Maurice Acker is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Quebec Kebs in the Premier Basketball League. He was a standout college player for the Marquette Golden Eagles

Marquette Golden Eagles

The Marquette Golden Eagles are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Marquette University....

. He played high school basketball at Hillcrest High School, a teammate of Marquette alumni Jerel McNeal

Jerel McNeal

Jerel McNeal is an American professional basketball shooting guard with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-League. In March 2011, McNeal signed a brief 10 day contract with the New Orleans Hornets. In college, McNeal played with the Marquette Golden Eagles...

. He was drafted in the eighth round of the 2010 NBA D League Draft by the Bakersfield Jam, but was waived in November of that year.

College career

Maurice averaged 9.2 points, 4.6 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 31.7 minutes and started in all 28 games as a freshman at Ball State University

Ball State University

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. He was named Mid-American Conference

Mid-American Conference

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 Freshman of the Year in 2005-06. After his freshman season he transferred to Marquette University

Marquette University

Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...

 and sat out the 2006-07 season before suiting up as a sophomore in 2007-08. In the 2008-09 season, Acker took over the starting point guard position because regular starter Dominic James

Dominic James

Dominic James is an American basketball player. James' career with the Marquette University Golden Eagles men's basketball team was thought to have ended a few weeks prematurely when he broke the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot during the Golden Eagles' loss to Connecticut on February 25,...

 broke his ankle in a loss to the Connecticut Huskies

Connecticut Huskies

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, and started the rest of the season in his place. He started almost every game in the 2009-10 season, averaging 29.2 minutes, 8.7 points, 3.7 assists, and an impressively low 1.2 turnovers per game.