Английская Википедия:Bohdan Blyzniuk
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox basketball biography Bohdan Olexandrovich Blyzniuk (ukr. Богдан Оlexandrovich Близнюк; born March 31, 1995) is a Ukrainian basketball player who last played for Cholet Basket of the French LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the Eastern Washington Eagles, where he was named Big Sky Conference Player of the Year in 2018.
Early life
Blyzniuk was born in Lutsk, Ukraine. He was less than 2 years old when his father, a truck driver, died in an accident. Their mother moved them to Federal Way, Washington five years later to be closer to family.[1] His older brother, Dmytro, and his mother, Liudmyla, helped raise Bohdan, while also caring for his grandmother.[2]
Blyzniuk became a U.S. citizen in February 2016.[1]
College career
Blyzniuk played college basketball for the Eastern Washington University's Eagles.
On March 9, 2018, Blyzniuk became the Big Sky Conference’s all-time leading scorer, passing Orlando Lightfoot’s mark of 2,102 set in 1994.[3] Earlier in the season, Bliznyuk claimed the school all-time scoring mark, passing Venky Jois’ total of 1,803.[4] Bliznyuk's conference career scoring mark stood until the following season, when Montana State's Tyler Hall broke it.[5]
Bohdan finished his senior year averaging 21.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. He was named Big Sky Conference Player of the Year[6] and AP Honorable Mention.[7]
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Blyzniuk joined the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2018 NBA Summer League.[8]
On July 5, 2018, Blyzniuk started his professional career with Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Premier League, signing a three-year deal.[9] On January 21, 2019, Bohdan recorded a season-high 18 points, shooting 7-of-13 from the field, in an 81–100 loss to Hapoel Eilat.[10] That season, Bnei Herzliya have finished the season in the last place out of 12 teams and was relegated to the Israeli National League (the second-tier league in Israel).
On September 30, 2019, Blyzniuk signed with Kyiv-Basket of the Ukrainian SuperLeague.[11] During the 2020–21 season, he averaged 12.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game. On September 16, 2021, Bohdan signed with BC Budivelnyk.[12]
In the 2022-23 season, he signs for BC Budivelnyk to play in the FIBA Europe Cup (playing at home in Italy) and the Balkan League.[13]
On March 22, 2023, he signed with Cholet Basket of the French LNB Pro A.[14]
National team career
Blyzniuk is a member of the Ukraine national team. On November 29, 2018, he made his debut in an 82–54 win over Slovenia, scoring 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists.[15]
Career statistics
Шаблон:NBA player statistics legend
College
Шаблон:NBA player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 | style="text-align:left;"| Eastern Washington | 35 || 0 || 19.0 || .586 || .558 || .792 || 4.0 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 8.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| Eastern Washington | 34 || 32 || 33.0 || .447 || .355 || .798 || 6.7 || 3.0 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 12.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;"| Eastern Washington | 34 || 33 || 36.8 || .474 || .317 || .821 || 6.5 || 4.0 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 20.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| Eastern Washington | 35 || 35 || 35.1 || .528 || .398 || .902 || 6.8 || 3.9 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 21.1 |- | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career | 138 || 100 || 30.9 || .500 || .378 || .840 || 6.0 || 3.0 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 15.7 Шаблон:S-end
Source: RealGM
References
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