Ireland (Utenos Juventus) |
Former Crosby star Anthony Ireland has had a solid season playing in several different leagues for Utenos Juventus in Lithuania.
Utenos Juventus has played in the Lithuanian Basketball League, Basketball Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup in the 2017-18 season.
In the stats through 26 games in the LBL, Ireland leads Utenos Juventus in points per game at 14.2 and assists at 4.7. The 5-foot-9 guard also averages 3.6 rebounds per contest. He is a 87.5 percent free throw shooter and 44.9 percent on 3-pointers. Ireland plays an average of 26.5 minutes per game.
In 16 Basketball Champions League games, Ireland averaged 12.8 points, 4.2 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 26.3 minutes per game. He led the team in assists per game, and he shot 86.7 percent on free throws.
In two FIBA Europe Cup games, Ireland averaged 8.5 points, 5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals in 20.4 minutes.