Jezreel De Jesús

Puerto Rican basketball player

Jezreel De Jesús

De Jesús with Puerto Rico during the qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup

No. 0 – Leones de Ponce
Position| Point guard
League| BSN
Personal information
Born|  (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 33)
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Nationality| Puerto Rican
Listed height| 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight| 82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
Playing career| 2012–present
Career history
2012–2013| Leones de Ponce
2013–2014| Santeros de Aguada
2014–2015| Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2015–2016| Fuerza Regia de Monterrey
2016–2017| Indios de Mayagüez
2017| Salta Basket
2017| Caciques de Humacao
2017–2018| Atléticos de San Germán
2018| Indios de Mayagüez
2018–2021| Capitanes de Arecibo
2021–2022| Real Estelí
2021–present| Leones de Ponce
Career highlights and awards

* BSN Second Team (2023)
* 2× Nicaraguan League champion (2020, 2021)
* BCL Americas Top Scorer (2021)

Jezreel De Jesús (born 5 May 1991) is a Puerto Rican basketball player for Leones de Ponce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He is also a member of the Puerto Rico national basketball team. De Jesús has played for several teams in Puerto Rico, and has also played in Argentina, Qatar, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia and Nicaragua.

## Early and college career

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De Jesús started playing basketball at age 5 in his hometown Carolina. Later, he traveled to Miami and later played for Western Oklahoma State College.[1]

## Professional career

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De Jesús started his career with Leones de Ponce in the Puerto Rican .

In 2015, he played with Barrancabermeja Ciudad Futuro in the Colombian League where he was named the Most Valuable Player of the season.

In the 2021 BCL Americas season, De Jesús was the top scorer of the league after averaging 20.1 points per game. On 14 April, De Jesus scored a game-high 26 points in the final of the 2021 BCL Americas. However, Estelí could not overcome Flamengo and lost the game narrowly.[2]

## Awards and accomplishments

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### Club

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Real Estelí

* 2× Liga Superior de Baloncesto: (2020, 2021)

### Individual

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* BCL Americas Top Scorer: (2021)
* Venezuelan League Top Scorer: (2015)
* Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano MVP: (2014)

## References

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1. ^ Líder http://www.liderendeportes.com/noticias/baloncesto/jezreel-de-jesus-se-pierde-de-vista-con-margarita.aspx/. Retrieved 25 March 2022. `{{cite news}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)
2. ^ "Flamengo wins 2021 BCLAmericas Championship". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

## External links

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* Jezreel De Jesus at Proballers
* Jezreel De Jesus at Latinbasket

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BCL Americas Top Scorer

* 2020: Davis
* 2021: De Jesús
* 2022: Sims
* 2023: Romero

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