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:
 
Janari Joesaar (2014-15) scored 12 points with six rebounds as BC Kalev/Cramo fell to Lokomotiv 105-94 in group A of VTB United League. Joesaar is averaging 12.8 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
 
Luis Valera (2008-10) scored six points with eight rebounds, but Guadalajara fell to Daimiel 74-56 in the Spanish EBA (fourth division). Valera is averaging 15.9 points and 6.6 rebounds.
 
Other former UTRGV players, who play in pro basketball:
Brian Burrell (2006-08) plays for Team Toronto in the Eurobasket S. League
Johnny Crnogorac (2017-19) plays for Inner WB in Australian WARATAH
Isaiah Fontaine (2018-20) plays for Raiders Basket in Finnish 1st Division
Shaquille Hines (2012-16) plays for DEAC in Hungarian A Division
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
Terry Winn III (2017-19) played for Odessa in Ukrainian Superleague
 
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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