Janari Joesaar
Janari Joesaar (#21)

Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball Alumni in the Pros Update

RIO GRANDE VALLEY – There are currently at least 15 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 10 points with four rebounds as medi Bayreuth beat Hamburg Towers 90-71 in the German BBL last Saturday. Joesaar is averaging 8.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game. 
 
Luis Valera (2008-10) scored 12 points with eight rebounds as Guadalajara fell to the Real Madrid second team 89-72 in Group B of the Spanish EBA. Valera is averaging 12.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.
 
Other former UTRGV players, who play in pro basketball:
Julius Allgood (2006-09) plays for Correcaminos de Colon in Panamanian LPB
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 Japanese B2 League
Jordan Jackson (2017-20) signed with Ginásio Clube Figueirense Basketball in Portugal's Proliga.
Xavier McDaniel Jr. (2016-18) plays for Seattle Mountaineers in the ABA.
Perry Petty (2010-11) plays for Gorgan in the Iranian Superleague
Tyson Smith (2018-19) plays for Arena-Orbi Tbilisi in the Georgian A League.
Luis Stallworth (2015-18) plays for Musel Pikes in the Luxembourg LBBL.
Paul Stoll (2006-08) plays for Fuerza Regia de Monterrey of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional.
Lauri Toivonen (2011-14) plays for Nokia in the Finnish Korisliiga.
Lesley Varner Jr. (2016-20) plays for UBSC Raiffeisen Graz in Austrian BSL
Terry Winn III (2017-19) plays for Musel Pikes in Luxembourg LBBL

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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