The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

ZANE Knowles will return to the French ProB League but with a new club for the 2019 season.

The veteran forward and national team standout signed with Chartes Basket Masculins after he spent last season with Etoile Charleville-Mezieres.

In 27 games with the club last season, he recorded nine points and 6.7 rebounds per game.

Knowles spent his first professional season with Siarka Tarnobrzeg and King Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the Polish Basketball League or Tauron Basket Liga, the highest level of pro basketball in the country. Knowles has played also professionally in Japan (Tokyo Cinq Reves and Wakayama Trians). He averaged 9.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 24 total appearances.

Coming out of Texas A and M Corpus Christi, Knowles was drafted by the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G-League in THE third round (68th overall).

Knowles participated in the G-League’s Star’s Open Tryouts last season before being cut in training camp and eventually signed in Poland.

He spent his freshman year at Grambling, where he was hampered by several injuries. He played in just 15 games and averaged 1.7 points and 2.0 rebounds in 7.8 minutes per outing. After completing a stint at Pearl River Community College (12.6 points, 8.4 rebounds per game), Knowles completed his final two years of eligibility with the Texas A and M Corpus Christi Islanders.

As a junior, he averaged 5.3 points and four rebounds per game and, as a senior, increased those numbers to 7.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.