Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany – For a second straight year, Carson-Newman men's basketball alum Grant Teichmann will head back across the Atlantic to suit up for a German professional team.
After spending his rookie year in Heidelberg, Teichmann has signed on to joing the Wiha Panthers in Villingen-Schwenningen in Germany's ProA league, the second highest division in the country.
Teichmann joins Antoine Davis (Germany and Canada), Ish Sanders (Slovakia, Kosovo, Spain, Australia), Josh Rogers (Israel, England) and Charles Clark (Iceland, Brazil), as the fifth Eagle to turn pro in the last seven years. Carson-Newman has the most professional basketball players in the SAC in that time span behind Lincoln Memorial and Queens, who have each produced six.
Teichmann, Sanders and Rogers are active pros.
An All-SAC second team selection, Teichman was a warhorse on the court. Teichmann led the league averaging 35 minutes per game. He was C-N's leader in scoring (14.5) and assists (4.7), and was third in rebounds (4.5). He ranked fifth in the conference in assists.
Teichmann's 4.7 assist per game average registers as the fourth-highest single-season average in Carson-Newman men's basketball history.
His slash line as a senior was impressive. He made 50.2 percent of his shots, 42.2 percent of his threes and 73.3 percent of his foul shots. Teichmann, Queens' Blake Morrow and Lenoir-Rhyne's Darius Simmons were the only players in the league that year to average at least 50 percent shooting from the field and 42 percent from three. Teichmann was the only player in that trio to average double figures.
Teichmann matched his career high of 26 points on three occasions in his final season at the Creek. He went for 26 in an 87-86 win at King and did it again in a road loss to Queens and a home win against Newberry.
He became the first player in 12 seasons to turn in a double-double with points and assists for Carson-Newman. He had 16 points and 11 rebounds against Lees-McRae. He wound up bringing home SAC and TSWA State Player of the Week honors for that effort when it was couples with his career-high matching performance at King.
Teichmann scored in double figures 21 times that year and went on the plus side of 20 points on eight occasions. He had at least five assists in 13 games as a senior.
