IntroAmerican basketball player
IsAthlete 
Basketball player 
FromUnited States of America 
Georgia 
TypeSports 
Gendermale
Birth10 October 1989, Maywood
Age:30 years

Jacob Everse Pullen (born November 10, 1989) is an American-born Georgian professional basketball player for Khimki of the VTB United League. He played for the Kansas State Wildcats. Pullen has both American and Georgian citizenship, and has played for the Georgian national team.

College career

In his college debut against Sacramento State, Pullen scored 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting and ended up scoring in double figures in eight of his first ten games. He has been a large part of Kansas State’s renewed success over the last few years. As a freshman, he was one of just three players who appeared in all 33 games. Alongside Michael Beasley, he helped upset #2 Kansas with a season-high 20 points, going 10-for-10 from the free throw line.

In the 2008–09 season, Pullen was one of only two players to start all 34 games for the Wildcats (Luis Colon was the other). He notched his career best of 38 points against Kansas on Feb. 14, 2011. He recorded at least one steal in 27 games the 2009 season and had at least one three-pointer in 29 games.

Pullen continued his strong play into 2010, leading Kansas State to a 26–6 overall record (11–5, Big 12) thus far in his junior season, with wins at Dayton, at UNLV, at Alabama, against Xavier, and against then undefeated, number 1-ranked Texas. Playing under coach Frank Martin, Pullen led Kansas state to the Big-12 Tournament Championship game. Pullen, the Wildcats leading scorer, is averaging 19.1 points per game. He has already climbed into the top ten in numerous categories on Kansas State’s all-time lists. Kansas State fans began using the unofficial slogan “Fear the Beard” as an homage to Pullen, who had not shaved since August.

Along with backcourt mate Denis Clemente, Pullen has received many accolades for his part in the turnaround in K-State’s basketball fortunes in recent years. In 2009–2010, Pullen and Clemente have combined for the third-highest points-per-game by any guard tandem in school history, at almost 35 combined points. They trail only the combo of Mike Evans and Chuckie Williams (who averaged more in both the 1974–75, and 1975–76 seasons) in the K-State record books. The two lead the Wildcats to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament before eventually losing to Butler. Pullen was selected to the All Big-12 Team that year.

As a senior, Pullen and the Cats lost to Wisconsin in the third round and he was named a Fourth Team All-American by Fox Sports. Pullen is the All Time Scoring Leader in the history of Kansas State University Men’s Basketball.

Professional career

2011–12 season

Pullen went undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft. On July 12, 2011, he signed with Angelico Biella of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A for the 2011–12 season.

2012–13 season

In July 2012, Pullen joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On August 31, 2012, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Super League for the 2012–13 season. On March 13, 2013, he signed with Virtus Bologna of Italy for the rest of the season.

2013–14 season

On August 13, 2013, Pullen signed with FC Barcelona of Spain for the 2013–14 season. On 8 March 2014, Pullen scored 12 three-point field goals in a 111-66 win over CB Valladolid, breaking the Liga ACB single-game record, which was previously held by Oscar Schmidt.

2014–15 season

In August 2014, he signed with Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association. However he left Liaoning before the start of the season. On September 28, 2014, Pullen came back to Spain and signed with Baloncesto Sevilla. On November 7, 2014, he parted ways with Sevilla.

On November 14, 2014, he signed with New Basket Brindisi of Italy for the rest of the season.

2015–16 season

On August 8, 2015, Pullen signed with Cedevita Zagreb of Croatia for the 2015–16 season.

2016–17 season

On September 29, 2016, Pullen signed a one-month deal with Russian club Khimki. On October 31, he re-signed with Khimki for the rest of the season.

International career

In August, 2012, Pullen was granted Georgian citizenship, which both increased his career options across Europe and allowed him to play for the Georgian national team in EuroBasket 2013. He began playing with the team during EuroBasket qualification in 2012.

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