Jovan Šljivančanin

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Born (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 26)
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight95 kg (209 lb)
Jovan Šljivančanin
Personal information
Born (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 26)
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
High schoolTrinity International
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
CollegeCarroll (Montana) (2018–2022)
NBA draft2022: undrafted
Playing career2022–present
PositionSmall forward / shooting guard
Career history
2022Mega Basket
2022–2023Minsk
2023–2024Dynamic
2024Minsk
2024KK Joker
2024-2025KK Vršac
2025MBK Handlová
Career highlights

Jovan Šljivančanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Шљиванчанин; born 16 February 1999) is a Serbian professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Carroll College Fighting Saints.

Šljivančanin grew up playing basketball in Belgrade for youth systems of Partizan and Beovuk before he moved to Las Vegas, U.S. at age 16.[1]

College career

Šljivančanin played college basketball for the Carroll College Fighting Saints from 2018 to 2022.[2][3] He graduated with a business management degree.[4] As a senior, he averaged 19.5 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game. He racked up 20 double-doubles in his final season, finishing with 52 for his career. Šljivančanin was tabbed first team All-American, becoming just the fifth Carroll men's basketball player to do so, and earned Frontier Conference Player of the Year honors.[5][6][7]

Šljivančanin finished his career ranked fifth on the all-time scoring list with 1,940 points. He pulled down over 1,100 career rebounds, shot better than 47% from the field, and averaged 15.3 points, nine rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in his four years at Carroll. Also, Carroll won two regular-season championships with him on the roster and played in four consecutive Frontier Tournament Championship games. Carroll qualified for the NAIA Men's Basketball Championships all four years, advancing to the championship game his freshman year and to the quarterfinals his junior season.[5]

Professional career

References

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