Mark Sears
American basketball player (born 2002)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mark Christopher Sears (born February 19, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Ohio Bobcats and the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Sears with Alabama in 2023 | |
| No. 19 – Wisconsin Herd | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | NBA G League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 19, 2002 Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
|
| College | |
| NBA draft | 2025: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2025–present |
| Career history | |
| 2025–2026 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2025–2026 | →Wisconsin Herd |
| 2026–present | Wisconsin Herd |
| Career highlights | |
| |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Early life and high school career
Sears was born on February 19, 2002 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.[1] He began his career at Muscle Shoals High School where as a junior in February 2019, he recorded 31 points, 12 rebounds and five assists in a 64–52 win over Bessemer City High School in the Class 6A Northwest Regional championship.[2] In 2019, he transferred to Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia.[3] As a senior, Sears averaged 14 points, three assists and five rebounds per game and helped lead Hargrave to the Final 4 of the National Prep Championship with a 37–4 overall record. He committed to playing college basketball for Ohio.[4]
College career
Ohio
As a freshman, Sears came off the bench and began to see more minutes after Jason Preston was sidelined with a leg injury.[5] Sears averaged 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, earning MAC All-Freshman Team honors.[6] After Preston declared for the 2021 NBA draft following the season, Sears was named the team's starting point guard going into his sophomore season. In the offseason, he worked on improving his shooting by attempting 15,000 three-point shots.[5] On December 21, 2021, Sears scored 33 points in an 85–70 win over USC Upstate.[7] He scored a career-high 37 points on March 21, 2022, in a 91–86 loss to Abilene Christian in the College Basketball Invitational.[8] Sears was named to the First Team All-MAC after the 2021–22 season.[9] As a sophomore, he averaged 19.6 points, six rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. On March 30, 2022, Sears entered the transfer portal.[10]
Alabama
On April 8, 2022, Sears announced that he had committed to Alabama.[11] He averaged 12.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.2 steals per game, helping Alabama capture the 2023 SEC regular season[12] and SEC Tournament[13] titles. Alabama earned the number one overall seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16. Sears was named to the Second Team All-SEC.[14] Following the season, he declared for the 2023 NBA draft before returning to Alabama for his senior year.[15] In his second season with the program, Sears averaged 21.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 1.6 steals per game, leading Alabama in scoring. Alabama earned a 4-seed in the West regional of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. In the regional final against Clemson, Sears scored 23 points on 7-14 shooting from the three-point line to help Alabama advance to its first Final Four in program history.[16] Sears was voted to the First Team All-SEC[17] and Second Team All-America[18] teams. On May 29, 2024, Sears withdrew his name from the 2024 NBA draft to return to Alabama for his final year of collegiate eligibility.[19] Alabama entered the 2024-25 season as the number 2-ranked team in the AP poll.[20] Sears averaged 18.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists, and 0.9 steals per game in his final season, leading the Crimson Tide in scoring and assists. In the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA tournament, Sears scored 34 points on 10-16 shooting from three in Alabama's win over BYU, a game in which the Crimson Tide broke the NCAA tournament record for three pointers in a game with 25.[21] Sears finished the season on the First Team All-SEC[22] and First Team All-America[23] teams. Sears finished his Alabama career as the program's second all-time leading scorer[24] and ended his college career as a whole as the 19th all-time leading scorer in men's Division I history.[25]
Professional career
After not being selected in the 2025 NBA draft, Sears signed a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.[26] He made seven appearances for Milwaukee, averaging 3.1 points, 0.3 rebounds, and 0.3 assists. On January 7, 2026, Sears was waived by the Bucks.[27]
On January 17, 2026, Sears signed with the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League.[28]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | Ohio | 24 | 5 | 19.5 | .467 | .279 | .851 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 | .0 | 8.5 |
| 2021–22 | Ohio | 35 | 35 | 35.7 | .444 | .408 | .884 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 1.7 | .1 | 19.6 |
| 2022–23 | Alabama | 37 | 37 | 29.8 | .406 | .345 | .847 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.2 | .1 | 12.5 |
| 2023–24 | Alabama | 37 | 37 | 33.6 | .508 | .436 | .857 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 1.6 | .1 | 21.5 |
| 2024–25 | Alabama | 37 | 37 | 32.3 | .403 | .345 | .844 | 2.9 | 5.1 | .9 | .1 | 18.6 |
| Career | 170 | 151 | 30.9 | .445 | .375 | .858 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.3 | .1 | 16.7 | |