Dovis Bičkauskis (born 5 September 1993 in
Šiauliai
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) is a Lithuanian professional
basketball
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player for
Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the
Lithuanian Basketball League
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(LKL) and the
EuroCup. Standing at , he plays at the
point guard
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position.
Career
Bičkauskis spent many years in the
National Basketball League (NKL), playing for
BC Statyba
BC Statyba was a basketball club from Vilnius, Lithuania. It was renamed to Lietuvos rytas in 1997.
History
In 1963, Vilnius's first basketball club, called Žalgiris, was established. In 1964, the team changed its name to Plastikas, but was ren ...
,
KK Radviliškis – Juodeliai,
Perlas-MRU,
BC Trakai, before joining
Sūduva-Mantinga
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, with whom he won the championship in 2016. After the season, he signed with
Lithuanian Basketball League
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(LKL) team
Juventus Utena, where over the next three seasons, he quickly became one of the top point guards in the league. In 2019, he led the LKL in assists, with 5.7 per game.
On 3 July 2019, Bičkauskis signed a 2-year deal with
Rytas Vilnius, the runners-up in the LKL.
On 21 June 2023, Bičkauskis signed a two-year (1+1) contract with
Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the
Lithuanian Basketball League
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and the
EuroCup.
National team career
Bičkauskis won gold medal with the Lithuanian team during the
2017 Summer Universiade
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after defeating the
United States
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' team 74–85 in the final. He was also invited to the
Lithuania men's national basketball team
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to play in the
FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification in 2019.
Career statistics
EuroCup
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2019–20
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Rytas Vilnius
, 16 , , 3 , , 16.1 , , .328 , , .286 , , .643 , , 1.8 , , 2.8 , , .6 , , .0 , , 3.7 , , 4.7
, -
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2023–24
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Lietkabelis Panevezys
, 6 , , 6 , , 28.0 , , .585 , , .444 , , .600 , , 3.3 , , 5.5 , , 1.3 , , .0 , , 10.8 , , 14.8
, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan=2, Career
, 22 , , 6 , , 19.4 , , .456 , , .344 , , .621 , , 2.2 , , 3.2 , , .8 , , .0 , , 5.6 , , 7.4
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bickauskis, Dovis
1993 births
Living people
BC Juventus players
BC Statyba players
BC Lietkabelis players
BC Rytas players
CSM Oradea (basketball) players
Lithuanian men's basketball players
21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen
Point guards
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Lithuania
Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade