Lenzy Houston
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 25/01/57
- Place of Birth:
- Position: G/F
- Height (CM): 187
- Weight (KG): 90
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Tusculum (1976-1980)
- NBL DEBUT: 6/02/82
- AGE AT DEBUT: 25
- LAST NBL GAME: 11/07/82
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 25
- NBL History: Launceston 1982
- Championships: 0
- None
NBL EXPERIENCE
Lenzy Houston made his NBL debut with the Launceston Casino City Tigers at 25 years of age. He scored 26 points in his first game.
Lenzy Houston played one season in the NBL. He averaged 20.8 points, 8 rebounds, and 2.5 assists in 26 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 25 | Launceston | 5-21 (13) | 26 | 0 | 542 | 208 | 65 | 91 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 74 | 204 | 413 | 49% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 134 | 170 | 79% | 55% | 49% | 35 | Totals | 26 | 0 | 542 | 208 | 65 | 91 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 74 | 204 | 413 | 49.4% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 134 | 170 | 78.8% | 56% | 49% | 35 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 25 | Launceston | 5-21 (13) | 26 | 0.0 | 20.8 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 7.8 | 15.9 | 49% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 5.2 | 6.5 | 79% | 54.9% | 49% | 35 | Total | 26 | 0.0 | 20.8 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 7.8 | 15.9 | 49.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 78.8% | 56% | 49% | 35 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 35 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Devonport 1989 | North West Tasmania 1991-93
COLLEGE
Lenzy Houston played his college basketball at Tusculum College from 1976-77 through 1979-80, finishing his career with 2,345 points, which Tusculum’s career scoring list ranks second in program history.
Across his Tusculum career (1976-80), Houston is also listed among the program’s top field-goal percentage shooters at .530, and he produced multiple seasons that appear on Tusculum’s single-season leaders lists for both scoring and rebounding.
During the 1977-78 season, Houston’s year is recorded on Tusculum’s single-season lists at 21.6 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per game, showing his rise into one of the program’s primary producers before his award-heavy 1978-79 campaign.
In 1978-79, Houston is listed at 25.6 points per game (a top-five single-season scoring average in program records) and 12.1 rebounds per game (the program’s top single-season rebounding average), and he was also credited with 244 field goals made that season; that same year he was named VSAC Player of the Year, VSAC Eastern Division Player of the Year, VSAC Eastern Division Freshman of the Year, and he earned NAIA All-America honorable mention, NAIA All-District recognition, and NAIA District 24 Player of the Year, while Tusculum won the 1978-79 Volunteer State Athletic Conference title and the VSAC Eastern Division championship.
Houston repeated NAIA District 24 Player of the Year and NAIA All-America honorable mention honors in 1979-80, while appearing on Tusculum’s single-season record lists with 319 total rebounds and a 10.3 rebounds-per-game average; in that 1979-80 season he is also listed at .582 shooting on 213-for-366 from the field, and he made 169 free throws, with Tusculum again winning the VSAC Eastern Division championship.
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