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Top Georgia Southern University alumni playing currently pro basketball

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Here is the weekly review of the top performing Eagles alumni, who are currently playing in pro basketball (4/14/23).

   #1. Angel Matias (6'5''-F-1992, played in 2013-15, plays pro in Puerto Rico) could not help Cangrejeros de Santurce (9-7) in their last game. Despite his very good performance the third-placed Cangrejeros de Santurce (9-7) lost 104-113 on the road to the second-ranked Atleticos in the Group B. Matias was the top scorer with 26 points. He also added 6 rebounds in 28 minutes. Matias averages 16.4ppg, 6.3rpg and 1.8apg in 16 games he played so far. Matias is a naturalized Puerto Rican.

   #2. Tookie Brown (5'11''-PG-1995, played in 2015-19, plays in Cyprus) led AEK Larnaca to a victory over the sixth-ranked Anorthosis (10-10) 90-72 in the Cypriot OPAP Basket League last Saturday. Brown was MVP of the game. He scored 22 points, had 5 rebounds and dished 3 assists. Petrolina AEK Larnaca (16-4) is placed second in the OPAP Basket League. It was his team's seventh consecutive victory in a row. This season Brown averages 16.3ppg, 3.8rpg, 3.6apg and 2.0spg.

   #3. Isaiah Crawley (6'7''-PF-1998, played in 2018-20, currently in Hungary), who plays in the Hungarian A Division was not able to help Bp. Honved (6-21) in their last game. Despite his good performance the fifth-placed Bp. Honved (6-21) was edged84-81 in Nyiregyhaza by the lower-ranked (#6) Hubner NBS in the Play Out group. Crawley had a double-double by scoring 11 points and getting the same number of rebounds in 36 minutes. It was Bp. Honved's third consecutive loss in a row. Crawley averages 13.4ppg, 7.7rpg and 1.4apg in 14 games.

   #4. Zack Bryant (6'2''-G-1997, played in 2020-21, plays pro in Greece) was the main contributor in a GS Ermis Shimatariou's victory against the 14th-ranked Aias Evosmou (8-21) 85-72 in the Greek Elite League (second division) in Saturday night's game. He was MVP of the game. Bryant recorded 27 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists; quite an impressive performance considering it's only his second season in pro basketball. GS Ermis Shimatariou (14-13) is placed tenth in the Elite League. Bryant's team will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And that game will be critical. It's Bryant's first year with the team. Bryant averages 19.3ppg, 3.1rpg, 4.3apg and 1.3spg.

Former Georgia Southern University players, who play or played in pro basketball:
Tookie Brown (5'11''-PG-95) plays for AEK Larnaca in Cyprus
Zack Bryant (6'2''-G-97) plays for GS Ermis Shimatariou in Greece
Tre Bussey (6'3''-G-91) played for Goga in Albanian Superliga
Simeon Carter (6'8''-F-96) played for Kauhajoki in Finland
Isaiah Crawley (6'7''-PF-98) plays for Bp. Honved in Hungarian A Division
Trey Dawkins (6'8''-F/C-97) played for Barreirense in Portuguese LPB
Eric Ferguson (6'8''-F-89) plays for Urupan in the Uruguayan LUB
B.J. Gladden (6'6''-F-95) played for Olhanense in Portugal
Montae Glenn (6'8''-F-97) signed for ZTE KK in Hungarian A Division
Jelani Hewitt (6'3''-G-91) played for Bodegas Rioja Vega Clavijo in Spanish LEB Silver last year
Brian Holmes (6'1''-G-91) played for Al Wehda in Saudi Arabian SBL
Mike Hughes (6'3''-G-96) played for Vera in Georgian Superleague
Julius Jenkins (6'2''-PG-81) played for Science City Jena in German ProA last year
David-Lee Jones (6'0''-PG-98) signed for Elbasani in Albanian Liga e pare
Angel Matias (6'4''-F-92) plays for Jaguares in Nicaragua
Ike Smith (6'4''-G-97) Ike Smith (6'4''-G-97) plays for Pyrinto in Finnish Korisliiga
Diogo Salazar (6'9''-F-83) signed for 5Basket in Portuguese 1.Divisao
Eito Yuminami (5'6''-PG-99) signed for Nagasaki in Japanese B3 League

Notice: The list above includes only some of alumni playing currently in pro basketball. Check complete list of Georgia Southern University basketball alumni.

 

Montae Glenn (Estonia) (Photo: @georgiasout)

Tre Bussey (Cyprus) (Photo: @PolpharmaSt)

Angel Matias (Puerto Rico) (Photo: @loscapitane)

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