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Jovan Šljivančanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Шљиванчанин; born 16 February 1999) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Mega Basket of the ABA League and the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS). He played college basketball for the Carroll College Fighting Saints.

Jovan Šljivančanin

Mega MIS
Position	Small forward / Shooting guard
League	Basketball League of Serbia Adriatic League
Personal information
Born	(1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 23) Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
High school	Trinity International (Las Vegas, Nevada)
College	Carroll, MT (2018–2022)
NBA draft	2022 / Undrafted
Playing career	2022–present
Career history
2022–present	Mega Basket
Career highlights and awards
NAIA D1 All-American First Team (2022) Frontier Conference Player of the Year (2022)

Early career

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

In July 2022, Šljivančanin signed a contract with Mega Basket.[8][9]

References

External links

• Jovan Sljivancanin at carrollathletics.com
• Profile at realgm.com
• Profile at eurobasket.com
• Jovan Sljivancanin at aba-liga.com
• Jovan Sljivancanin at proballers.com
• Jovan Sljivancanin at ESPN

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