Former University of Arkansas At Pine Bluff men's basketball player Martaveous McKnight has signed to play professional basketball in Europe.

McKnight has signed with team OKK Sloboda Tulza in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

McKnight, who was a third-round pick by the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League earlier this fall, was a two-time All-SWAC selection as a Golden Lion.

In two seasons at UAPB, McKnight scored exactly 1,300 points earning both SWAC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in 2017-18, and was a time BOXTOROW All-American.

This past season, the Walls, Miss. native averaged 20.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and just under three assists per contests. McKnight had a pair of 40-point scoring games, with a career-high 41 at Colorado State and 40 vs. Cal Baptist.

McKnight capped his career by being one of four players representing the Southwestern Athletic Conference in the 3-on-3 National Championship Tournament during NCAA Final Four Weekend.
 

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