Former Saint Leo men’s basketball student-athlete Daniel Duarte recently signed a professional contract with Mgzavrebi-Armia in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Duarte was a two-year member of the Lions.
As a senior during the 2018-2019 season, the 6-foot-3 guard averaged 5.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and about an assist per game in 27 games. His shooting splits were .352/.311/.667.
His junior year, he averaged 6.9 points and 1.3 rebounds per game in 30 games.
Prior to his time at Saint Leo, Duarte played at Miami’s Monsignor Pace High School and State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota.
Duarte joins a Mgzavrebi-Armia team that competes in the Georgia SuperLeague and last season won the league championship over Dinamo Tbilisi.
Other former Saint Leo men’s basketball players actively playing professionally include Junior Searcy (Germany Wiha Schwennigan, class of 2019), Spenser Mitchell (Lithuania Palanga BC, class of 2014) and Justin Satchell (Dominican Republic Dosa, class of 2017).
