RIO GRANDE VALLEY – There are currently at least 12 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:
 
Shaquille Hines (2012-16) scored 14 points with nine rebounds, to lead DEAC to a 97-82 victory over league-leading Alba in the Hungarian A Division on Friday. Hines is averaging 11.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
 
Luis Valera (2008-10) scored 26 points with six rebounds to lead Guadalajara to a 76-56 victory over Aguimes in the Spanish EBA (fourth division) on Saturday. Valera is averaging 17.0 points and 6.9 rebounds in 16 games.
 
Johnny Crnogorac (2017-19) scored 10 points with seven rebounds for the Albury Wodonga Bandits during a 107-102 road loss to the Tigers in the Australian State League (second division). In two games, Crnogorac is averaging 7.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.
 
Terry Winn III (2017-19) scored 18 points with six rebounds to lead the Tampa Bay Titans to a 117-112 victory over the Raleigh Firebirds in the TBL on Saturday. Winn is averaging 9.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists in four games.
 
Other former UTRGV players, who play in pro basketball:
Brian Burrell (2006-08) plays for Team Toronto in the Eurobasket S. League
Isaiah Fontaine (2018-20) played for Raiders Basket in Finnish 1st Division and was selected fifth in the BSN Puerto Rico Draft to play with Mets de Guaynabo
Janari Joesaar (2014-15) plays for Kalev/Cramo in Estonian KML
Xavier McDaniel Jr. (2016-18) played for Seattle Mountaineers in the ABA last year
Perry Petty (2010-11) plays for Gorgan in Iranian Superleague
Tyson Smith (2018-19) played for Orbi in Georgian A League last year
Lew Stallworth (2015-18) plays for Timisoara in Romanian Liga Nationala
Lauri Toivonen (2011-14) plays for Nokia in Finnish Korisliiga

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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