South Carolina basketball coach Lamont Paris, a former assistant coach at Wisconsin, went into his former backyard to land a big man for his program. According to Jonathan Giovny of DraftExpress, 6-10 Aleksas Bieliauskas of Wisconsin has agreed to contract terms with the Gamecocks. The native of Lithuania averaged five points and over four rebounds per game as a freshman this season. He was second on the team with 21 blocks. In conference play, he made 37% of his three point shots. Overall, he shot 43% from the floor, 35% from three and 63% from the line. He is the Gamecocks’ third free agent acquisition this month.
Wisconsin bio on Aleksas Bieliauskas
2025-26 (WISCONSIN)
Started 28 contests in his freshman campaign … Dropped a career-high 17 points at No. 2 Michigan (Jan. 10), hitting five three-pointers in the upset win … Dropped 16 points in the regular season finale at Purdue (March 7), nailing four triples … Only the fifth Badger freshman to hit five three-pointers in a game since 2000 … had 11 points and 10 rebounds against Marquette (Dec. 6) to collect his first career double-double … One-of-five Badger freshman to record a double-double in program history
2024-25 (NKL LITHUANIA)
Played for Zalgiris II in the Lithuanian NKL … Averaged 12.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game while shooting 39.3 percent from 3-point range in 45 games … Made three appearances for Zalgiris in Lithuanian’s top league, the LKL.
INTERNATIONAL
Led Lithuania to silver at the 2025 Under-20 Eurobasket tournament … averaged 12.4 points per game, while his 8.3 rebounds were the second-best mark of any player in the tournament … posted a double-double (17 points 12 rebounds) in the championship game against Italy.
PERSONAL
Son of Ramunas and Giedre … has one brother, Kostas … played high school basketball at Kaunas “Varpas” Giznazija under head coach Arunas Visockas