Courtesy of Eurobasket LLC We bring you last week's top former Golden Eagles players who are currently playing in pro basketball.
#1. P.J. Reyes (6'5''-G/F-88, graduated '12, plays pro in Mexico) was the major contributor in Libertadores' surprising victory against the second-ranked Aaguacateros (12-5) 92-91 in the Mexican LNBP (second division) on Wednesday night. He recorded 27 points (!!!) and added 3 passes in 31 minutes. Libertadores de Queretaro (7-11) is placed eighth in West group. Reyes has relatively good stats this season 11.3ppg, 2.6rpg and 2.8apg. He is a naturalized Mexican.
#2. Justin Coleman (6'8''-F-94, graduated '17, plays in North Macedonia) contributed to an easy victory against one of league's weakest teams Akademija FMP (0-4) 85-69 in the North Macedonian Prva Liga in Saturday night's game. Coleman recorded 6 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Euro Nickel (3-1) is placed fifth in the Prva Liga. This year Coleman averages 4.5ppg and 3.3rpg in four games he played so far. He is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top summer league for players who want to play basketball overseas.
#3. Elliott Cole (5'11''-PG-94, graduated '17, currently in Kosovo), who plays in the Kosovan Superliga could not help Prizreni (4-4) in their game last Sunday. Despite Cole's good performance Prizreni was defeated90-75on the road by the leading Rahoveci. He scored 14 points and added 4 passes in 29 minutes. Cole has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages 18.5ppg, 1.8rpg and 2.8apg.
#4. Jhan Paul Mejia (6'10''-F/C-94, graduated '18, plays pro in Spain) contributed to an easy victory against the fifth-ranked CB Prat (5-3) crushing them 88-67 in the Spanish LEB Silver (third division) on Saturday night. He scored 9 points and grabbed 4 rebounds. Agricola Villarrobledo CBV (5-3) is placed fourth in West group. This year Mejia averages 5.3ppg and 3.0rpg in seven games. He has also Spanish nationality.
Other former University of Charleston players, who play in pro basketball:
Austin Howard (6'1''-G) plays for Team Moscow in the Eurobasket S.League
Jordan Smith (6'3''-G-96) played for Artik in Armenian D2
Jevonte Hughes (6'5''-C-93) plays for Panthers in Belizean NEBL
Notice: The list above includes only some of alumni playing currently in pro basketball. Check complete list of University of Charleston basketball alumni.
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