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Kerr Kriisa (born 2 January 2001) is an Estonian college basketball player for the Arizona Wildcats of the Pac-12 Conference. Listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.9 m) and 180 pounds (81.6 kg), he plays the point guard position. A native of Tartu, he has competed with Estonian junior national teams on multiple occasions.

Kerr Kriisa

Kriisa with Arizona in 2021
No. 25 – Arizona Wildcats
Position	Point guard
League	Pac-12 Conference
Personal information
Born	(2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 (age 21) Tartu, Estonia
Nationality	Estonian
Listed height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight	81.5 kg (180 lb)
Career information
College	Arizona (2020–present)
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2017	University of Tartu
2017–2018	Brose Bamberg
2017–2018	→Baunach Young Pikes
2018–2020	Žalgiris Kaunas
2018–2020	→Žalgiris-2 Kaunas
2019–2020	→CBet Prienai

Early career

2016–2018: Early years

Kriisa played for the youth teams of his hometown club BC Tartu since he was 12 years old and debuted with University of Tartu first team during the 2016–17 KML season at the age of 15. In September 2017 he signed with Brose Bamberg and started playing in their affiliate team Baunach Young Pikes.[1] His stint in Germany was cut short due to periostitis and he returned to Estonia for treatment.[2]

2018–2020: Žalgiris Kaunas

In August 2018, he signed with Žalgiris Kaunas.[3] In his first year with the Kaunas team Kriisa played on the Lithuanian second league (NKL) team Žalgiris-2 and also for the youth team in the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament. He was awarded with the MVP and All-Tournament Team honours at the Kaunas Qualifying Tournament. Kriisa averaged 17.3 points, 4.7 assists and 2.7 rebounds over 7 games ib the 2018–19 season of Next Generation Tournament.[4]

Kriisa made his EuroLeague debut for Žalgiris on 25 October 2019 and scored his first point from a free throw as Žalgiris defeated LDLC ASVEL 70–56 in the Regular Season Round 4 game.[5] In November 2019 Kriisa was sent on loan to another Lithuanian team CBet Prienai to gain experience in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[6] His loan spell ended in January 2020 and Kriisa returned to Žalgiris-2.[7]

College career

2020–present: Arizona Wildcats

On April 18, 2020, Kriisa committed to play college basketball in the United States for Arizona. Analysts considered him to be the best European recruit considering playing at the collegiate level.[8] After head coach Sean Miller was fired, he entered the transfer portal while leaving the option of returning to Arizona open. New head coach Tommy Lloyd was able to recruit him back to Arizona for his sophomore season.[9]

National team career

Kriisa has represented the Estonia national U-16 team at the 2016 and 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championships and the Estonia national U-18 team at the 2019 FIBA Europe Under-18 Division B Championship.[10]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2019–20	Žalgiris Kaunas	1	0	2.1	.000	.000	.500	.0	.0	.0	.0	1.0	.0
Career		1	0	2.1	.000	.000	.500	.0	.0	.0	.0	1.0	.0

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2020–21	Arizona	8	5	22.9	.333	.368	1.000	.5	2.4	.4	.0	5.5
2021–22	Arizona	33	31	29.6	.348	.336	.816	2.5	4.7	.6	.1	9.7
Career		41	36	28.2	.347	.341	.824	2.1	4.2	.5	.1	8.9

Personal life

Kerr is the son of former Estonia international Valmo Kriisa.[11] He is named after Steve Kerr, who also played basketball at the University of Arizona.[12]

References

External links

• Arizona Wildcats bio

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