David Maurice Lighty, Jr. (born May 27, 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American basketball player for Bennet Cantu

Pallacanestro Cantù

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 of Italy

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 in the Euroleague

Euroleague

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. Lighty played college basketball

Basketball

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 for at Ohio State

Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball

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High school years

Lighty attended and played basketball at Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School

Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School

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. The Plain Dealer named him player of the year in 2005. Lighty averaged 22 points per game during his senior year and led VASJ to a state runner-up finish.

College career

Lighty did not see much playing time his freshman year. He averaged 3.7 points and 2.3 rebounds in 16 minutes per game off the bench. During the NCAA Tournament

2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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, Lighty averaged 7.0 points per game and hit a game-tying 3-pointer late in the regional semi-final game against Tennessee

Tennessee Volunteers basketball

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. Lighty was moved into the Buckeyes' starting lineup for his sophomore year.

Lighty was injured in December 2008 and missed the rest of the 2008-09 season. He received a medical red-shirt for the year.Lighty returned for his junior season in 2009-10. As a junior he averaged 12.6 points, 3.0 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game.

As a senior he was picked to the Fifth Team All-America by Fox Sports.