Martinas Geben (born October 20, 1994) is a Lithuanian professional

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player for Baxi Manresa of the

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. He previously attended and played college basketball in the

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College career

Geben played four seasons at the

. He was primarily used as a backup in his first two seasons for the Fighting Irish, and became a starter in his senior year. As a senior, he averaged 11.1 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.

Professional career

On 28 June 2018, Geben signed a three-year (2+1) contract with the Lithuanian champions Žalgiris Kaunas. On 11 September 2018, Geben was loaned to the Juventus Utena of the

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. After averaging 11.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks during the

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, he received the

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. On 29 July 2021, Geben signed with

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of the

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(BBL). On 20 September 2022, Geben signed a two-month deal with

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of the

. He averaged 14.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists in six BBL games played. On 11 December 2022, Geben signed with Baxi Manresa of the

for the rest of the 2022–23 season. On 27 June 2023, he renewed his contract for an additional year.

National team career

Geben won bronze medal while representing the

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during the

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. Geben won a gold medal at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...

in Taipei as part of the Lithuanian student national team with an 85–74 win over the United States.

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Notre Dame , 22 , , 1 , , 8.8 , , .550 , , , , .700 , , 1.6 , , .4 , , .0 , , .4 , , 1.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Notre Dame , 16 , , 0 , , 3.0 , , .545 , , , , 1.000 , , .9 , , .0 , , .1 , , .1 , , 1.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Notre Dame , 34 , , 23 , , 12.4 , , .646 , , , , .767 , , 3.4 , , .7 , , .4 , , .3 , , 3.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Notre Dame , 36 , , 36 , , 24.8 , , .606 , , .333 , , .850 , , 8.0 , , 1.2 , , .6 , , .9 , , 11.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 108 , , 60 , , 14.4 , , .608 , , .333 , , .825 , , 4.2 , , .7 , , .3 , , .5 , , 5.2

References

External links

Notre Dame Fighting Irish bio

at Sports-Reference.com
EuroLeague profile

RealGM profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Geben, Martinas 1994 births Living people Bàsquet Manresa players BC Juventus players BC Žalgiris players Brose Bamberg players Centers (basketball) Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Germany Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Spain Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in the United States Lithuanian men's basketball players Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players Power forwards (basketball) Skyliners Frankfurt players