–91 | Butler | 22 | .408 | .370 | .720 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 10.3 | ||
| 1991–92 | Butler | 24 | 19 | 37.3 | .452 | .362 | .645 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 12.4 |
| 1992–93 | Butler | 28 | .447 | .307 | .763 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 17.3 | ||
| 1993–94 | Butler | 29 | .486 | .373 | .774 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 18.2 | ||
| Career | 110 | .451 | .351 | .742 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 14.6 |