BC Jonava

CBet
CBet
Leagues	LKL
Founded	1969;55 years ago
History	List Statyba; (1969–1980); Klevas; (1980–1994); Statyba; (1994–1999); Statyba–Žalgiris; (1999–2001); Triobet; (2001–2006); SK Dextera; (2006–2008); SK Malsta; (2008–2009); Triobet–Malsta; (2009–2010); Triobet; (2010–2013); Petrochema; (2013–2015); Petrochema-Dextera; (2015–2016); Jonavos sporto klubas; (2016–2017); Jonava; (2017–2018); Sintek-Jonava; (2018–2019); Jonava; (2019–2020); CBet; (2020–);
Arena	Jonava Sports Arena
Capacity	2,200
Location	Jonava, Lithuania
Team colors	Blue, cyan, white;
President	Vaidas Vaškevičius
Head coach	Mantas Šernius
Championships	1 NKL
Website	bcjonava.lt
Home	Away

Last updated December 20, 2024

BC Jonava, also known as CBet Jonava (Lithuanian : Jonavos CBet) for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Jonava. The team competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).

History

The first basketball club in Jonava known as "Statyba" was founded in 1969. In 1980, a furniture enterprise started sponsoring the team. BC Jonava won the Lithuanian second-tier league basketball championship at the end of the season. A decade later, the historic Jonava basketball club ceased to exist, and was replaced by the sports club "Triobet" in 1999.^[1]

Old Jonava logo

Current roster

CBet roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
G	4	Brewton, Dominic	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	24 – (2000-01-15)15 January 2000
G/F	5	Arlauskas, Martynas	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	24 – (2000-07-10)10 July 2000
G/F	6	Januševičius, Titas	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	23 – (2001-04-23)23 April 2001
SF	8	Kreišmontas, Lukas	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	23 – (2001-04-08)8 April 2001
G	12	McEwen, Koby	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	27 – (1997-07-29)29 July 1997
F/C	13	Majauskas, Aurimas	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	31 – (1993-05-11)11 May 1993
SG	15	Bliznyuk, Bogdan	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	29 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995
PF	17	Mažeika, Gabrielius	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	106 kg (234 lb)	21 – (2003-01-23)23 January 2003
F/C	21	Venskus, Erikas	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	24 – (2000-05-28)28 May 2000
C		Atar, Berke	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	25 – (1999-07-13)13 July 1999

Head coach

Mantas Šernius

Assistant coach(es)

Andrius Ulčickas

Athletic trainer(s)

Lukas Leskauskas

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 8, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C			Dominykas Černius
PF	Strahinja Mićović	Tauras Jogėla
SF	Lukas Kreišmontas		Nedas Rauluševičius
SG	Edvinas Šeškus		Dastinas Morkūnas
PG	Mike Lewis	Ivan Gandia-Rosa

Squad changes for/during the 2024–25 season

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Moving from
—	HC	Mantas Šernius	Prometey
4	G	Dominic Brewton	Cal State Fullerton Titans
5	G/F	Martynas Arlauskas	Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys
6	G/F	Titas Januševičius	BC Vytis-VDU
12	G	Koby McEwen	Vancouver Bandits
13	F/C	Aurimas Majauskas	Free agent
15	SG	Bogdan Bliznyuk	Free agent
21	F/C	Erikas Venskus	Spirou Charleroi
	C	Berke Atar	Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Moving to
—	HC	Virginijus Šeškus	M Basket Mažeikiai
—	AC	Laimonas Eglinskas	New Zealand Breakers
0	G	Diante Garrett	Free agent
1	PG	Ryan Larson	Free agent
3	SF	Nedas Rauluševičius	Free agent
4	PF	Strahinja Mićović	Monbus Obradoiro
9	SG	Edvinas Šeškus	Free agent
22	F	Tauras Jogėla	Šiauliai
12	SF	Justas Furmanavičius	Borac Čačak
21	C	Ivan Marinković	Free agent
23	PF	Ousmane Drame	Start Lublin

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	KMT Cup	European Competitions
2001–02	2	LKAL	10th
2002–03	2	LKAL	8th
2003–04	2	LKAL	3rd
2004–05	2	LKAL	2nd
2005–06	2	NKL	4th
2006–07	2	NKL	2nd
2007–08	2	NKL	3rd
2008–09	2	NKL	9th
2009–10	2	NKL	2nd
2010–11	2	NKL	9th
2011–12	2	NKL	8th
2012–13	2	NKL	4th
2013–14	2	NKL	5th
2014–15	2	NKL	7th
2015–16	2	NKL	4th
2016–17	2	NKL	14th
2017–18	2	NKL	9th
2018–19	2	NKL	12th
2019–20	2	NKL	–¹
2020–21	2	NKL	1st	First round
2021–22	1	LKL	5th	Quarterfinalist
2022–23	1	LKL	4th	Second place
2023–24	1	LKL	7th	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	Q

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Head coaches

Kęstutis Naruševičius: 2009–2016
Nerijus Zabarauskas: 2016–2018, 2019–2020
Murat Didin: 2018
Rimantas Grigas: 2018–2019
Virginijus Šeškus: 2020–2024
Mantas Šernius: 2024–present

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References

↑ http://www.nklyga.lt/lt/top/komanda/?team_id=259853&season_id=87923#mbt:123-200$t&0=1 NKL league
↑ Topscorer mit bewegender Geschichte – Stanley Whittaker zu den LIONS abseits-ka.de, 16 August 2021. Accessed 4 October 2021.(in German)

External links

Official website (in Lithuanian)
BC Jonava at LKL.lt (in English and Lithuanian)

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[1] ttp://www.nklyga.lt/lt/top/komanda/?team_id=259853&season_id=87923#mbt:123-200$t&0=1 NKL league

[2] Topscorer mit bewegender Geschichte – Stanley Whittaker zu den LIONS abseits-ka.de, 16 August 2021. Accessed 4 October 2021.(in German)

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