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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

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12 Marija Avlijas

  • Position G
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Junior
  • High School Gimnazija plus / Ole Miss
  • Hometown Belgrade, Serbia
  • School CC

Biography

2023-24 (Ole Miss):
Played in 17 games for the Rebels, making two starts … Averaged 8.4 minutes ... Played 13 minutes off the bench and scored four points with three rebounds in her collegiate debut against Queens (NC) (Nov. 6) ... Made her first collegiate start and went 2-for-4 from the field against Temple (Nov. 15) ... Had a career-best day in the Battle4Atlantis Championship against Michigan with 11 points while shooting 5-of-10 from the field with a season-best three assists (Nov. 20).

High School:
Combo guard from Serbia ... Ranked as the third-best player coming out of Europe by WorldWide Hoops in the class of 2023 ... Named the MVP of the 2021 FIBA U16 European Challenger, where she averaged 25.2 points per game ... Named to the All-Tournament Team of the FIBA U18 Women’s European Championship ... Played for Red Star Belgrade (2018-22) and Art Basket (2022-23) ... Participated in multiple Basketball Without Borders events throughout Europe ... Received the Vuk Karadzic's Diploma.

Personal:
 Father played professional basketball in the period 1989-2007 for teams from the former Yugoslavia, Israel, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Greece, Portugal and Romania.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2024-25Sophomore

    Guard
    5'10"
    12
  • 12

    2025-26Junior

    Guard
    5'10"
    12