University of North Carolina Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
vs
Notre Dame
Jan 21 (Wed)
7 p.m.
Jersey Number 44
Luka Bogavac
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Mojkovac, Montenegro
CAREER
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.
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.
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