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“We are happy to be able to fill a young, promising and promising Lithuanian,” said the Ryto head. coach Giedrius Žibėnas. – Rapolas is a tall mobile man, extremely versatile, which will add us to the missing centimeters, especially considering the currently reduced ranks of our attackers. We hope that Rapolas does not have an adaptation period to get used to the European style of play and that he can reveal all his good qualities already this season.
2018-2019 R.Ivanauskas was one of the main leaders of the College College team and this season he was nominated as the player of the year for his conference. The Lithuanian NCAA recorded 15.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists.
The 208cm tall heavyweight forward spent the Atlantic last season with the Cincinnati Bearcats. In this season’s NCAA championship, the tallest scored an average of 6.3 points in 7 games played and bounced 5 balls in 21 minutes.
However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, R.Ivanauskas made the decision not to continue the season and leave the team.
The fact that this forward is interested in the Vilnius team, 15 minutes I already wrote earlier this week.
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He is an extremely technical and heavy hitter with a wide attacking arsenal that can play head-to-head in the basket, hit from afar, or mistake an opponent for a back play game.
In 2016, Rivals reviewers ranked R. Ivanauskas 89th on the list of the most talented American basketball players nationwide. I was then interested in the prestigious universities of Iowa or Purdue, but the journey of the intriguing talent of America’s basketball scouts was difficult.
Over the next two seasons, he suffered two serious shoulder injuries, forcing him to spend just 11 minutes on the court.
AFP / “Scanpix” nuotr./Rapolas Ivanauskas
After returning to the field after injuries, R.Ivanauskas became an important part of the Colgate University team. 2018-2019 was voted Player of the Year for his conference. Also, for the first time in 20 years, R.Ivanauskas led the New York State team to the NCAA “March Madness.”
During an NCAA game, the highest market averaged. 16.3 points and 8.3 rebounds, and the triples were reached by 43.8 percent. accuracy.
2019-2020 season R.Ivanauskas NCAA market vid. 13.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and hit 26.3 percent. three points.
The talent that shone in New York received calls from high-level universities in Maryland, Dayton in 2020, NBA legend Patrick Ewing attracted him to the Georgetown team, but the Lithuanian chose the Cincinnati camp.
Although R.Ivanauskas was able to play his final season in the NCAA next year, he decided to link his future with Vilnius “Rytas”.
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