2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Jarusevicius, Ugnius
Jersey Number 21
Ugnius Jarusevicius
- Position:
- F
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 220
- Hometown:
- Alytus, Lithuania
- High School:
- Kaunas Varpas Gimnzija
- Previous School:
- CSU Bakersfield
Bio
CAREER
In three-year collegiate career, scored 640 points, grabbed 294 rebounds, blocked 29 shots and contributed 48.6 percent (223-459) field goal shooting, 28.3 percent 3-point shooting (30-106) and 72.9 percent (164-225) free throw shooting in 69 total games and 25 starts … Played two years at Cal State Bakersfield and one at Central Michigan … transferred to Central Michigan prior to the 2024-25 season.
2024-25
As a junior center, saw action in 26 games with 24 starts … First Team All-MAC selection by the coaches … became the 17th player in school history to earn First Team All-MAC honors … First Team All-MAC selection by HoopsHD.com … Academic All-MAC honoree … led Central Michigan in scoring (16.2 ppg.), rebounding (7.3 rpg.) and field goal percentage (.537), while averaging 26.7 minutes per game … scored a total of 422 points, pulled down 189 rebounds, shot a team-best 53.7 percent (139-259) from the floor, 31.0 percent (22-71) from 3-point range and 71.8 percent (122-170) from the free throw line … led the Chippewas in free throw attempts (170) … ranked among NCAA and MAC leaders in several statistics including double-doubles, field goal percentage, defensive rebounding, overall rebounding … reached double figure scoring in 23 games, registered two 30-point games, two 30-10 games, eight 20-point games, eight double figure rebounding games, eight double-doubles, led the Chippewas in scoring seven times and rebounding 10 times … closed season out with 11 straight double figure scoring games … scored 17 points (6-7 FG) with six rebounds in season finale vs. Northern Illinois (3/7) … finished with 13 points and six rebounds at Ball State (3/4) … registered double-double with 23 points (10-17 FG) with 11 rebounds at Eastern Michigan (2/28) … finished with 14 points (6-12 FG), hit two 3-pointers with six rebounds vs. Buffalo (2/25) … scored 21 points (8-13 FG) with six rebounds at Western Michigan (2/22) … scored 25 points (6-11 FG, 11-16 FT) with six rebounds at Ohio (2/18) … scored a career-high 32 points (10-17 FG), hit 3-7 3-pointers and 9-10 free throws with 10 rebounds vs. Akron (2/15) … scored a career-high 32 points (10-18 FG), hit 12-15 free throws, and grabbed 10 rebounds at Kent State (2/11) … scored 19 points (5-9 FG, 8-11 FT) with a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Texas State (2/8) … scored 15 points with eight rebounds vs. Miami, Ohio (2/4) … scored 21 points (8-15 FG) with 12 rebounds vs. Bowling Green (2/1) … finished with 23 points (11-15 FT) with nine rebounds with a career-high three steals vs. Eastern Michigan (1/14) … scored 11 points with six rebounds at Toledo (1/10) … finished with 14 points at Akron (1/7) … registered double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds vs. Ohio (1/4) … finished with a double-double of 15 points (7-13 FG) with 13 rebounds vs. Cleary (12/30) … scored 18 points with six rebounds at Valparaiso (12/14) … scored 12 points at Aquinas (12/5) … scored a then-career-high 21 points (9-10 FG) with five rebounds vs. Purdue-Northwest (12/1) … scored 17 points (5-8 FG), hit 3-3 3-pointers with four rebounds at Minnesota (11/25) … registered first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at Marquette (11/11) … scored 10 points with six rebounds vs. Stony Brook (11/7) … finished with 10 points at South Alabama (11/4).
2023-24 AT CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD
As a sophomore, played in 25 games … averaged 11.5 minutes, 5.5 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 0.5 steals per contest on the year … earned All-Tournament honors for his efforts in the SoCal Challenge, where he scored 24 points (9-19 FG, 6-8 FT), grabbed four rebounds, and dished out two assists in the two games vs. Sacramento State and Tarleton State … scored a season-high 16 points on Dec. 9 at South Dakota while going 8-12 from the field.
2022-23 AT CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD
As a freshman, played in 18 games with one start … missed the final 15 games with an injured ankle on Jan. 16 … averaged 4.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.4 blocks, and 13.2 minutes per game … posted a .413 clip from the field, .385 from behind the arc, and .750 from the free throw line … led team in scoring in back-to-back games, including a season-high 16 points vs. UC San Diego on Jan. 14 to go with a season-high seven rebounds … tallied 15 points and five rebounds vs. UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 11.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2022 graduate of Kaunas “Varpas” Gimnazija in Lithuania … gained valuable experience competing as a member of the Lithuanian National Team youth system over four years … in the summer of 2022, helped Lithuania to a runner-up finish at the FIBA Under-20 European Championship, falling to Spain 69-61 in the final … averaged 5.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game in the tournament … also played with Lithuania at the Under-18 FIBA European Challengers in 2019, the Under-16 European Championship in 2016, and the Under-16 European Championship in 2019 … when not playing for his National Team, spent two seasons as an amateur in the NKL, Lithuania’s second-tier of professional basketball … played for BC Zalgris-2, averaging 6.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 0.8 blocks per contest in 2021-22 … earned a call-up to the country’s top league, the LKL, where he played six games for Nevezis.
PERSONAL
Born Ugnius Jarusevicius on April 6, 2003 in Lithuania … nickname is Oogie … father played professional basketball in the LKL … has plans to play professionally following time in the college basketball … business management major.
In three-year collegiate career, scored 640 points, grabbed 294 rebounds, blocked 29 shots and contributed 48.6 percent (223-459) field goal shooting, 28.3 percent 3-point shooting (30-106) and 72.9 percent (164-225) free throw shooting in 69 total games and 25 starts … Played two years at Cal State Bakersfield and one at Central Michigan … transferred to Central Michigan prior to the 2024-25 season.
2024-25
As a junior center, saw action in 26 games with 24 starts … First Team All-MAC selection by the coaches … became the 17th player in school history to earn First Team All-MAC honors … First Team All-MAC selection by HoopsHD.com … Academic All-MAC honoree … led Central Michigan in scoring (16.2 ppg.), rebounding (7.3 rpg.) and field goal percentage (.537), while averaging 26.7 minutes per game … scored a total of 422 points, pulled down 189 rebounds, shot a team-best 53.7 percent (139-259) from the floor, 31.0 percent (22-71) from 3-point range and 71.8 percent (122-170) from the free throw line … led the Chippewas in free throw attempts (170) … ranked among NCAA and MAC leaders in several statistics including double-doubles, field goal percentage, defensive rebounding, overall rebounding … reached double figure scoring in 23 games, registered two 30-point games, two 30-10 games, eight 20-point games, eight double figure rebounding games, eight double-doubles, led the Chippewas in scoring seven times and rebounding 10 times … closed season out with 11 straight double figure scoring games … scored 17 points (6-7 FG) with six rebounds in season finale vs. Northern Illinois (3/7) … finished with 13 points and six rebounds at Ball State (3/4) … registered double-double with 23 points (10-17 FG) with 11 rebounds at Eastern Michigan (2/28) … finished with 14 points (6-12 FG), hit two 3-pointers with six rebounds vs. Buffalo (2/25) … scored 21 points (8-13 FG) with six rebounds at Western Michigan (2/22) … scored 25 points (6-11 FG, 11-16 FT) with six rebounds at Ohio (2/18) … scored a career-high 32 points (10-17 FG), hit 3-7 3-pointers and 9-10 free throws with 10 rebounds vs. Akron (2/15) … scored a career-high 32 points (10-18 FG), hit 12-15 free throws, and grabbed 10 rebounds at Kent State (2/11) … scored 19 points (5-9 FG, 8-11 FT) with a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Texas State (2/8) … scored 15 points with eight rebounds vs. Miami, Ohio (2/4) … scored 21 points (8-15 FG) with 12 rebounds vs. Bowling Green (2/1) … finished with 23 points (11-15 FT) with nine rebounds with a career-high three steals vs. Eastern Michigan (1/14) … scored 11 points with six rebounds at Toledo (1/10) … finished with 14 points at Akron (1/7) … registered double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds vs. Ohio (1/4) … finished with a double-double of 15 points (7-13 FG) with 13 rebounds vs. Cleary (12/30) … scored 18 points with six rebounds at Valparaiso (12/14) … scored 12 points at Aquinas (12/5) … scored a then-career-high 21 points (9-10 FG) with five rebounds vs. Purdue-Northwest (12/1) … scored 17 points (5-8 FG), hit 3-3 3-pointers with four rebounds at Minnesota (11/25) … registered first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at Marquette (11/11) … scored 10 points with six rebounds vs. Stony Brook (11/7) … finished with 10 points at South Alabama (11/4).
2023-24 AT CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD
As a sophomore, played in 25 games … averaged 11.5 minutes, 5.5 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 0.5 steals per contest on the year … earned All-Tournament honors for his efforts in the SoCal Challenge, where he scored 24 points (9-19 FG, 6-8 FT), grabbed four rebounds, and dished out two assists in the two games vs. Sacramento State and Tarleton State … scored a season-high 16 points on Dec. 9 at South Dakota while going 8-12 from the field.
2022-23 AT CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD
As a freshman, played in 18 games with one start … missed the final 15 games with an injured ankle on Jan. 16 … averaged 4.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.4 blocks, and 13.2 minutes per game … posted a .413 clip from the field, .385 from behind the arc, and .750 from the free throw line … led team in scoring in back-to-back games, including a season-high 16 points vs. UC San Diego on Jan. 14 to go with a season-high seven rebounds … tallied 15 points and five rebounds vs. UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 11.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2022 graduate of Kaunas “Varpas” Gimnazija in Lithuania … gained valuable experience competing as a member of the Lithuanian National Team youth system over four years … in the summer of 2022, helped Lithuania to a runner-up finish at the FIBA Under-20 European Championship, falling to Spain 69-61 in the final … averaged 5.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game in the tournament … also played with Lithuania at the Under-18 FIBA European Challengers in 2019, the Under-16 European Championship in 2016, and the Under-16 European Championship in 2019 … when not playing for his National Team, spent two seasons as an amateur in the NKL, Lithuania’s second-tier of professional basketball … played for BC Zalgris-2, averaging 6.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 0.8 blocks per contest in 2021-22 … earned a call-up to the country’s top league, the LKL, where he played six games for Nevezis.
PERSONAL
Born Ugnius Jarusevicius on April 6, 2003 in Lithuania … nickname is Oogie … father played professional basketball in the LKL … has plans to play professionally following time in the college basketball … business management major.
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