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- Zeke Mayo scored five points on 2-of-7 shooting in Hawks 91-83 loss in Vegas.
- Mayo averaged 7.3 points and 2.0 assists in four of Atlanta's five Vegas outings.
- Mayo went 0-for-4 from three with three assists, two turnovers and a minus-27.
Former University of Kansas and South Dakota State mens basketball guard Zeke Mayo struggled Saturday in his fourth and final appearance with the Atlanta Hawks in the Las Vegas summer league.
Mayo, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound Lawrence native who played for the NBA G Leagues Cleveland Charge during the 2025-26 season after one season at KU and three at S.D.
State, scored five points on 2-of-7 shooting in the Hawks 91-83 loss to the Washington Wizards on Saturday at Cox Pavilion on UNLVs campus.
Mayo, 23, went 0-for-4 from 3 with three assists against two turnovers in 25 minutes off the bench.
He had a plus/minus of minus-27.
He averaged 7.3 points and 2.0 assists per game while playing 20.8 minutes per game in four of the Hawks five outings in Vegas.
He hit 34.5% of his shots including 25% of his 3s.
Mayo played in one of the Hawks three games in the Salt Lake City summer league which preceded the games in Vegas.
He had 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting while playing 14 minutes in Atlantas 96-82 win over Memphis.
He was 3-for-4 from deep with two steals and one assist.
As an undrafted free agent, he averaged 8.2 points, 2.9 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 36 games for Cleveland of the G League last season.
He averaged 21.4 minutes per contest while starting two games.
Mayo scored 28 points against the Westchester Knicks in a game in March.
He was 8-of-14 from 3-point range.
He averaged 14.6 points and 4.8 rebounds in his senior year at KU.
Council, Dickinson sit for final game: Former KU guard Melvin Council Jr.
and center Hunter Dickinson did not suit up as a coachs decision for the New Orleans Pelicans final summer league game on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Dickinson, a 7-footer from Alexandria, Virginia who is on a two-way deal with the Pelicans for the second straight season, averaged 13.3 points and 5.7 rebounds while playing in three of his teams five games in Vegas.
Dickinson, 25, started and averaged 25.5 minutes in those games.
Council, a 6-4, 24-year-old native of Rochester, New York, who is hoping to land a two-way contract or at least an invitation to Pelicans training camp, averaged 8.0 points and 3.7 assists in 23.6 minutes across three games for New Orleans.
Nowell scores 14: Former Kansas State guard Markquis Nowell scored 14 points on 4-of-12 shooting (3-of-9 from 3-point range) with six assists and six turnovers in 31 minutes off the bench for the Pelicans on Saturday.
In five summer games for New Orleans, the 5-foot-8, 26-year-old Nowell averaged 13.2 points and 4.6 assists per contest.
He logged 24.3 minutes per game.
Nowell played in Spain last season.