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Patrick Andrew Spencer (born July 4, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Valley Suns of the NBA G League. He played college lacrosse for the Loyola Greyhounds, where he set the NCAA men’s lacrosse record for career assists (231) and is considered one of the greatest college lacrosse players of all time. He also played one year of college basketball for the Northwestern Wildcats.
Spencer is from Davidsonville, Maryland. Spencer attended Boys’ Latin School of Maryland, where he played both lacrosse and basketball. He earned four varsity letters for basketball and lacrosse. He was a US Lacrosse High school All-American, and he played for the Under Armour Underclass All-American Team Baltimore in 2014. He scored 30 goals and had 30 assists as a junior, and 49 goals and 51 assists as a senior.. In basketball, as a senior, he averaged 14.3 points, 8.1 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2.3 steals per game. Prior to his junior year, Spencer grew from 5-foot-6 to 6-foot-2.
During Spencer’s four years at Loyola, the team compiled…
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