University of North Carolina Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 44
Luka Bogavac
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Mojkovac, Montenegro
2025-26: Averaged 9.8 points, 1.6 three-pointers and 2.2 assists • Made 52 of 149 from three (34.9%) • Led UNC in 3FGs and was third in assists (73) • Led UNC in assists six times • Made a three in 26 games, including multiple 3FGs 15 times • Season-high six threes March 3 vs. Clemson • Scored in double figures 18 times with a high of 20 in the home win over Clemson • Led UNC in scoring against Radford and the win over Clemson • Led Carolina in plus/minus seven times, third-most on the team behind Jarin Stevenson and Henri Veesaar (eight apiece) •
Game Highlights: Made five of his season-high six threes and scored 17 of his season-high 20 points in the second half in the 67-63 win over Clemson • First Tar Heel to hit six 3FGs since RJ Davis vs. San Diego State in the 2025 NCAA Tournament and the first to make five in a half since Jae'Lyn Withers vs. Notre Dame in the 2025 ACC Tournament • Made back-to-back threes that gave UNC the lead for good at 56-55 and then extended the Tar Heels' lead to 59-55 with four minutes to play • Had 13 points, six rebounds, two assists and no turnovers at Syracuse, the first time he scored in double figures without making a three-pointer • Scored 10 of his 15 points in the first nine minutes as UNC built an early lead in the win over Pitt • Matched his season high with three 3FG, added four assists and led both teams at plus 17 vs. the Panthers • Scored in double figures (10) for the third game in a row against Syracuse • Hit three 3FGs for the second game in a row, scored 16 points and was plus 16 (second-best on the team) at Georgia Tech • Made 6 of 10 from the floor in Atlanta, his best FG% of the season (min. 10 FGA) • Hit three 3FGs, scored 14 points and was a plus 9 in the win at Virginia • Helped keep UNC close in the first half with a team-high 11 points (hit a three with 55 seconds to play in the half as part of a 7-0 run that cut the UVA's lead to nine at the break) • Season-high six assists at SMU • Led UNC in plus/minus (+25) and tied season highs with three 3FGs and five assists vs. USC Upstate • Tied his season high with three 3FGs at Kentucky, including a key one from the corner with 2:26 to play that gave UNC a 61-59 lead • Game-high four assists vs. St. Bonaventure and five vs. Michigan State • Scored 16 points (12 in the first half) and had a season-high six rebounds vs. Navy • Led UNC with a season-high 19 points (12 in the second half) and added five assists vs. Radford • Scored 10 points and had a game-high tying five assists in Tar Heel debut vs. Central Arkansas.
PRIOR TO CAROLINA
Played in 55 games over the last two seasons for SC Derby Podgorica, Montenegro, in the AdmiralBet ABA League (Adriatic Basketball Association) • Team is formally known as Studentski centar • That league currently includes teams from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates and Romania • Averaged 7.8 points and was 28 for 87 from three in 26 games 2023-24 and averaged 14.9 points and was 61 for 153 from three in 29 games in 2024-25 • Played 29.7 minutes per game and scored in double figures 23 times last season • Career-high 27 points against Mega Basket (club from Beograd, Serbia), one of seven 20-point games • Made multiple three-pointers 16 times last year with highs of seven vs. Igokea (Aleksandrovac, Serbia) and six vs. Cibona (Zagreb, Croatia) • Made four or more 3FGs seven times • Shot 87.0% from the free throw line • Had three or more assists 12 times • Season-high 16 points in 2023-24 • Played in six games for Mega Mozzart from 2021-23.
PERSONAL
Last name is pronounced BO-guh-VAHTS • Born Sept. 20, 2003, in Mojkovac, Montenegro • Son of Nebojša Bogavac and Bozana Zindovic-Bogavac • His father, Nebojša, played 13 years of professional basketball and coaches professionally in Montenegro • Attended high school in Belgrade • Exercise and sport science major in the Sport Administration program.
SEASON HIGHS
Points: 20 vs. Clemson (3/3/26)
Field Goals: 7 vs. Radford (11/11/25)
Three-Pointers: 6 vs. Clemson (3/3/26)
Free Throws: 5 vs. Navy (11/18/25)
Offensive Rebounds: 2 four times (latest: 2/17/26 at NC State)
Rebounds: 6 vs. Navy (11/18/25), at Syracuse (2/21/26)
Assists: 6 at SMU (1/3/26)
Turnovers: 4 at Kentucky (12/2/25), at Duke (3/7/26)
Steals: 2 vs. Central Arkansas (11/3/25), Radford (11/11/25)
Game Highlights: Made five of his season-high six threes and scored 17 of his season-high 20 points in the second half in the 67-63 win over Clemson • First Tar Heel to hit six 3FGs since RJ Davis vs. San Diego State in the 2025 NCAA Tournament and the first to make five in a half since Jae'Lyn Withers vs. Notre Dame in the 2025 ACC Tournament • Made back-to-back threes that gave UNC the lead for good at 56-55 and then extended the Tar Heels' lead to 59-55 with four minutes to play • Had 13 points, six rebounds, two assists and no turnovers at Syracuse, the first time he scored in double figures without making a three-pointer • Scored 10 of his 15 points in the first nine minutes as UNC built an early lead in the win over Pitt • Matched his season high with three 3FG, added four assists and led both teams at plus 17 vs. the Panthers • Scored in double figures (10) for the third game in a row against Syracuse • Hit three 3FGs for the second game in a row, scored 16 points and was plus 16 (second-best on the team) at Georgia Tech • Made 6 of 10 from the floor in Atlanta, his best FG% of the season (min. 10 FGA) • Hit three 3FGs, scored 14 points and was a plus 9 in the win at Virginia • Helped keep UNC close in the first half with a team-high 11 points (hit a three with 55 seconds to play in the half as part of a 7-0 run that cut the UVA's lead to nine at the break) • Season-high six assists at SMU • Led UNC in plus/minus (+25) and tied season highs with three 3FGs and five assists vs. USC Upstate • Tied his season high with three 3FGs at Kentucky, including a key one from the corner with 2:26 to play that gave UNC a 61-59 lead • Game-high four assists vs. St. Bonaventure and five vs. Michigan State • Scored 16 points (12 in the first half) and had a season-high six rebounds vs. Navy • Led UNC with a season-high 19 points (12 in the second half) and added five assists vs. Radford • Scored 10 points and had a game-high tying five assists in Tar Heel debut vs. Central Arkansas.
PRIOR TO CAROLINA
Played in 55 games over the last two seasons for SC Derby Podgorica, Montenegro, in the AdmiralBet ABA League (Adriatic Basketball Association) • Team is formally known as Studentski centar • That league currently includes teams from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates and Romania • Averaged 7.8 points and was 28 for 87 from three in 26 games 2023-24 and averaged 14.9 points and was 61 for 153 from three in 29 games in 2024-25 • Played 29.7 minutes per game and scored in double figures 23 times last season • Career-high 27 points against Mega Basket (club from Beograd, Serbia), one of seven 20-point games • Made multiple three-pointers 16 times last year with highs of seven vs. Igokea (Aleksandrovac, Serbia) and six vs. Cibona (Zagreb, Croatia) • Made four or more 3FGs seven times • Shot 87.0% from the free throw line • Had three or more assists 12 times • Season-high 16 points in 2023-24 • Played in six games for Mega Mozzart from 2021-23.
PERSONAL
Last name is pronounced BO-guh-VAHTS • Born Sept. 20, 2003, in Mojkovac, Montenegro • Son of Nebojša Bogavac and Bozana Zindovic-Bogavac • His father, Nebojša, played 13 years of professional basketball and coaches professionally in Montenegro • Attended high school in Belgrade • Exercise and sport science major in the Sport Administration program.
SEASON HIGHS
Points: 20 vs. Clemson (3/3/26)
Field Goals: 7 vs. Radford (11/11/25)
Three-Pointers: 6 vs. Clemson (3/3/26)
Free Throws: 5 vs. Navy (11/18/25)
Offensive Rebounds: 2 four times (latest: 2/17/26 at NC State)
Rebounds: 6 vs. Navy (11/18/25), at Syracuse (2/21/26)
Assists: 6 at SMU (1/3/26)
Turnovers: 4 at Kentucky (12/2/25), at Duke (3/7/26)
Steals: 2 vs. Central Arkansas (11/3/25), Radford (11/11/25)
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