Matt Lojeski

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Matthew Thomas "Matt" Lojeski (born July 24, 1985) is an American-born Belgian[1] professional basketball player who plays for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League. He also represents the senior men's Belgian national basketball team. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.[2]

College career

After playing high school basketball at St. Catherines High School in Racine, Wisconsin, Lojeski played college basketball at Eastern Wyoming College from 2003 to 2005, and at the University of Hawaii, where he played with the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, from 2005 to 2007.

Professional career

Lojeski began his pro career in 2007 with the Belgian League club Aalstar. While a member of Aalstar, he was named the Belgian League MVP in 2009.[3] He then moved to the Belgian League club Oostende.

With Oostende, he won the Belgian Cup in 2010 and 2013, and the Belgian League championship in 2012 and 2013. He was also named the Belgian Cup MVP in 2013,[4] and the Belgian League MVP the same year.[5]

On July 31, 2013, Lojeski signed a two-year contract with the back-to-back defending Euroleague champions Olympiacos.[6][7] On November 16, 2014, he extended his contract with Olympiacos until 2017.[8]

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

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Olympiacos 29 13 25.0 .518 .430 .778 4.0 2.0 .6 .1 11.1 12.6
2014–15 25 7 24.2 .489 .432 .625 3.8 1.6 1.0 .3 9.5 10.6
Career 54 20 24.6 .504 .431 .731 3.9 1.8 .8 .2 10.3 11.7

Belgian national team

Lojeski received Belgian nationality in May 2013, making him eligible to play for the senior men's Belgian national basketball team.[9] After playing in the team's preparation stage in several friendly games, he was selected to play for Belgium at the EuroBasket 2013. However, he could not play at the tournament, due to an injury.[10]

He made his debut in a finals tournament at EuroBasket 2015. On September 7, 2015, he hit a buzzer-beating tip-in against Lithuania, which gave Belgium the 76–74 win. Belgium ended the competition at the Round of 16, losing to Greece, by a score of 75–54.[11] Over 6 tournament games, he averaged 11.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game, on 49.1% shooting from the field.[12]

Awards and accomplishments

College

  • NJCAA All-Tournament Team: (2004)
  • NJCAA All-American Third Team: (2005)
  • Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team: (2006)
  • Rainbow Classic Most Outstanding Player: (2006)
  • All-WAC Newcomer Team: (2006)
  • All-WAC Second Team: (2007)

Pro career

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ MattLojeski.com - Citizenship: U.S./Belgian.
  2. ↑ About Matt Personal Details.
  3. ↑ The.Honoluluadvertiser.com Ex-'Bow Lojeski best in Belgium.
  4. ↑ FIBAEurope.com Oostende, MZT Skopje Clinch Cup Titles.
  5. ↑ DeMorgen.br Matt Lojeski blijft BC Oostende trouw (Dutch).
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Court-Side.com Matt Lojeski added by Olympiacos.
  10. ↑ Eurobasket2013.org Roundup: Mancinelli, Lojeski Ruled Out.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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