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Jesica Gonzalez
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Men's Basketball

Men’s Basketball Alumni in the Pros Update

EDINBURG – There are currently at least a dozen players who previously played for the UTRGV men's basketball team actively playing professional basketball. Here is an update on how some of them they're doing, courtesy of Eurobasket:

Shaquille Hines (2012-16) scored a team-high 20 points with nine rebounds, but Basketball Loewen Braunschweig fell to Bayern Muenchen 70-59 on the road on Saturday. Hines is averaging 7.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. 

Luis Valera (2008-10) scored six points for Azuqueca in a 62-70 loss to Zornotza in the Spanish LEB Silver (third division). Valera recorded 6 points. Valera is averaging 7.8 points and 3.5 rebounds in 33 games.
 
Other former UTRGV players, who play in pro basketball:

Janari Joesaar (6'6''-SF-93) plays for Iberostar Tenerife CB Canarias in Spanish Liga Endesa
Perry Petty (6'1''-PG-88) plays for Shahrdary Gorgan in Iranian Superleague
Shaun Noriega (6'4''-G-90) played for Angeles in Mexican LNBP few monts ago
Lauri Toivonen (6'7''-F-91) plays for Lapuan Korikobrat in Finnish Korisliiga
Everett Osborne (6'4''-G/F) played for Woodville Warriors in Australian Premier League last year
Emanuel Jones (6'7''-F-85) plays for Yulon Luxgen in Taiwanese SBL
Mike Hoffman (6'8''-F-94) plays for T.Hesperange in Luxembourg N2
Julius Allgood (6'8''-F-84) played for Centro in Dominican Rep. Higuey League last year
Adonis Rwabigwi (6'9''-F-95) played for Team Washington in the Eurobasket S.League last year
Brandon Provost (6'3''-PG-90) played for Air Force Bomb Squad in The Basketball Tournament last year
 
Note: The list above includes only some of the alumni currently playing in pro basketball. For the full list click here.

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