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Dwayne Fontana

Dwayne Fontana

American basketball player

Dwayne Lamore Fontana (born 21 February 1973) is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for Arizona State before going on to play professionally. In 2001, he was the leading scorer of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild.[1]

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High school career

Fontana attended Riordan High in San Francisco where he played basketball.[2]

College career

Fontana played four years for Arizona State, averaging 10.1 points and 5.9 rebounds over his career. During his senior year the University was rocked by a point-shaving scandal involving teammates Hedake Smith and Isaac Burton. He was interviewed in the Netflix series Bad Sport about his teammates' involvement.[3]

Professional career

In September 2000, Fontana signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club KFÍ.[4] On 13 October he scored a season high 48 points against Valur/Fjölnir.[5] On 21 February, he grabbed 15 offensive rebounds against Njarðvík.[6][7] For the season, Fontana averaged a league leading 33.0 points and 13.9 rebounds per game.[3]

Following his stay in Iceland, Fontana played shortly in Spain and Luxembourg before retiring from basketball.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Ingi Freyr Vilhjálmsson (13 October 2021). "Stigakóngur úr íslensku úrvalsdeildinni viðmælandi í mynd um landsfrægt veðmálasvindl í Bandaríkjunum". Stundin (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  2. [2]
    Merv Harris (1 April 1990). "Fontana: Call him 'D.A.W'". San Francisco Examiner (in Icelandic). p. C11. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. [3]
    Ingi Freyr Vilhjálmsson (14 October 2021). "Stigakóngurinn á Ísafirði: „FBI hleraði símana mína"". Stundin (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Þriðji útlendingurinn til Ísafjarðar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 21 September 2000. p. B1. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Mikilvægur sigur". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 16 October 2000. p. 22. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. [6]
    "KFÍ endanlega fallið". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 22 February 2001. p. 16. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Fontana setti frákastamet gegn UMFN". Icelandic Basketball Association (in Icelandic). 22 February 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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