Ivan Aska (born 26 June 1990) is a U.S. Virgin Islander-Puerto Rican professional

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player for DEAC of the Hungarian

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. He has also represented the senior men's U.S. Virgin Islands national basketball team. He played

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for

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's Racers. He is a 2.03 m (6'8") tall

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High school

Aska played high school basketball at Boyd H. Anderson High School, in

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College career

Aska played

at Murray State University, with the Murray State Racers, from 2008 to 2012. He was named the

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Freshman of the Year in 2009, and second-team All-

(OVC) in 2012. As a senior, Aska averaged 10.6 points and six rebounds per game.

Professional career

Aska signed with the German

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club

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, in 2015, but he left the club before playing in any official games with them. He joined the

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club, PAOK, in March 2017. On August 28, 2017, Aska signed a deal with the

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out in France's

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. On August 5, 2018, Aska returned to Greece once more for Kolossos Rodou. On August 1, 2019, Aska returned to Israel for a second stint, signing a one-year deal with Hapoel Hevel Modi'in of the Israeli National League. Aska joined Rabotnički in 2021 and averaged 13.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game. On August 3, 2021, Aska signed with DEAC of the Hungarian

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2017, Aska played in

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for Team Challenge ALS. He competed for the $2 million prize in 2017, and for Team Challenge ALS, he averaged 8.2 points per game. Aska helped take the sixth-seeded Team Challenge ALS to the Championship Game of the tournament, where they lost in a close game to Overseas Elite 86-83.

U.S. Virgin Islands national team

Aska has been a member of the senior men's U.S. Virgin Islands national basketball team. With the U.S. Virgin Islands, Aska has played at the following tournaments: the 2011

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, where he won a gold medal, the 2012 Centrobasket, the 2015 FIBA CBC Championship, where he won a gold medal, and the 2016 Centrobasket.Ivan ASKA (ISV).
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References

External links

FIBA profile
(archive)

(game center)
Eurobasket.com ProfileDraftexpress.com profileGreek Basket League profile

Greek Basket League profile

Murray State Racers bioESPN.com College StatsTwitter Account
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