Jovan Šljivančanin (; born 16 February 1999) is a Serbian professional basketball player for

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of the

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and the

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. He played

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for the Carroll College Fighting Saints.

Early career

Šljivančanin grew up playing basketball in

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for

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s of Partizan and Beovuk before he moved to

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, U.S. at age 16.

College career

Šljivančanin played college basketball for the Carroll College Fighting Saints from 2018 to 2022. He graduated with a business management degree. As a senior, he averaged 19.5 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game. He racked up 20

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s in his final season, finishing with 52 for his career. Šljivančanin was tabbed first team All-American, becoming just the fifth Carroll men's basketball player to do so, and earned

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Player of the Year honors. Šljivančanin finished his career ranked fifth on the all-time scoring list with 1,940 points. He pulled down over 1,100 career rebounds, shot better than 47% from the field, and averaged 15.3 points, nine rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in his four years at Carroll. Also, Carroll won two regular-season championships with him on the roster and played in four consecutive Frontier Tournament Championship games. Carroll qualified for the

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all four years, advancing to the championship game his freshman year and to the quarterfinals his junior season.

Professional career

In July 2022, Šljivančanin signed a contract with Mega Basket of the

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and the

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(KLS). On 2 December 2022, Šljivančanin signed for

of the Belarus Premier League and the

. In November 2023, Šljivančanin signed for

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of the KLS. His stint with Dynamic didn't last long and he returned to Minsk on 29 February 2024.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sljivancanin, Jovan 1999 births Living people Basketball players from Belgrade BC Tsmoki-Minsk players Carroll Fighting Saints men's basketball players Serbian expatriate basketball people in Belarus Serbian expatriate basketball people in the United States Serbian men's basketball players Shooting guards Small forwards KK Mega Basket players KK Dynamic players 21st-century Serbian sportsmen