Justė Jocytė


Justė Veronika Jocytė is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for LDLC ASVEL Féminin women's club of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and its youth academy. She plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.

Professional career

On 11 October 2019, Jocytė made a solid debut in the Lithuanian Women's Basketball League, scoring 21 points, grabbing 5 rebounds, making 3 steals and dishing out 5 assists, and led her team Neptūnas Klaipėda to a 81–59 victory versus the Kibirkštis–Viči Vilnius.
In November 2019, Jocytė signed a three-years deal with the Tony Parker's LDLC ASVEL Féminin women's club and joined its youth team in the same month. On 8 December 2019, being 14 years and 19 days old, Jocytė became the youngest player to debut in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball, which is the top women's French professional basketball league. On 18 December 2019, Jocytė became the youngest player to debut in the modern EuroLeague Women, which is the highest professional basketball league in Europe for women's clubs.

National team career

Being 13 years old, Jocytė led the Lithuanian U16 Women's National Team to silver medals during the 2019 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship in North Macedonia. She was named to the All-Star Five after averaging 19.6 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists in the tournament.
On 8 October 2019, Jocytė was invited to the Lithuania women's national basketball team. Still being 13 years old, she made her debut in the primary women's national team on 14 November 2019 during the EuroBasket Women 2019 qualification game in Kėdainiai and scored 4 points, grabbed 1 rebound and dished out 3 assists, helping her national team to crush the Albania women's national basketball team 108–43.

Personal life

Jocytė was born in Washington D.C., United States. Jocytė's father played basketball during his studies in the United States, her paternal uncle played basketball professionally for KK Olimpas in Lithuania. She began attending basketball trainings in Palanga, her first coach was Daiva Mažionienė. After two years she moved to Klaipėda and began training with coach Ramunė Kumpienė.