BC Mažeikiai

M Basket Mažeikiai
M Basket Mažeikiai
Leagues	Lithuanian Basketball League
Founded	2005
History	Mažeikiai ; (2005–2017); Ereliai; (2017–2021); Mažeikiai; (2021–2022); M Basket; (2022–present)
Arena	Telšiai Arena
Capacity	1,000
Location	Mažeikiai, Lithuania
Team colors	Red, white;
Head coach	Virginijus Šeškus
Championships	2 NKL (2013, 2014); 1 RKL (2006)
Website	mbasket.lt
Home	Away

M Basket Mažeikiai (Lithuanian: Mažeikių M Basket), also known as M Basket-Delamode Mažeikiai for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Mažeikiai, Lithuania. The club finished as a runner-up in the 2022–23 National Basketball League season, which was enough for the promotion to the Lithuanian Basketball League for the 2023–24 season.^[1]

Mažeikiai in a match versus Rūdupis Prienai in 2010.

History

BC Mažeikiai was founded in 2005 by Mažeikiai government and various businessmen. In 2013, Mažeikiai finished as champions of the National Basketball League and consequently should have been promoted to LKL, the top basketball league in Lithuania. However Mažeikiai had to stay in NKL because they do not have LKL arena–passing requirements, winning a second NKL title. They debuted in the LKL in 2014. They were relegated back to the NKL next season after a disastrous season.^[2] They returned to the LKL for the 2023-2024 season.

Current roster

M Basket Mažeikiai roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	0	Valunta, Šarūnas	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	24 – (2000-07-25)25 July 2000
G	4	Harris, Jamir	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	26 – (1998-01-15)15 January 1998
PG	8	Sabeckis, Donatas	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	31 – (1992-12-30)30 December 1992
F	9	Bruhnke, Kay	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	23 – (2001-07-15)15 July 2001
SF	12	Kirves, Mihkel	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	27 – (1996-12-06)6 December 1996
SF	14	Urkis, Amandas	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	25 – (1999-01-10)10 January 1999
C	17	Bartašius, Žygimantas	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	20 – (2004-03-08)8 March 2004
SG	20	Fenner, D.J.	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	30 – (1993-12-07)7 December 1993
C	22	Staniulis, Giedrius	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	33 – (1991-04-16)16 April 1991
PF	27	Zdanavičius, Tomas	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	28 – (1996-06-23)23 June 1996

Head coach

Virginijus Šeškus

Assistant coach(es)

Darius Pakamanis
Mindaugas Motuzas

Athletic trainer(s)

Dovydas Daubaris

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 10, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Reserve
C	Giedrius Staniulis	Daniel Dolenc
PF	Kay Bruhnke
SF	Henri Kantoten	Deontae Hawkins
SG	Martynas Paliukėnas	Martynas Gecevičius	Elvinas Nabažas	Laurynas Andrijauskas
PG	Chauncey Collins	Kamau Stokes		Tadas Pocevičius

Squad changes for/during the 2024–25 season

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Moving from
—	HC	Virginijus Šeškus	CBet Jonava
0	PG	Šarūnas Valunta	Olimpas Palanga
4	G	Jamir Harris	Ovarense Basquetebol
8	PG	Donatas Sabeckis	Czarni Słupsk
12	SF	Mihkel Kirves	BC Kalev/Cramo
14	SF	Amandas Urkis	Olimpas Palanga
20	SG	D.J. Fenner	Heroes Den Bosch
27	PF	Tomas Zdanavičius	Inter Bratislava

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Moving to
—	HC	Nikola Vasilev	Free agent
1	PG	Chauncey Collins	Free agent
3	PG	Kamau Stokes	Free agent
5	SG	Henri Kantonen	Free agent
7	SG	Martynas Paliukėnas	Rytas Vilnius
10	PG	Jokūbas Rubinas	Šiauliai (End of loan)
13	SG	Martynas Gecevičius	Free agent
14	G	Tadas Pocevičius	Free agent
15	C	Daniel Dolenc	Free agent
29	SF	Alex Antetokounmpo	Podgorica
31	SF	Elvinas Nabažas	Free agent
37	PF	Einaras Tubutis	Skyliners Frankfurt
77	G	Laurynas Andrijauskas	Free agent

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	KMT Cup
2005–06	3	RKL	1st
2006–07	3	RKL	4th
2007–08	2	NKL	14th
2008–09	2	NKL	3rd
2009–10	2	NKL	3rd
2010–11	2	NKL	2nd
2011–12	2	NKL	7th
2012–13	2	NKL	1st
2013–14	2	NKL	1st
2014–15	1	LKL	11th
2015–16	2	NKL	7th
2016–17	2	NKL	12th
2017–18	2	NKL	6th
2018–19	2	NKL	14th
2019–20	2	NKL	10th
2020–21	2	NKL	14th
2021–22	2	NKL	8th
2022–23	2	NKL	2nd^[a]
2023–24	1	LKL	8th	Group stage