The winner of the 2023-24 Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy is staying in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Baskonia extends top scorer Markus Howard until 2028
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and shooting guard Markus Howard reached a new agreement to keep working together until the end of the 2027-28 season, the club announced Tuesday.
A scoring machine
Howard (1.78 meters, 25 years old) comes off a great season in which he claimed the 2023-24 Alphonso Ford Top Scoring Trophy, averaging a EuroLeague-best 19.5 points per game. He went over the 20-point mark as many as 19 times, scoring more than 30 points five times and reaching the 35-point mark twice, against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in regular season Round 9 and against Real Madrid in Round 33. His 759 points are the most by any EuroLeague player in a single season. He also led the competition in three-pointers, hitting as many as 148, 60 more than last season. Those 148 three-pointers are by far an all-time EuroLeague record: Alexey Shved previously had 107 shots made from downtown with Khimki Moscow Region in the 2017-18 season. Howard was also the Spanish League top scorer at 19.4 points per night.
Filling the baskets everywhere
Howard finished his college career at Marquette University, averaging 27.8 points and 3.3 assists in 29 NCAA games. He went on to play for Denver of the NBA and Grand Rapids of the G League before joining Baskonia in 2022. In two seasons with Baskonia, Howard has averaged 17.1 points in 72 games, hitting 236 of 611 shots from beyond the arc (38.6% 3FG). He also helped the USA national team win respective gold medals at the 2015 U16 FIBA Americas Championships and the 2016 U17 World Cup. With this agreement, Howard is set to enter the prime of his career in the EuroLeague.