Andrew Andrews


Andrew Delano Andrews is an American professional basketball player for Darüşşafaka of the Basketball Super League. He played college basketball for the University of Washington, where he led the Pac-12 Conference in scoring as a senior. After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft, Andrews played professional basketball in Turkey, Latvia and Israel.

High school career

Andrews attended Benson Polytechnic High School under Troy Berry. As a senior, he averaged 24 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game leading Benson to the Oregon Class 5A State Title game. When he graduated, he was considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com and was ranked 83th by ESPN among point guard prospects.
His cousin is former American Idol contestant and singer/actress Aubrey Cleland.

College career

Andrews came to Washington from Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, Oregon. After sitting out the 2011–12 season following hip surgery, Andrews joined the Huskies' regular rotation as a redshirt freshman. As a senior, he averaged 20.9 points per game to lead the conference, and was named first-team All-Pac-12. In his last home game with the Huskies, Andrews scored a career-high 47 points against arch-rival Washington State.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Andrews joined the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2016 NBA Summer League. On September 7, 2016, he signed with the Charlotte Hornets, but was later waived on October 20 after appearing in three preseason games.
On December 11, 2016, Andrews signed with Best Balıkesir of the Turkish Super League. In 19 games with Best Balıkesir Andrews averaged 14.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game.
On October 17, 2017 Andrews came back to the U.S. and was signed to the Delaware 87ers, the Philadelphia 76ers' G League affiliate.
On November 15, 2018, Andrews signed with Latvian team VEF Rīga of the VTB United League. On February 2, 2019, Andrews parted ways with VEF Rīga to join the Israeli team Hapoel Afula for the rest of the season. In 6 games played for Afula, he averaged 26.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game.
On July 20, 2019, Andrews returned to Turkey for a second stint, signing with Büyükçekmece for the 2019–20 season. Andrews averaged 20.7 points, 4.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
On May 20, 2020, Andrews returned to Israel for a second stint, signing with Maccabi Haifa for the rest of 2019–20 season dor replace Gregory Vargas.
On July 23, 2020, he has signed with Darüşşafaka of the Basketball Super League.