Ade Murkey

Club

Alftanes

Position

Small Forward

Nationality

United States

Date of birth

1998-01-29

Birthplace

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Height

6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight

200 lb (91 kg)

Shirt number

9

Ade Murkey (born January 29, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Álftanes of the Úrvalsdeild karla. He played college basketball for the Denver Pioneers.

High school career
Murkey attended St. Croix Lutheran where he led the Crusaders to a 29–3 record as a senior, averaging 22 points, 9.9 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game and setting the single season scoring record, while also becoming the school's all-time leader in assists and steals. For this, he was named to the Minnesota AP Boys' Basketball Third Team All-State.

College career
Murkey played college basketball for Denver, seeing action in 118 career games, starting 88, while averaging 10.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. As a senior, he averaged 18.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per game and was named to the 2020 All-Summit League Second Team. His best game came on February 14, 2020, when he scored a Denver Division I program record 42 points against South Dakota State.