Former Standout Rimas Kaukenas Leads Lithuania in Olympics Tune-Up Loss to Team USA
8/4/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
MACAO, CHINA Former Seton Hall men’s basketball standout Rimas Kaukenas led his native Lithuanian national team in scoring in a 120-84 loss to Team USA on Friday, August 1 in the USA Basketball International Challenge. These exhibition games serve in a preparatory capacity for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympics which will begin with preliminary games August 10-18 in
Kaukenas, started and logged 27 minutes against the NBA’s best and totaled a team-high 17 points on 4-for-10 shooting from the floor and was 7-for-8 from the free throw line. The 6-foot-5 guard often earned the assignment of defending Team
One of the great foreign players in Seton Hall history, the native of Vilnius, Lithuania currently ranks 23rd on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,292 career points. An excellent shooter, Kaukenas ranks among the Pirates’ Top-10 in career field goals made, field goals attempted and free throw percentage. In 2000, his senior year, Kaukenas helped guide Seton Hall to a 22-win season which featured a run to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet-16.
Since graduation, Kaukenas has enjoyed a successful professional basketball career in
To view current photos of Rimas Kaukenas, please visit the Montepaschi Siena website by clicking here.
