Žygimantas Skučas (born 18 March 1992,

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, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian professional

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player for

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of the National Basketball League (NKL). His main position is

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Professional career

In 2016, he signed with Lietkabelis Panevėžys and debuted in his first European competition EuroCup on 12 October versus

KK MZT Skopje MZT Skopje Aerodrom () is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian First League (basketball), Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but du ...

by scoring 15 points, grabbing 4 rebounds and helping his team to start the season with a 90–89 victory. The team also qualified into the TOP16 stage and Skučas finished the debut season with solid 9.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists averages.

International career

He won four gold medals with Lithuania national teams: Europe U-16 in 2008, Europe U-18 in 2010, World U-19 in 2011 and Europe U-20 in 2012.

References

1992 births Living people Basketball players from Kaunas BC Juventus BC Lietkabelis players BC Pieno žvaigždės players Lithuanian men's basketball players 21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen Power forwards Small forwards {{Lithuania-basketball-bio-stub