2026-27 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
Pronunciation: “OOOG-niss YARE-rue-SHEH-vih-chus”
Prior to Arizona
- Has played a total of 70 games at the college level over the past four seasons
- Over those four seasons, he is averaging 9.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and shooting 48.9% from the floor and 72.6% at the free throw line
- Played the 2025-26 season at University of Nebraska, where he was only able to participate in one game due to a back injury
- In the one game he appeared in, against New Hampshire, he finished with seven points, two rebounds and two blocked shots
- Spent the 2024-25 season at Central Michigan, where he earned First Team All-MAC honors
- In 26 games, he led the Chippewas in scoring (16.2 ppg), rebounding (7.3 rpg) and field goal percentage (.537) in 26.7 minutes per game
- Led the MAC with eight double-doubles and ranked fifth in the conference in scoring and third in rebounding
- Hed eight games scoring 20 or more points, highlighted by two games with 32 points and 10 rebounds against Akron and Kent State
- Began his college career by playing his freshman and sophomore seasons at Cal State Bakersfield
- As a sophomore, he played in 25 games off the bench and averaged 5.5 points, 2.2 rebounds
- As a freshman, he played in 18 games and made one start, posting averages of 4.4 points and 2.8 rebounds before his season was cut short by an ankle injury in January
- Played for Kaunas “Varpas” Gimnazija in Lithuania before coming to the United States for college
- Was also a member of the Lithuanian Youth National Team for four years
- Helped Lithuania to a runner-up finish at the 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship while averaging 5.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.1 blocks
- Played as an amateur for BC Zalgiris-2 in the LKL, the same program that Motiejus Krivas played for before coming to Arizona
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