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 24 points with eight rebounds and four assists to lead medi Bayreuth to a 111-95 victory over EWE Baskets in the German BBL on Wednesday. Joesaar is averaging 9.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
 
Shaquille Hines (2012-16) scored 22 points with five rebounds to lead the Nishinomiya Storks to a 79-64 victory over Bambitious Nara in the Japanese B2 League on Saturday. Hines is averaging 16.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.
 
Lesley Varner Jr. (2016-20) scored 25 points with seven rebounds, three assists and three steals as UBSC Raiffeisen Graz fell at Gmunden Swans 89-70 in the Austrian BSL. Varner is averaging 19.9 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.2 steals per game.
 
Luis Valera (2008-10) scored 11 points with seven rebounds as Guadalajara fell to Estudio 84-75 in the Spanish EBL. Valera is averaging 11.9 points and 5.0 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.
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.
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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