Paris Horne

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1987)}} {{notability|Sports|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Paris Horne | image = File:Paris Horne.jpg | caption = Horne in 2009 | position = Point guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 189 | league = | team = | number = | nationality = American | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|8|6}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | highschool = Bridgton Academy<br />(North Bridgton, Maine) | college = St. John's (2007–2011) | draft_year = 2011 | career_start = 2011 | career_end = 2016 | years1 = 2011–2012 | team1 = BG Göttingen | years2 = 2012–2013 | team2 = Rethymno Aegean | years3 = 2013–2016 | team3 = Büyükçekmece Basketbol | years4 = 2016 | team4 = Kouvot | highlights = }} '''Paris L. Horne''' (born August 6, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kouvot of the Finnish Korisliiga. Horne played college basketball at St. John's University.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/horne_paris00.html |title=Paris Horne's College Profile |access-date=2012-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811060438/http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/horne_paris00.html |archive-date=2017-08-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has played for BG Gottingen in Germany and competed at the FIBA EuroChallenge 2012 (6 games and 10.7 ppg).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.teamID_97182.compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2012.roundID_8595.playerID_96013.html#TABBED_DIV_3|title=Paris Horne – EuroChallenge 2012|publisher=FIBA Europe|accessdate=January 9, 2013}}</ref>

== The Basketball Tournament == Horne has competed for Overseas Elite in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a single-elimination winner-take-all tournament held annually since 2014 in the United States. He was a point guard on the 2015 team which won TBT's $1 million prize. Horne was also a part of the 2016, 2017, and 2018 iterations of Overseas Elite, each of which took home a $2 million prize.

In 2016, Horne averaged 5.8 points per game (PPG) as well as 1.7 assists per game (APG) and 1.2 steals per game. In 2017, Horne averaged 2.8 PPG. In TBT 2018, Horne played six games. He averaged 4.2 PPG and 2.0 rebounds per game while shooting 59%. Overseas Elite reached the championship game and played Eberlein Drive, winning 70–58 for their fourth consecutive TBT title. In TBT 2019, Horne was the team's general manager and assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thetournament.com/teams/overseas-elite-0 |title=Overseas Elite |website=thetournament.com |date=2019 |accessdate=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802011705/http://thetournament.com/teams/overseas-elite-0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The team advanced to the semifinals, where they suffered their first-ever defeat, losing to Carmen's Crew, 71–66.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thetournament.com/news/1-carmens-crew-71-1-overseas-elite-66 |title=#1 Carmen's Crew 71, #1 Overseas Elite 66 |website=thetournament.com |date=August 4, 2019 |accessdate=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123041911/http://www.thetournament.com/news/1-carmens-crew-71-1-overseas-elite-66 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GRE&PlayerID=137086 Profile] at Eurobasket.com *{{Sports links}}

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