Lina Pikčiutė

Lina Pikčiutė

Neptūnas
Position	Center
League	KMKL
Personal information
Born	(1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 34) Klaipeda, Lithuania
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Career information
Playing career	2006–present
Career history
2006–2010	Klaipėdos
2010–2012	VIČI-Aistės Kaunas
2012–2014	Kibirkštis-VIČI Vilnius
2014–2015	Umeå Udominate
2015–2016	Uni Girona CB
2016–2017	Marijampolė Sūduva
2017	CD Zamarat
2017–2019	Gruener Stern Keltern
2019	Ciudad de los Adelantados
2019–2020	Laboratorios Ynsadiet Lagenes
2020–2021	Fjölnir
2022–present	BC Neptūnas
Career highlights and awards
LBF women's player of the year (2013) 5× LMKL champion (2011–2014, 2017) 5× LMKL Cup winner (2011–2014, 2017) 3× BWBL champion (2011, 2012, 2014) DDBL champion (2018) Supercopa de España (2015)

Lina Pikčiutė (born 17 November 1990) is a Lithuanian basketball player who last played for KMKL club BC Neptūnas. During her career, she has won the Lithuanian Women's Basketball League five times and the Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga once.[1] In 2013, she was named the Lithuanian Basketball Federation women's player of the year.[2][3]

Playing career

During the 2014–2015 season, she played for Udominate Basket Umeå in the Swedish Basketligan dam, helping the team to the best record in the league. In the playoffs, Umeå lost to the Norrköping Dolphins in the finals.[4] After winning her fifth LMKL title with Marijampolė Sūduva in 2017, she signed with CD Zamarat of the Spanish Liga Femenina for the 2017–2018 season.[5][6]

In January 2019, Pikčiutė signed with Ciudad de los Adelantados of the Spanish LF2 and helped the team achieve promotion to the LF1. She continued to play in the LF2 the following season, signing with Laboratorios Ynsadiet Lagenes.[7]

In May 2020, Pikčiutė signed with Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Fjölnir.[8] On 3 October 2020, she had 29 points and 16 rebounds in a victory against Valur.[9] During the regular season, Pikčiutė averaged 15.4 points and 12.5 rebounds per game, helping Fjölnir to an unexpected fourth place finish. During the playoffs she averaged 16.3 points and 7.7 rebounds in Fjölnir's first round loss against eventual champions Valur.

National team career

Pikčiutė debuted with the Lithuanian national team in 2013.[5]

References

1. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (15 May 2020). "Nýliðar Fjölnis semja við 192 sentímetra landsliðskonu frá Litháen". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
2. "Metų laureatus apdovanojo A.Sabonis". sportas.info (in Lithuanian). 13 January 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
3. "Geriausi 2013 metų Lietuvos krepšininkai – M. Kalnietis ir L. Pikčiutė!". Delfi (in Lithuanian). 18 December 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
4. "A3 Basket Umea". basketligandam.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
5. "L. Pikčiutė pasirašė sutartį su Ispanijos klubu". Delfi (in Lithuanian). 11 July 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
6. "Lina Pikčiutė apie Marijampolės vairuotojus, legionierės karjerą ir krepšinio ilgesį". tv3.lt (in Lithuanian). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
7. Paco Simón (18 July 2019). "Lina Pikciute, Kristina Rakovic y Sara Zaragoza, tres refuerzos de altura para el Ynsadiet Leganés". alcabodelacalle.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
8. "Nýliðarnir fá landsliðsmiðherja frá Litháen". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
9. Davíð Eldur (3 October 2020). "Besti leikmaður 3. umferðar – Lina Pikciuté". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 October 2020.

External links

• SBL statistics
• LMKL statistics
• Spanish statistics
• Icelandic statistics at Icelandic Basketball Association
• Profile at Eurobasket.com