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SF David Lighty (Most Career Buckeye Wins, ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket - France)

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Lighty headed to France

Former Ohio State guard David Lighty will spend a second season overseas, having signed with JSF Nanterre in France, the team announced today.

Lighty split last season between two teams in Italy. He played with the Phoenix Suns' entry in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League in July in hopes of earning an invitation to an NBA team's training camp.

Nanterre coach Pascal Nanterrien Donnadieu said Lighty has "the profile" he was looking for to fill the void created by the departure of Mykal Riley, "a complete player, good defender and (one with a) state of mind beyond reproach." He said Lighty will have "a major role in the rotation."

One last thing: The announcement referred to "David 'Tank' Lighty." Not sure when or where he picked up that moniker, but it fits.
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http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/blogs/hoops-and-scoops/2012/08/lighty-signs-in-france.html
 
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One last thing: The announcement referred to "David 'Tank' Lighty." Not sure when or where he picked up that moniker, but it fits.
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Uh ... Bob, David's family has called him Tank since he was a little kid. This had even been a trivia question during TOs on the VCA scoreboard every season since 2006.
 
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Dryden;2193020; said:
Uh ... Bob, David's family has called him Tank since he was a little kid. This had even been a trivia question during TOs on the VCA scoreboard every season since 2006.
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I was at every home game for all but his freshman year, and I went to a few during his freshman year as well. I never saw anything about that being his nickname.

Not that I'm doubting you about the origin.
 
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While David Lighty is playing great ball here (averaging 18,7 pts a game), he is coming back to the US as his mother is unfortunatly in very bad shape. Please keep David and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
 
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David has been nominated for player of the month of january. Averaging over 20 points a game along with 4,5 boards and 4 dimes. This is the good news...
The bad one is he is back to the US because his mom is very very sick. Please keep the Lighty family in your thoughts and prayers.
 
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Emily Lighty, mother of former VASJ and Ohio State star David Lighty, dies
Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
February 10, 2013

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Emily Lighty hugs her son, David, after the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated George Mason in an NCAA Tournament game at Quicken Loans Arena in March 2011. John Kuntz, The Plain Dealer

The mother of former Buckeyes player and Villa Angela-St. Joseph grad David Lighty died on Saturday night after battling an illness. Despite her son's graduation in 2011 after five years in the program, Emily Lighty stayed around the Buckeyes last season, telling The Plain Dealer: "That group of guys was the best, most sweet and respectful and kindest group of young men of all the years I was there. I became pretty fond of all of them."

The feeling was with mutual, with many players referring to her as "Mama Lighty."

"She was always there smiling, she was always rooting for the entire team, having a blast," Ohio State junior Aaron Craft said Sunday. "Dave was definitely a momma's kid. You could see it. He just always dreamed about doing everything for his mom."

David Lighty posted a photo on his Twitter account of a necklace of Buckeyes hanging on the same metal hospital pole holding his mother's IV lines.

"She will forever be a Buckeye," David Lighty wrote. "She had to have them with her. . . . Great woman."
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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index....ampaign=BR_OSUBuckeyes&utm_source=twitter.com
 
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