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Laimonas Chatkevicius
Laimonas Chatkevicius

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Klaipeda, Lithuania
High School:
South Kent School
Height / Weight:
6-11 / 255
Position:
F
Experience:
HS

03/13/2013

Gamecocks Fall to Mississippi State 70-59

Ellington leads the Gamecocks with 13 points

03/09/2013

Gamecocks Suffer 74-64 Loss At Vanderbilt In Regular Season Finale

Brenton Williams leads the Gamecocks with 17 points

03/01/2013

Gamecocks Travel To Texas A&M For Saturday Contest

Game time set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

02/28/2013

Gamecocks Suffer 90-68 Loss to Missouri

Damien Leonard scores career-high 20 points

02/27/2013

Gamecocks Host Missouri Thursday In Primetime Matchup On ESPN2

Game time set for 9 p.m. ET at Colonial Life Arena.

Martin on Chatkevicius
"Laimonas presents a young man with tremendous size and a very good skill set. He has an ability to pass and shoot the basketball with an understanding of how to play the game. He is someone, that as he continues to mature and learn how to rebound consistently, has a chance to become a special player in our program."

Pre-South Carolina
A three-star recruit according to Rivals.com ... Played his senior season at South Kent School for head coach Kelvin Jefferson ... Came to the United States in the summer of 2009 to experience high school basketball before returning to his native country to play junior season ... Team member for Lithuania in the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championships in Hamberg, Germany, where he posted two points and three rebounds vs. the United States ... Helped Team Lithuania to a second-place finish in Group A behind Team USA ... Also played for club team Klaipedos SM as both a sophomore and junior in Lithuania where he averaged 5.5 points and 2.5 rebounds in four games in 2009-10 and 3.8 points and 5.8 rebounds in four games in 2010-11.

Personal
A native of Klaipeda, Lithuania ... Son of Robertas Chatkevicius and Laima Chatkeviciene ... Has a brother, Danius Chatkevicius and a sister, Roberta Chatkeviciute.

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