BC Pieno žvaigždės ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Pieno žvaigždės) is a professional
basketball
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club from
Pasvalys
Pasvalys () is a town in Panevėžys County, Lithuania, located near the bank of the Svalia River.
History
In 1557, the Treaty of Pasvalys was signed in the town, which provoked Ivan IV of Russia to start the Livonian War. Pasvalys has mineral s ...
,
Lithuania
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which currently plays in the
Lithuanian Basketball League
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* Lithuanians
* Lithuanian language
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* Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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(LKL). The club name comes from the main sponsor
Pieno žvaigždės
Pieno žvaigždės is one of the biggest dairy products companies group in Lithuania, uniting Mažeikiai dairy, Kaunas dairy, Pasvalys
Pasvalys () is a town in Panevėžys County, Lithuania, located near the bank of the Svalia River.
Histo ...
.
History
Founded in 1999, the club played its inaugural season in the now-defunct fourth-tier Lithuanian Basketball C League (LKCL). In 2001, the club gained the right to play in the third division LKBL. In 2003, the club debuted in the
LKAL
LKAL - Lietuvos Krepšinio A Lyga (English: Lithuanian Basketball A League), was the second Lithuanian basketball league until it ceased to exist in the spring of 2005.
The new created league named ''NKL'', Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga (Natio ...
league and took fourth place (regular season: 19–15). The 2003–2004 LKAL season was more successful for Pieno žvaigždės as they won the regular season (regular season: 39–13). During the 2006–2007 season, Pieno žvaigždės played in the new second Lithuania basketball league, NKL, and took fifth place (regular season: 22-22). In their second NKL season, BC Pieno žvaigždės took only eight place (regular season: 17–15). The 2008–2009 season was more successful and Pieno žvaigždės took sixth place (regular season: 23–13). The 2009–2010 NKL season was one of the most successful in the club history as BC Pieno žvaigždės took third place in NKL (regular season: 21–9).
![Arena, Pieno žvaigždės](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Arena%2C_Pieno_%C5%BEvaig%C5%BEd%C4%97s.JPG)
However this was not the end, as BC Pieno žvaigždės ended their 2010–2011 NKL regular season with 41:1 win/lose ratio (lost to Meresta Pakruojis by 1 point). On 16/17 April 2011, BC Pieno žvaigždės participated in NKL
final four and became
NKL champions. Also they got their chance to enter Lithuania super basketball league
LKL, because of that, Pieno žvaigždės played three transition matches against
Naglis (loser goes to
NKL and the winner is automatically transferred to
Lithuania
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super
basketball
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league
LKL). On 26 April 2011, Pieno žvaigždės lost their first transition match against
Naglis in
Palanga
Palanga (; bat-smg, Palonga; pl, Połąga; german: Polangen) is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea.
Palanga is the busiest summer resort in Lithuania and has sandy beaches (18 km, 11 miles long ...
. On 29 April 2011 however, Pieno žvaigždės won the second game of the transition series in
Pasvalys
Pasvalys () is a town in Panevėžys County, Lithuania, located near the bank of the Svalia River.
History
In 1557, the Treaty of Pasvalys was signed in the town, which provoked Ivan IV of Russia to start the Livonian War. Pasvalys has mineral s ...
. The perfect BC "Pieno žvaigždės" season finished very unsuccessfully as they lost the third transition series game against
Naglis by only one point with result 68:69. Because of that, Pieno žvaigždės had to stay in
NKL.
On 14 July 2011, Pieno žvaigždės merged with
LKL participant
Perlas, so they participated in premier
Lithuania
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basketball league LKL. The main team coach was former Perlas coach
Roberts Štelmahers
Roberts Štelmahers (born November 19, 1974) is a Latvian retired professional basketball player, who played the point guard position. Štelmahers was a member of the Latvia national basketball team from 1992 to 2005 participating in four EuroB ...
. Pieno Žvaigždės debuted in the
LKL league on 7 October 2011 against
Techasas, they won the match with result 84:56.
In 2011–2012 season Pieno žvaigždės participated in
LKF Cup
The LKF Cup was an annual national domestic cup competition for Lithuanian professional basketball teams. It was organised by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (Lietuvos Krepšinio Federacija - LKF). The competition's full name was Lietuvos Kre ...
tournament. They eliminated
Šiauliai
Šiauliai (; bat-smg, Šiaulē; german: Schaulen, ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County.
Names
Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different l ...
in last round of playoffs and advanced to final four, which took place in
Kaunas
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. The semi-final was against
Rūdupis, which, after very tight game Pieno žvaigždės won with result 68:67.
However, the team was no match for
Žalgiris Kaunas, losing 62:99. Over the next two seasons, the team played solidly in both the LKL and BBL competitions, reaching the quarterfinals each time, also reaching the LKF Cup finals in 2013, though losing to
BC Prienai.
In the
2014–15 LKL season
The 2014–15 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga was the 22nd season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The season started in October 2014, and finished in June 2015.
Žalgiris won its 1 ...
, Pieno žvaigždės were just one step away from defeating
Juventus
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in the quarter-finals, losing the fifth series game by 8 points. Juventus later played in the LKL bronze final and surprisingly defeated
Euroleague participant
BC Neptūnas there.
On 29 July 2015 the club was invited to join the
2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup
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The competition replaced the EuroChallenge and had the aim to take ...
tournament, which is the alternative version of the 2nd tier European tournament
ULEB Eurocup, organized by
FIBA
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.
University of Florida
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standout Dennis Mavin and
Khimik star
Ramone Moore strengthened the team roster in the summer of 2015. The team advanced into the second stage of the FIBA Europe Cup by clinching the second place in the group and surprisingly leaving the last season's
Polish
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* Poles
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champions and
Euroleague participants
Turów Zgorzelec
PGE Turów Zgorzelec is a Polish a basketball team based in Zgorzelec.
The club played in the Polish League (PLK) and won the Polish championship once, in the 2013–14 season. The club was sponsored by the PGE Group, and they are also the clu ...
shocked. They were eliminated in the second stage, with
KK Cibona
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and
Energia Târgu Jiu
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advancing. BC Pieno žvaigždės once again reached the quarterfinal stage in the LKL, but lost to BC Žalgiris.
In the 2016–2017 season, Pieno žvaigždės reached the
Baltic Basketball League
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finals for the first time in club history, after being the best team in regular season. They defeated BK Ogre/Kumho Tyres in the first round of the playoffs,
Liepāja Triobet in the quarterfinals, and
BC Tartu
University of Tartu basketball team ( et, link=no, Tartu Ülikooli korvpallimeeskond ), for sponsorship reasons known as Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits, is a professional basketball team based in Tartu, Estonia. The team plays in the Latvian–Est ...
in the semifinals, before losing to
BC Vytautas in the finals. In the LKL, Pieno žvaigždės once again lost in the quarterfinals, this time to
BC Lietuvos rytas
Rytas Vilnius is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The club was founded in 1997 from another club, Statyba, and has become one of the most successful Lithuanian basketball clubs. Rytas have won two EuroCup Ba ...
. The leaders and stars of the team during the 2016 and 2017 seasons were
Derrick Low and
Steponas Babrauskas
Steponas Babrauskas (born June 20, 1984) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player.
Professional career
Babrauskas was a runner-up in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) with Lietuvos Rytas, in 2004. He won the Latvian Basketball League ...
.
In the 2017–2018 season,
Rimantas Grigas
Rimantas Grigas (born 1962, Klaipėda) is a Lithuanian basketball coach, known for his stint with Žalgiris Kaunas.
He was coaching Atletas Kaunas in the 1996-1999 season. Before entering Žalgiris Kaunas coach staff, he was signed with Žalgi ...
, who coached the team in the 2013–2014 season, returned as coach. Pieno žvaigždės resigned Steponas Babrauskas and signed
Vyacheslav Bobrov
Vyacheslav Bobrov (born 19 September 1992) is a Ukrainian basketball player for BC Budivelnyk of the European North Basketball League and the Champions League.. He also plays for the Ukrainian national team.
Professional career
During the 2019 ...
, who quickly became the team leader. While Pieno žvaigždės remained undefeated in the BBL and had a solid 5–7 record (5th place) in the LKL, coach Grigas was shockingly replaced as head coach by
Gediminas Petrauskas. Along with Petrauskas, Pieno žvaigždės signed former club players
Osvaldas Olisevičius
Osvaldas Olisevičius (born January 10, 1993) is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for Reggio Emilia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He can play both small forward and power forward positions.
Professional career
In 2014 Ol ...
and
Trévon Hughes Trévon Hughes (born April 4, 1987) is a retired American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player who last played for Elitzur Yavne B.C. of the Israeli National League. Hughes went to high school in Delafield, Wisconsin at St. John's Northwest ...
to return to the team, and also signed solid players like center
Lis Shoshi
Lis Shoshi (born June 29, 1994) is a Kosovan professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball), Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Howard College and ...
and guard Jahenns Manigat to help the team. In the BBL, Pieno žvaigždės dominated, losing only one game in the regular season and finishing with an 11–1 record. Rival and BBL champion
BC Vytautas shockingly left the competition during the season. In the BBL playoffs, Pieno žvaigždės beat
KK Pärnu
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* Kk. or Kirk ...
in the quarterfinals 174:150 (96:66 and 78:84) on aggregate in the quarterfinals, and
BC Šiauliai
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159:148 (91:84 and 68:64) on aggergrate in the semifinals. In the finals, facing
BK Jūrmala, Pieno žvaigždės was the heavy favorite, and proved it by winning in dominating fashion, 174:148 (98:80 and 76:68) on aggregate, winning the BBL championship. Manigat was the finals MVP. Pieno žvaigždės recovered in the LKL, and by the end of the regular season, finished in 6th place. They faced
BC Neptūnas, one of the top teams in Lithuania for the past years, and gave a good fight, losing the series 1:3.
Petrauskas remained as head coach for the 2018–2019 season. For the first half of the season, Pieno žvaigždės played a largely unspectacular basketball, led by
Emmanuel Omogbo. By December, changes were made. Many players were released, with
Yannick Franke
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,
Jay Threatt and the returning
Žygimantas Skučas
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The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional positions in a re ...
being signed to improve the team. Omogbo was released. Pieno žvaigždės went on an amazing run during December–March, winning 12 of the next 15 games in the LKL, and climbing up to 4th place in the standings, with a 16–11 record. However, the good news ended there - Pieno žvaigzdės lost the next 9 games in a row, falling to 5th place and ending the regular season with a 16–20 record. In the playoffs, Pieno žvaigždės were eliminated by cross-town rival
BC Lietkabelis, swept in two games.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the 2019–2020 season ended early. Pieno žvaigždės finished in 7th place in the LKL. The team was led by
John Gillon
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College career
Gillon started his collegiate career at Arkansas-Little Rock, where ...
,
Miha Lapornik and
Paulius Petrilevičius
Paulius Petrilevičius (born 23 March 1991) is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for Astoria Bydgoszcz of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). Standing at , he mostly plays at the power forward position.
Professional career
Petrilevi ...
. In the
King Mindaugas Cup
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, for the third season in a row, Pieno žvaigždės were eliminated by
BC Lietkabelis. The 2020-2021 season was the last for Pieno žvaigždės under coach Petrauskas.
Tomas Lekūnas
Tomas Lekūnas (born April 6, 1993 in Lithuania) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player.
Professional career
Lekūnas started his professional career in KK Akademija Vilnius in 2010.
International career
He won silver medal with Lithuani ...
, Petrilevčius and
Edgaras Želionis
Edgaras Želionis (born June 4, 1989) is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for New Taipei CTBC DEA of the T1 League. He plays at the power forward and center positions.
Professional career
On July 5, 2017, Želionis signed with Nep ...
lead the team in scoring. Pieno žvaigždės made the LKL playoffs, but were swept by BC Žalgiris, finishing in 8th place.
Before the 2021-2022 season, during the summer, coach Petrauskas left the team, and was replaced by the returning
Mantas Šernius
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The Lithuani ...
, the LKL Coach of the Year of the previous season. The season was marked by constant roster changes, and despite solid play by late season additions
Randy Culpepper
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College career
He played for the University of Texas El Paso Miners. He is in Conference USA's top 15 all-time in career scor ...
and
Markell Johnson
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High school care ...
, as well as
Žygimantas Skučas
Žygimantas Skučas (born 18 March 1992, Kaunas, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. His main position is power forward
The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional positions in a re ...
and
Arnas Beručka
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Professional career
Beručka started his professional career signing with BC Perlas in 2015. He played 2 seasons in Perlas. ...
, Pieno žvaigždės missed the LKL playoffs for the first time in club history. The 9th place finish was the worst in club history in the LKL.
Team
Current roster
Depth chart
Squad changes for/during 2022–23 season
In
Out
Season by season
* 2003–2004 season: 4th
LKAL
LKAL - Lietuvos Krepšinio A Lyga (English: Lithuanian Basketball A League), was the second Lithuanian basketball league until it ceased to exist in the spring of 2005.
The new created league named ''NKL'', Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga (Natio ...
(reg. season: 19–15)
* 2004–2005 season: 5th (reg. season winner: 39–13)
* 2005–2006 season: 8th
NKL (reg. season: 22-22)
* 2006–2007 season: 5th
NKL (reg. season: 22-22)
* 2007–2008 season: 8th NKL (reg. season: 17–15)
* 2008–2009 season: 6th NKL (reg. season: 23–13)
* 2009–2010 season: 3rd NKL (reg. season: 21–9)
* 2010–2011 season: 1st NKL (reg. season: 41–1, lost promotion playoffs)
::
Detailed information of former rosters and results.
Head coaches
* Rimantas Endrijaitis
2010–2011
*
Roberts Štelmahers
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2011–2012
* Nerijus Zabarauskas
2012–2013
* Mindaugas Lukošius
2013
*
Rimantas Grigas
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He was coaching Atletas Kaunas in the 1996-1999 season. Before entering Žalgiris Kaunas coach staff, he was signed with Žalgi ...
2013–2014, 2017
*
Mantas Šernius
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The Lithuani ...
2014–2016, 2021–2022
* Ramūnas Cvirka
2016–2017, 2022–present
*
Gediminas Petrauskas 2017–2021
Notable players
* Lithuanians:
*
Evaldas Kairys
Evaldas Kairys (born October 11, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He plays in the center position.
Professional career
Kairys been a part of Lietuvos rytas Vilnius you ...
2011–2015
*
Aurimas Kieža 2011–2012
*
Eimantas Bendžius 2011—2012
*
Edgaras Ulanovas
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Professional career
On ...
2012–2013
*
Šarūnas Vasiliauskas 2012–2013
*
Žygimantas Jonušas 2013–2014
*
Dovydas Redikas
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Professional career
On 13 September 2018 Redikas joined Apollon Limassol of the Cypriot League.
National team career
Redikas won five gold medals with Lithu ...
2013–2014, 2015–2016
*
Egidijus Dimša
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2013–2014
*
Artūras Jomantas
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Professional career
Born in Mažeikiai, Lithuania, he made his debut with Mažeikiai Nafta durin ...
2013–2014
*
Rolandas Alijevas
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Pro career
On 15 April 2011, Alijevas signed a contract with BC Prienai, until the end of the season.
On 28 June 2011, he signed with BC ...
2013–2014
*
Tauras Jogėla
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2014–2015
*
Gytis Sirutavičius
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2014–2015, 2018–19
*
Laimonas Kisielius 2014–2015, 2019–20
*
Osvaldas Olisevičius
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Professional career
In 2014 Ol ...
2014–2017, 2018
*
Steponas Babrauskas
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Professional career
Babrauskas was a runner-up in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) with Lietuvos Rytas, in 2004. He won the Latvian Basketball League ...
2015–2018
*
Paulius Petrilevičius
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Professional career
Petrilevi ...
2019–2022
*
Žygimantas Skučas
Žygimantas Skučas (born 18 March 1992, Kaunas, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. His main position is power forward
The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional positions in a re ...
2020–2021
*
Edgaras Želionis
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Professional career
On July 5, 2017, Želionis signed with Nep ...
2020–2021
* Foreigners:
*
Trévon Hughes Trévon Hughes (born April 4, 1987) is a retired American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player who last played for Elitzur Yavne B.C. of the Israeli National League. Hughes went to high school in Delafield, Wisconsin at St. John's Northwest ...
2011–2013, 2017–2018
*
Paulão Prestes
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Professional career
Prestes was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves, in the second round of ...
2012
*
Sylvester Morgan
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2011–2012
*
Tyrell Biggs
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2012–2013
*
Yancy Gates 2012–2013, 2018–19
*
Darrel Mitchell
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2013–2014
*
Derrick Caracter
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2013–2014
*
Michael Dixon 2014–2015
*
Alex Oriakhi
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2014–2015
*
Kyle Lamonte 2014–2015
*
Ramone Moore 2015–2016
*
Derrick Low 2015–2017
*
Vyacheslav Bobrov
Vyacheslav Bobrov (born 19 September 1992) is a Ukrainian basketball player for BC Budivelnyk of the European North Basketball League and the Champions League.. He also plays for the Ukrainian national team.
Professional career
During the 2019 ...
2017–2018
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Emmanuel Omogbo 2018–2019
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Jay Threatt 2018–2019
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Yannick Franke
Yannick Ayrton Franke (born May 21, 1996) is a Dutch professional basketball player for PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League. He also represents the Netherlands national basketball team in international competition. Franke mainly plays a ...
2018–2019, 2021
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John Gillon
John Benjamin Gillon III (born March 31, 1994) is an American professional basketball player. He played in college for Little Rock, Colorado State, and Syracuse.
College career
Gillon started his collegiate career at Arkansas-Little Rock, where ...
2019–2020
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Mike Bruesewitz 2019–2020
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Miha Lapornik 2019–2020
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Randy Culpepper
Randy Lechard Culpepper (born May 16, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Basket Brno of the NBL.
College career
He played for the University of Texas El Paso Miners. He is in Conference USA's top 15 all-time in career scor ...
2022
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Jared Cunningham
Jared Armon Cunningham (born May 22, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for Oregon State, where he was an All-Pac-12 first ...
2022–present
References
External links
Official BC Pieno Žvaigždės website
BC Pieno Žvaigždės LKL.lt
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BC Pieno žvaigždės
Basketball teams in Lithuania
Sport in Pasvalys
Basketball teams established in 2003
2003 establishments in Lithuania