Victor Martin Page (born February 19, 1975[1]) is an American former basketball player who once played for the Georgetown University Hoyas and Sioux Falls Skyforce. He holds the freshman scoring record of 34 points in a game, breaking Allen Iverson's record of 32 points.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 1975 Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
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| College | Georgetown (1995–1997) |
| NBA draft | 1997: undrafted |
| Playing career | 1997–2001 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Career history | |
| 1997–1998 | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
| 1998 | Pop Cola 800s |
| 1999 | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
| 1999–2000 | Scaligera Basket |
| 2000–2001 | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
| 2001 | Fargo-Moorhead Beez |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Biography
editEarly years
editPage grew up in Barry Farm in Southeast D.C. Page was a standout player at McKinley Tech High School. During his senior season he led the team the DC City Championship game where it lost to DeMatha Catholic. He averaging 31 points per game for the season.[2] He was named Washington Post All DC Metro Basketball Player of the Year. He recorded a career-high 47 points in a single game in the 1993–94 season while at McKinley Tech.[3] After his senior year of high school he spent an additional year at The Winchendon School, a prep school in Winchendon, Massachusetts.[2]
Basketball career
editAs a freshman, Victor Page (jersey # 44) was a member of the 1995–96 Hoyas team that advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament led by Allen Iverson, and was named in the Big East All-Rookie team.[4] In 1996–97, Page led the Big East in scoring and was named in the All-Big East first team.[4] After his sophomore season, Page entered the 1997 NBA draft but was undrafted.
Page went 11th in the CBA draft; he briefly ascended to the NBA in September 1997 for the Minnesota Timberwolves' training camp roster, but was cut before the start of the season, and never played a regular-season game in the NBA.
He returned to the CBA to play for the Sioux Falls Skyforce and was selected to the CBA All-Rookie Team in 1998.[5] Page remains one of the greatest players in Skyforce history; he left the team in 2001 as its all-time leading scorer (since passed). His jersey, #20, was retired in 2004. He played part of the 2001–02 season with the Fargo-Moorhead Beez.[6] He also played in the 1998 PBA Centennial Cup in the Philippines with the Pop Cola 800s and in the Italian Serie A with Scaligera Basket of Verona in the 1999–00 season, averaging 18.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 8 games played in Italy.
College statistics
edit| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995–96 | Georgetown | 37 | 33 | 26.1 | .404 | .333 | .667 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 12.5 |
| 1996–97 | Georgetown | 30 | 30 | 32.3 | .378 | .373 | .726 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 22.7 |
| Career | 67 | 63 | 29.2 | .389 | .358 | .701 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 17.1 |
Recent years
editIn 2003, Page was shot in the right eye while in his childhood neighborhood. Page lost the eye completely and now wears an eyepatch.
In September 2013, Page was sentenced to ten years in jail for second-degree assault.[7][8]
In June 2019, after being paroled for his previous offense, Page pled guilty to the assault and attempted rape of a 17-year-old girl in Prince George's County, Maryland. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ "1997 NBA Draft Profile: Victor Page". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 1999-10-13. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ a b "21. Victor Page". hoyabasketball.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "DC High School Boys Basketball One Game Scoring Records". dcbasketball.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ a b "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). p. 140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
- ^ "Victor Page minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ 2002–2003 Official CBA Guide and Register, page 278.
- ^ "FENNO: For Victor Page, reality of fall from stardom difficult to grasp". Washington Times. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ "Former Georgetown star Victor Page sentenced to 10 years in prison". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ Conway, Tyler. "TMZ: Ex-CBB Player Victor Page Agrees to 20-Year Prison Sentence for Assault". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Victor Page had to be pulled off of underage victim by neighbors, mother says". WTTG. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
External links
edit- "Without Bad Luck, He'd Have No Luck at All", New York Times, John Branch, p. 24, March 24, 2006 (requires registration)
- "Victor Page" at Georgetown Basketball History Archived 2013-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
- CBA stats at Statscrew.com
- Italian league stats (in Italian)
- College stats at Sports-reference.com