Charlie Moore (basketball)

Charlie Edward Moore (born February 3, 1998) is an American basketball player for Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), whose college basketball career spanned four major conferences culminating with a year for the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2021–22 ACC basketball season. He previously played a full season for the California Golden Bears and the Kansas Jayhawks as well as two seasons for the DePaul Blue Demons. At Morgan Park High School he won two Illinois High School Association (IHSA) state championships and Illinois Mr. Basketball.

Charlie Moore
Moore with Miami in 2022
Pistoia Basket 2000
PositionPoint guard
LeagueLBA
Personal information
Born (1998-02-03) February 3, 1998
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolMorgan Park
(Chicago, Illinois)
College
Playing career2022–present
Career history
2022–2023Mons-Hainaut
2023–presentPistoia 2000
Career highlights and awards

In college, he led the Big East Conference in assists playing for the 2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons. Later, he helped the 2021–22 Miami Hurricanes become the first team in school history to reach the Elite Eight at the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. That season he earned All-ACC defensive team and All-ACC honorable mention recognition.

Early life
Moore in Morgan Park home white uniform dribbling past a Caucasian player in a black uniform with purple trim with one arm raised in the air.
Moore in 2015 in the IHSA Class 3A consolation game

Moore is the son of Curis and Tanya Moore. Moore's father started training him to dribble at age 3 and continued training his ball handling skills as he was growing up.[1] He was raised in Chicago's Englewood Community area.[2] Moore was part of back-to-back IHSA Class 3A state champions in 2013 and 2014 at Morgan Park High School. As a freshman for the 2012–2013, team he served as backup to senior Billy Garrett Jr.[3][4] In both the 2014 state semifinals against Orr Academy High School and the championship game against Lincoln High School of his sophomore season, he contributed 12 points as one of three double digit scorers for Morgan Park.[5][6] As a junior, he teamed with Marcus LoVett Jr. for Morgan Park's third place finish in the state tournament. They lost to Jordan Goodwin and Tarkus Ferguson of Althoff Catholic High School in the IHSA Class 3A semi-finals.[7] They defeated Rockford Lutheran High School in the consolation game.[8]

In November 2015, Moore, who was at the time the top recruit in Illinois and the number 57 recruit in the national class of 2016 according to Rivals.com,[9] committed to play for head coach Josh Pastner (and assistant coach Damon Stoudamire) at Memphis, becoming the first Chicago area player to commit to Memphis since Derrick Rose.[10] As a senior, he was joined by sophomore transfer Ayo Dosunmu who played a supporting role.[11] Morgan Park was defeated in the supersectional round of the IHSA tournament by Lincoln-Way West High School, but not before Moore established school career records with points (2,346), assists (368) and steals (303).[12] Moore won Illinois Mr. Basketball in 2016 over Mike Smith and Zach Norvell Jr. after averaging 28 points, seven assists, five steals and four rebounds.[1] Less than 2 weeks later, Pastner was hired by Georgia Tech.[13] Moore immediately decommitted from Memphis.[14] He considered offers from California, Georgia Tech, Illinois, LSU, Miami, SMU, UNLV and Western Kentucky. Six weeks later, he signed to play at Cal for Cuonzo Martin after center Ivan Rabb decided not to declare for the 2016 NBA draft.[15] According to an article in The Daily Californian, at that point in his career, Moore was regarded as a scorer and playmaker who would have to learn how to excel on defense to succeed at a higher level. Nonetheless, he was the highlight of his recruiting class for the 2016–17 Cal Bears and would help replace production lost in the backcourt with the departures of Jaylen Brown and Tyrone Wallace.[16]

College career

In his second game at Cal, with three starters sidelined due to injuries, Moore broke Shareef Abdur-Rahim's 1995 single-game freshman scoring school record of 33 points by scoring 38 in an overtime win against UC Irvine.[17] As a freshman, Moore was the only player to start all 34 games for Cal and led the team in assists and steals, while scoring 12.2 points per game.[18] Following the season, Martin was hired by Missouri.[19] Subsequently, with Rabb entering the 2017 NBA draft and Jabari Bird graduating, Moore transferred to Kansas.[13]

According to NCAA transfer rules, Moore sat out a season before joining the 2018–19 Kansas Jayhawks, which had guards Devon Dotson, Marcus Garrett, Ochai Agbaji, LaGerald Vick and Quentin Grimes.[20] Moore's only start of the season was December 8 against New Mexico State.[18] On December 18, 2018, with Udoka Azubuike sidelined and Dedric Lawson somewhat limited by foul trouble, Moore scored a season-high 18 points (all on three point shots) against South Dakota.[21] Following the season, he announced he would be transferring to be closer to family.[22] By this time, his father had health issues, and Moore transferred to hometown DePaul University.[23]

A month before the season was to begin, Moore received a waiver to play immediately for the 2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons.[24] During the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Moore fell 4 assists shy of joining Rod Strickland (1987–88) as the only Blue Demons with 400 points and 200 assists in a season. Nonetheless, he was only player in the Big East Conference to place in the top ten in scoring (8th), assists (1st) and steals (6th).[18] Moore began the 2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons season as a pre-season All-2020–21 Big East Conference first team selection.[25] Moore picked up Big East player of the week honors on February 21, 2021.[26] Following the season, which was the fifth consecutive year in with DePaul finished last in the Big East, DePaul fired head coach Dave Leitao.[27] That summer when the Big East recognized its 2020–21 scholar athletes, Moore was recognized as an All-Academic team selection.[28]

With the NCAA having granted an additional year of eligibility to all players due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[29] Moore elected to transfer to play for the 2021–22 Miami Hurricanes where Chris Lykes had just vacated the point guard role and he had relationships with head coach Jim Larranaga and assistant coach Bill Courtney.[30] Following the regular season Moore joined teammates Kameron McGusty and Isaiah Wong on the All-ACC basketball team. Moore earned All-Defensive team and honorable mention All-ACC recognition.[31] Moore, fellow 6th-year senior McGusty and Wong are all 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) or shorter.[32] In the first round of the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Moore contributed 16 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 3.0 seconds left, to give Miami a 68–66 victory over USC.[33] Moore contributed 15 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists in the second round upset of number 2 seed Auburn.[32][34] Once Miami got to the Sweet Sixteen round, they found themselves playing at Moore's hometown United Center, where they defeated Iowa State to reach the Elite Eight for the first time in school history.[35] Playing again at the United Center, Miami was matched up against the 2021–22 version of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of Moore's previous teams. The Jayhawks included Moore's former teammate Agbaji.[36] Kansas won the game,[37] and they went on to win the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game.[38] For the season, Moore led the Hurricanes in assists (4.5/game) and steals (2.0/game), and he contributed 12.7 points/game.[39] His 2.0 steals/game was second in the ACC to Reece Beekman.[40] Moore was recognized as an All-ACC Academic Team selection.[41]

Professional career

Moore was not invited to the May 18–20, 2022 NBA draft combine.[42] On June 24, 2022, Moore signed an NBA Summer League contract with the Detroit Pistons after going undrafted in the June 23, 2022 NBA draft.[40]

On July 24, 2022, Moore signed his first professional contract with Belfius Mons-Hainaut of the BNXT League.[43]

On July 28, 2023, he signed with Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[44]

Career statistics
Legend
  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
2016–17 California 343428.8.388.352.7562.03.51.1.012.2
2017–18 Kansas Transferred
2018–19 Kansas 35113.1.286.267.7141.01.3.6.12.9
2019–20 DePaul 323235.6.376.317.8113.36.11.5.115.5
2020–21 DePaul 161532.3.407.346.7623.64.21.1.014.4
2021–22 Miami (FL) 373732.5.447.364.7372.64.62.0.112.4
Career[45] 15411927.9.394.334.7712.43.91.3.111.1

Notes
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  2. Liederman, Mack (March 25, 2022). "Englewood's Charlie Moore Is Miami's March Madness Breakout Star — And He's Back At United Center Friday For Sweet Sixteen Game". Blockclubchicago.org. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  3. "Boys Basketball Class 3A State Final Results — 2012-13". Illinois High School Association. March 16, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  4. Helfgot, Mike (May 12, 2015). "Basketball recruiting notes: Charlie Moore no longer Morgan Park's undercard guard". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  5. "Boys Basketball Class 3A State Final Results — 2013-14". Illinois High School Association. March 21, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  6. "Boys Basketball Class 3A State Final Results — 2013-14". Illinois High School Association. March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  7. "Boys Basketball Class 3A State Final Results — 2014-15". Illinois High School Association. March 20, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  8. "Boys Basketball Class 3A State Final Results — 2014-15". Illinois High School Association. March 21, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  9. "Morgan Park's Charlie Moore commits to Memphis". NBC Sports. November 12, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  10. Woo, Jeremy (November 12, 2015). "Four-star point guard Charlie Moore commits to Memphis". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  11. Fernandez, Jonathan (Spring 2022). "Ayo Dosunmu takes key role while biding time as rookie with Bulls". Medill Reports. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  12. Disabato, Pat (March 25, 2016). "Morgan Park's Charlie Moore, Daily Southtown Boys Basketball Player of Year". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  13. "Josh Pastner takes helm at Ga. Tech: Have to step back to step forward". ESPN. April 8, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  14. Helfgot, Mike (April 8, 2016). "Mr. Basketball Charlie Moore of Morgan Park decommits from Memphis". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  15. Larkin, Will (May 18, 2016). "Mr. Basketball Charlie Moore of Morgan Park commits to California". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  16. Isaacsohn, Austin (May 18, 2016). "Illinois' Mr. Basketball, Charlie Moore, commits to Cal". The Daily Californian. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  17. "Moore sets Cal freshman record with 38 points in OT win". ESPN. Associated Press. November 17, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
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  19. "Cuonzo Martin hired as Missouri basketball coach". USA Today. March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  20. "2018-19 Kansas Jayhawks Roster and Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  21. "Lawson, Moore carry No. 1 KU to 89-53 rout of South Dakota". ESPN. Associated Press. December 18, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  22. Bedore, Gary (March 30, 2019). "Reserve point guard Charlie Moore transferring from KU to yet-to-be determined school". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  23. Ryan, Shannon (April 22, 2022). "Charlie Moore, former Mr. Basketball at Morgan Park, will transfer to DePaul from Kansas: report". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  24. "Charlie Moore Granted NCAA Waiver for Immediate Eligibility". DePaul Blue Demons. October 4, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  25. "Creighton's Zegarowski Named BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year". Big East Conference. October 28, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  26. "Charlie Moore Named BIG EAST Player of the Week". DePaul Blue Demons. February 21, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  27. Borzello, Jeff (March 15, 2021). "DePaul Blue Demons fires Dave Leitao after 5 straight last-place finishes". ESPN. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  28. "DePaul Sets Record Total for BIG EAST All-Academic Team". DePaul Blue Demons. July 20, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  29. "DI Council extends eligibility for winter sport student-athletes" (Press release). NCAA. October 14, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  30. Kaufman, Michelle (November 6, 2021). "University of Miami basketball team gets big assist from transfer guard Charlie Moore". Miami Herald. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  31. "ACC Unveils 2021-22 Men's Basketball Awards". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 27, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  32. "Miami dominates No. 2 seed Auburn 79-61 to reach Sweet 16". ESPN. Associated Press. March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  33. "Moore's foul shots lift Miami to 68-66 NCAA win over Trojans". ESPN. Associated Press. March 18, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  34. "Miami dominates No. 2 seed Auburn 79-61 to reach Sweet 16 (box score)". ESPN. June 22, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  35. "McGusty, Miami beat Iowa State 70-56 in Sweet 16". ESPN. Associated Press. March 25, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  36. "Miami's Moore to face former team in his hometown of Chicago". Killeen Daily Herald. Associated Press. March 26, 2022. Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  37. "Kansas races past Miami in 2nd half, reaches 16th Final Four". ESPN. Associated Press. March 27, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  38. "Kansas comes back, wins NCAA title 3 years in the making". ESPN. Associated Press. April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  39. Jordon, Jason (March 19, 2022). "Miami's Journeyman Charlie Moore Found the Perfect Home in the End". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  40. Logan, Collier (June 24, 2022). "Detroit Pistons Sign Miami's Charlie Moore: The Detroit Pistons have signed Charlie Moore to play in the NBA Summer League". SI.com. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  41. "Moore, Waardenburg Named to All-ACC Academic Team". University of Miami. April 12, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  42. "@NBADraft status update". Twitter. May 11, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  43. "Transferts : Un joueur de l'équipe de Summer League des Pistons signe à BMH - Belfius Mons-Hainaut" (in French). Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  44. "Pistoia Basket 2000 announces Charlie Moore". Sportando. July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  45. "Charlie Moore College Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
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