Courtesy of Eurobasket LLC Here is the weekly review of the top performing Highlanders alumni, who are currently playing in pro basketball.
#1. Bryan Antoine (6'5''-G-2000, played in 2022-24, plays pro in Holland) could not help Den Helder (1-6) in their last game. Despite his very good performance Den Helder lost 91-101 on the road to the leading Oostende. Antoine was the top scorer with 22 points in 24 minutes; quite an impressive performance considering it's only his second season in pro basketball. But this is still an early stage of the season and everything may happen. Antoine has relatively good stats this year 14.4ppg, 3.9rpg, 2.1apg and 1.3spg in seven games he played so far.
#2. Javonte Green (6'5''-G-1993, played in 2011-15, plays in the NBA) contributed to a Detroit Pistons' victory against the Dallas Mavericks (2-6) 122-110 in the NBA on Saturday night. Green scored 7 points and had 3 steals. The Detroit Pistons have a solid 6-2 record this season. It was his team's fourth consecutive victory in a row. But the season just started, so everything may happen. It's Green's first year with the team. This season he averages 4.8ppg, 2.6rpg and 1.1spg. Green is a naturalized Montenegrin.
#3. Edward Polite Jr. (6'5''-F-1997, played in 2015-19, currently in Azerbaijan) was the major contributor in Neftci's victory against the sixth-ranked NTD (0-6) crushing them 99-71 in a derby game in the Azerbaijani ABL in Saturday night's game. Polite Jr. scored 18 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in 25 minutes. Neftci IK Bakuis placed fourth in Grupa A group. Polite Jr. has individually a very good year with high stats. He averages 15.5ppg, 5.3rpg, 2.0apg and 4.0spg in four games.
#4. Devin Hutchinson (6'5''-G/F-1996, played in 2018-20, plays pro in Lithuania) was not able to help Silute (4-5) in their last game on Thursday. Despite his very good performance Silute was defeated 83-76 in Marijampole by the higher-ranked Suduva-Mantinga (#5). Hutchinson was the top scorer with 19 points. He also added 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. But the season is still in its first stage and everything can happen. It's Hutchinson's first year with the team. This season Hutchinson has very high stats. He averages 17.3ppg, 3.1rpg and 2.0apg.
#5. Lewis Djonkam (6'9''-F/C-1997, played in 2018-22, plays in Romania) was not able to secure a victory for the league outsider Targu Jiu (0-7) in their last game. Despite his good performance Targu Jiu was crushed97-54 on the opponent's court by the much higher-ranked (#3) Craiova. Djonkam was the second best scorer with 12 points. He also added 5 rebounds and 2 blocks in 22 minutes. So far Targu Jiu lost all seven games in the Regular Season. This year Djonkam averages 9.7ppg, 7.1rpg and 1.4spg in seven games.
#6. Shaquan Jules (6'7''-F-1999, played in 2020-23, currently in Kosovo) couldn't help the league outsider one of league's weakest teams Bora in their game against Vellaznimi in the Kosovan Superliga. Despite his very good performance in Sunday night's game Jules was the second best scorer with 16 points. He also added 7 rebounds. Jules has relatively good stats this season 12.0ppg and 5.8rpg.
#7. Rashun Davis (6'0''-PG-1993, played in 2012-16, plays pro in Poland) couldn't help Tauron GTK Gliwice in their game against Trefl in the Polish OBL. Davis cannot count it as his best performance. He scored only 2 points in 11 minutes. His team was crushed by 36 points 97-61. This year Davis averages 7.8ppg, 2.0rpg, 1.4apg and 1.8spg in five games. He is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market.
#8. Josiah Jeffers (6'1''-G-2001, played in 2018-23, plays in Albania) led Tirana to an easy victory against the closely-ranked Teuta crushing them 103-72 in the Albanian Superliga on Thursday night. Jeffers scored 11 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. Jeffers has relatively good stats this season 11.0ppg, 5.8rpg, 2.6apg and 1.8spg.
#9. DaQuan Smith (6'1''-PG-1999, played in 2022-24, currently in Russia) led Dinamo Vladivostok to a surprising victory over the third-ranked Temp-SUMZ 76-75 in the Russian Superleague (second division) in Sunday night's game. Smith was MVP of the game. He recorded 22 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in 38 minutes. Smith has very impressive stats this year 16.4ppg, 4.1rpg and 2.9apg in seven games.
Other former Radford University players, who play in pro basketball:
D'Auntray Pierce (6'10''-F, played in 2022-24) played for Amra Gagra in Georgian Superleague
Chandler Turner (6'7''-F, played in 2023-24) played for Zwolle in Dutch DBL
Jarvis Moss (6'4''-G, played in 2024-25) signed for Szedeak in Hungarian A Division
TJ Nesmith (6'9''-F-2001, played in 2023-25) signed for Saitama Broncos in Japanese B3 League
David Early (6'4''-G-2001, played in 2024-25) signed for Kosice Wolves in Slovakian Tipos SBL
Christian Bradford (6'1''-PG-1995, played in 2016-18) signed for Metal in Mongolian MBL
Devine Eke (6'8''-PF-1996, played in 2019-22) plays for ASCVD in Senegalese N1M
Notice: The list above includes only some of alumni playing currently in pro basketball. Check complete list of Radford University basketball alumni.
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