Nigel Hayes-Davis

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Nigel Hayes-Davis (né Hayes; born December 16, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League and the EuroLeague. He attended Whitmer High School in Toledo, Ohio and played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers.
A two-time All-EuroLeague First Team selection, Hayes-Davis holds the record for most points scored in a EuroLeague game, having scored 50 points against Alba Berlin in the 2023–24 season. He won the EuroLeague championship in 2025 with Fenerbahçe, earning the Final Four MVP award in the process.

As a freshman in 2013-14, Hayes-Davis was Wisconsin’s sixth man, scoring nearly 8 points per game as the Badgers won the Big Ten and made it to the final Four before a narrow loss in the National semis-finals to Kentucky. As a sophomore, he excelled as a starter for all the Badger games, adding 3-point shooting to his repertoire and helping Wisconsin to another Big Ten title and run to the final four including his crucial contributions in an upset of previously undefeated Kentucky in the semi-finals. In his junior season, Hayes was named first-team All-Big Ten after leading the…