AUBURN, Ala. - Every time he shoots a trois – French for three – Chris Lofton outlives cancer.
The SEC's career leader in 3-pointers, Lofton plays for Le Mans in France, his ninth season playing professional basketball in Europe.
Auburn coach Bruce Pearl, Lofton's coach at Tennessee, calls Chris "one of the greatest shooters, if not the best shooter in the history of the SEC."
Lofton's 431 3-pointers, 64 more than the SEC's next most lethal sharpshooter, back up Pearl's lofty assessment. "It's a great compliment," Lofton said by phone from France.