Colton Iverson (ex Tenerife) joins Zenit

Zenit Sankt Petersburg (VTB) agreed terms with 30-year old American (has also Bissau-Guinean passport) center Colton Iverson (212-116kg-89, college: Colorado State, agency: Pensack Sports). He played last season at Iberostar Tenerife CB Canarias in Spanish Liga Endesa. In 35 games he had 11.3ppg and 7.0rpg. Quite impressive season as he was named to Eurobasket.com All-Spanish Liga Endesa 2nd Team. Iverson also played 19 games in Basketball Champions League where he recorded 10.7ppg, 6.2rpg and 1.2apg. He helped them to make it to the final. It was another spectacular season as he was named to Eurobasket.com All-Basketball Champions League 2nd Team and League Player of the Week.
The previous (17-18) season Iverson played at MoraBanc Andorra (also in Liga Endesa). In 19 games he averaged 5.2ppg and 3.8rpg.
In 2013 Iverson was drafted by Indiana Pacers (NBA) in second round (53rd overall). He attended Colorado State and it will be his seventh season in pro basketball.
Iverson was voted All-MWC Newcomer of the Year back in 2013 at his college time.
Iverson has played previously professionally in Israel (Maccabi Fox Tel-Aviv) and Turkey (Pinar Karsiyaka and Besiktas).

Zenit Sankt Petersburg roster for 2019-2020:

Guards:
Dmitry Khvostov
Andrew Albicy
Alex Renfroe

Forwards:
Tim Abromaitis
Vladislav Trushkin
Mateusz Ponitka
Andrey Zubkov

Centers:
Colton Iverson
Anton Pushkov
Sergey Balashov

By Eurobasket Data Center



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