Jacksonville State University Athletics

JSU CAREER
2017-2018: Appeared in all 36 contests and made 35 starts his senior season... averaged 8.6 points per game with a .417 field-goal percentage... scored in double-digits 15 times and pulled in double-figure rebounds on eight occasions... recorded six double-doubles, ranking seventh in the OVC and 166th in the NCAA... totaled 228 rebounds to rank eighth in the conference and 180th in the nation... snagged a career-high 14 rebounds against Morehead State on Dec. 30... recorded a career-best six assists at Eastern Illinois on Feb. 1... ranked fourth among Gamecocks with 26 blocked shots... finished his career at Jacksonville State with 673 points, averaging 9.8 points per game over the past two seasons... a career .463 shooter with 258 field goals... blocked 59 shots and totaled 495 rebounds... shot .737 from the free-throw line, hitting 126 of 171 shots.

2016-2017: Appeared in and started 33 games during his first year as a Gamecock … earned OVC Newcomer of the Week, twice, on Jan. 2 and Feb. 27 … averaged 29.5 minutes a game while shooting 51 percent from the field … averaged 11 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.0 blocks, 1.6 assists and 0.7 steals a game … set a career-high with 30 (11-for-13 from the field, including 5-for-5 from 3 and 3-for-4 from the free throw line) points against Louisville in the NCAA Tournament on March 17th … recorded seven double-doubles (points, rebounds) during the season … brought down a career-high 13 rebounds at Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 23, 2017 … shot 73 percent from the free throw line … averaged 6.4 defensive rebounds a game, which ranked third in the OVC …his 1.0 average blocks per game ranked eighth in the conference … ranked seventh in the OVC in rebounding (8.1) and 11th in field goal percentage (51.0) … finished second, behind teammate Christian Cunningham’s 274, in JSU’s Division I single-season rebounding rebound with 267 … surpassed double-digit scoring 21 times … his 5-for-5 3-point performance against Louisville was the first time in his career he made more than one in a game … became JSU’s first 30-point scorer since Greg Tucker had 36 in the final game of the 2015-16 season.
 
PRIOR TO JSU
2015-2016: Played at Midland College in Midland, Texas.
 
2014-2015: Played at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, N.J… attended Vilnius Karoliniskes Gymnasium in Vilnius, Lithuania from 2011 - 2013… named tournament MVP of the Lithuanian Students Basketball League… also competed in swimming.

PERSONAL
Born June 6, 1995 in Kaunas, Lithuania… son of Edita Gigiene… has two brothers, Karolis and Donatas, and two sisters, Kotryna and Lina … majoring in Integrated Studies.