Luka Bogavac

Luka Bogavac
University of North Carolina Basketball
Dean E. Smith Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Photo by: Maggie Hobson

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.