1. Jermaine Darnell Beal was born on November 4,1987 and is an American former professional basketball player.
43 Facts About Jermaine Beal
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Jermaine Beal had a four-year college basketball career with Vanderbilt, where between 2006 and 2010 he became the winningest four-year player in school history and earned first-team All-SEC honors as a senior.
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Jermaine Beal began his professional career in Poland, before having stints in the NBA Development League, Belgium, and Brazil.
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Jermaine Beal attended DeSoto High School in nearby DeSoto, where he was a two-time All-State honoree and helped the Eagles to a 5-A state title as a freshman and a state runner-up finish as a junior.
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On November 10,2005, Jermaine Beal signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Vanderbilt University.
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Jermaine Beal appeared in 34 games for the Commodores and made two starts, while averaging 3.8 points and 1.8 rebounds in 16.8 minutes per game.
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Jermaine Beal was named to the South Padre Invitational All-Tournament team for his play against Utah State and Bradley.
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Jermaine Beal was named to the NABC Division I All-District 21 second team, and the USBWA All-District IV team.
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Jermaine Beal finished as the winningest four-year player in school history, to go alongside 1,255 career points.
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Jermaine Beal was unable to secure a roster spot with the Heat, so his agent worked out deals abroad.
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Jermaine Beal signed his first professional contract on August 3,2010, with Polish team Trefl Sopot.
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Jermaine Beal played in both of Sopot's EuroChallenge games against Dexia Mons-Hainaut, scoring two points on debut before going scoreless with three rebounds and three assists in the next game.
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Jermaine Beal went 0-of-8 from three-point range over the three contests.
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On February 28,2011, Jermaine Beal was acquired by the Erie BayHawks in a three-team trade.
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In 29 games for the Toros, Jermaine Beal averaged 6.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game; and in 18 games for the BayHawks, he averaged 9.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.
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Jermaine Beal appeared in 31 games and averaged 11.2 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.
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On September 21,2012, after a successful trial period, Jermaine Beal signed with Brazilian team Minas.
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Jermaine Beal scored a season-best 28 points against Suzano on February 14,2013.
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Jermaine Beal appeared in 37 games and averaged 16.7 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
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Jermaine Beal scored 19 points in a game one win, led a Perth fightback in game two with another 19 points, and had 15 points and four assists in a 24-point win in game three to lead the Wildcats to the NBL championship.
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In 33 games, Jermaine Beal averaged 15.6 points and made 101 three-pointers.
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Jermaine Beal averaged 3.4 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game.
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In June 2014, Jermaine Beal had a six-game stint in Puerto Rico with Piratas de Quebradillas of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.
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On July 17,2014, Jermaine Beal re-signed with the Wildcats on a one-year deal with a second year option, earning the mantle of "the next Ricky Grace", an American guard from Dallas who became a club legend and a naturalized Australian after starting out as an import with the Wildcats.
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Jermaine Beal was one of the league's top five scorers through the regular season, finishing with 450 points, but at times struggled to adjust after being asked to lift his output in the absence of Ennis.
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In 30 games, Jermaine Beal averaged a team-high 16.4 points and made a league-leading 69 three-pointers.
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Jermaine Beal scored 14 of his then season-high 26 points in the final term, including 11 after being crossed-over and having his "ankles broken" by Hawks guard Kevin Lisch with just under seven minutes to play.
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Jermaine Beal was held scoreless in the opening term before hitting nine three-pointers over the next two quarters, finishing with 10-of-19 three-pointers for the game along with seven assists.
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Jermaine Beal became just the second player in NBL history to score 40 points in a game after going scoreless in the first quarter, and became the first Wildcat to score 40 points since teammate Shawn Redhage in 2007.
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Jermaine Beal struggled to hit top form during the second half of the season, with his hot hand often deserting him.
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Additionally, Jermaine Beal was said to have "priced himself out of Perth".
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Jermaine Beal joined Brisbane with a weight of expectation, and he was one of the team's standouts in the pre-season.
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Jermaine Beal had just two points at half time before scoring 12 third-quarter points.
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Jermaine Beal received a warm reception when he was introduced to the Perth Arena crowd before the match and scored 11 points in the opening term to help spark the onslaught.
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Bullets coach Andrej Lemanis said parting ways with Jermaine Beal was "in the best interests of the team, both in terms of winning games this season and building for the future".
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Jermaine Beal was touted as the big-game gunner that would lift the Bullets in key moments, but instead had disappearing acts in Brisbane losses.
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On September 18,2017, Jermaine Beal signed a one-month contract with Ironi Nes Ziona, now in the Israeli Premier League, as injury cover for Daequan Cook.
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In January 2018, Jermaine Beal was a midseason addition to the staff of the Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team.
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Jermaine Beal was hired by coach Kevin Stallings as an assistant video coordinator.
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Jermaine Beal played for Stallings in all four years of his college career at Vanderbilt.
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In June 2022, Jermaine Beal joined the Waxahachie High School athletics staff as head junior varsity coach and a varsity assistant coach with the Runnin' Indians.
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Jermaine Beal is the son of James and Rubye Jermaine Beal, and has an older brother James Jr, and a younger brother Jared.
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Jermaine Beal is commonly referred to by the nickname "Dolla", and traditionally wore the number zero jersey.