Benas Veikalas

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Benas Veikalas (born 24 September 1983 in Joniškis, Lithuanian SSR) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, who currently plays for Telekom Baskets Bonn of Germany. He can play both guard positions, but prefers the shooting guard position.

Amateur career

Veikalas moved to the United States at the age of 18 and played basketball at Horizon High School in San Diego, California. After high school, he was recruited by Mike Dunlap to play for Metropolitan State University of Denver, a NCAA Division II team. He led the team his senior year, averaging 9.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 22 minutes per game.^[1]

Professional career

Veikalas returned to Lithuania for his first season as a professional. He played for BC Nevėžis of LKL. After two successful seasons, he moved to Czech Republic and signed with BK Prostějov. In 2011, he joined Telekom Baskets Bonn. In 2013, Veikalas extended his contract with the team for two more seasons.^[2]

References

v t e Telekom Baskets Bonn current roster

4 McCray 5 Looby 6 Veikalas 7 Brooks 8 Mangold 10 Jordan 12 Koch 13 Gaffney 14 Wachalski 15 McLean 16 Michel Head coach: Fischer Assistant coach: Pohl

Persondata
Name	Veikalas, Benas
Alternative names
Short description	Lithuanian basketball player
Date of birth	24 September 1983
Place of birth	Joniškis, Lithuania
Date of death
Place of death

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