Shane Gibson (basketball)


Shane Gibson is an American professional basketball player who last played for Cibona of the ABA League and the Croatian League.

College career

He played college basketball for Sacred Heart, where he was a three-time All-Northeast Conference selection. In his junior season, Gibson averaged 22.0 points per game, fourth in the nation. He scored 21.6 points per game as a senior, ninth in NCAA Division I. Gibson finished his career with 2,079 points, the most in Sacred Heart's Division I years and eighth highest in school history overall.

Professional career

Gibson went undrafted in the 2013 NBA Draft, though he played for the Sacramento Kings in the Summer League. He did not play during the 2013-14 season. Gibson signed with the Idaho Stampede of the NBA D-League in 2014, where in 50 games he was averaging 26.5 minutes per game, 12.5 points per game, while shooting 44.7% from the floor, 39.8% from three-point range and 87.1% at the foul line. In 2015, he played for Basket Recanati of the Italian Series A2 league before joining Halifax Hurricanes of NBL Canada. On June 14, 2016, the Hurricanes won the 2016 NBL Canada Finals over the London Lightning, 4–3.
On August 10, 2017, he joined AEK Larnaca of the Cypriot Division A. Gibson signed with Cibona on August 24, 2019.