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Sacar Anim

Sacar Anim

American basketball player (born 1997)

Sacar Anim (born September 19, 1997) is a basketball player who plays shooting guard for Hapoel Eilat in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[2] He played four years of college basketball for the Marquette Golden Eagles.[3][4]

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Early life

Anim was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[3] His parents are Sam (a four-year starter in high school basketball) and Carla Anim.[5][6] He is 6-5 (196 cm), and weighs 210 pounds (95 kg).[4]

High school career

Anim attended DeLaSalle High School ('15) in Minneapolis.[2] He played basketball for the Islanders and was named the Associated Press Player of the Year in Minnesota as a senior.[7][8] He averaged 25.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in 2014-15, and was his division's top scorer in the state tournament, earning him a spot on the all-tournament team.[5][9] He was a three-time all-conference selection, and was selected to play in the Minnesota State Basketball Coaches All-Star Game after his senior year.[5]

College career

An ESPN four-star basketball recruit, Anim committed to Marquette University ('20) in Wisconsin,[10][11] where he earned a degree in Advertising.[11][12][13] Anim then studied Corporate Communication at the Marquette Graduate School of Management.[5]

In the 2015-16 season, as a freshman at Marquette, Anim played for the Marquette Golden Eagles in 16 games, and averaged 1.2 points per game, playing 5.2 minutes per game.[5][6]

The following season, he redshirted for Marquette.[14][15] In the 2017-18 campaign, as a redshirt sophomore, he averaged 7.6 points and 2.8 rebounds, while shooting 48.1 percent from the floor.[5]

In the 2018-19 season, as a redshirt junior, he averaged 8.3 points and 3.1 rebounds, while shooting 43.8 percent from the floor and 39.1 percent from 3-point range (42.5% in Big East regular season games, 3rd in the conference).[16][17][18] He was praised especially for his defensive skills.[19][20][21]

In the 2019-20 season, as a redshirt senior, Anim was ranked 15th in the Big East in scoring (13.1 points per game), 9th in 3-point field goal percentage (.392), and 9th in minutes played per game (33.5).[5][22]

Professional career

In 2020-21, Anim played for the Agua Caliente Clippers in the G League; he played in 11 games, averaging 3.2 points per game.[4] He joined the rest of the team as they spent an abbreviated season in a bubble at Disney World outside Orlando, Florida, the same isolation bubble used for the 2020 NBA Bubble.[23][24]

In 2021-22, he played for Medi Bayreuth in the ProA in Germany.[25] Anim signed with the team on July 9, 2021, and averaged 13.2 points per game.[4]

In 2022-23, he played for Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia in the Lega Basket Serie A in Italy, with whom Anim signed on July 11, 2022.[4][26] He averaged 9.6 points per game, while shooting 38.4% from three point range.[4][26]

In 2023-24, Anim played for Hapoel Eilat in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[4]

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