RIO GRANDE VALLEY – There are currently at least 16 players who previously played for the UTRGV men's basketball team actively playing professional basketball. Here is an update on home some of them are doing, courtesy of
Eurobasket:
Janari Joesaar (2014-15) scored 22 points with six rebounds to lead medi Bayreuth to a 93-84 victory over the Hamburg Towers in the German BBL last Tuesday.
Terry Winn III (2017-19) scored 26 points with 13 rebounds, but Musel Pikes fell at Sparta 91-73 in the Luxembourg LBBL. Winn is averaging 19.7 points, 15.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists in three games.
Other former UTRGV players, who play in pro basketball:
Julius Allgood (2006-09) plays for Bancola in the Dominican Republic
Brian Burrell (2006-08) played for Team Toronto in the Eurobasket S. League last season
Johnny Crnogorac (2017-19) plays for Albury Wodonga Bandits in the Australian NBL1 South
Isaiah Fontaine (2018-20) plays for Atleticos de San German in Puerto Rican BSN
Shaquille Hines (2012-16) plays for Nishinomiya Storks in the Japanese B2 League
Jordan Jackson (2017-20) signed with Ginásio C.F. Basketball in Portugal's Proliga
Xavier McDaniel Jr. (2016-18) played for Seattle Mountaineers in the ABA last season
Perry Petty (2010-11) plays for Gorgan in the Iranian Superleague
Tyson Smith (2018-19) played for Orbi in Georgian A League last season
Luis Stallworth (2015-18) plays for Musel Pikes in the Luxembourg LBBL
Paull Stoll (2006-08) plays for Fuerza Regia de Monterrey of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
Lauri Toivonen (2011-14) played for Nokia in Finnish Korisliiga last season
Luis Valera (2008-10) plays for Lujisa Guadalajara B in the Spanish EBA (fourth division).
Lesley Varner Jr. (2016-20) signed with UBSC Raiffeisen Graz in the Austrian BSL
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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