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Official: Apollo announced Mitrou-Long

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His player Apollo is also officially the Elitza Mitrou-Long.

The team of Patras announced the acquisition of the -Greek- Canadian guard, who is expected in the capital of Achaia on Sunday (9/1) and from Monday (10/1) will enter training.

The 25-year-old knows the Stoiximan Basket League very well, as he played in last year PAOK, while this year started the season in Bulgaria and Levski Sofia.

The announcement of KAE:

«KAE Apollon 1926 Oscar announces the beginning of the collaboration with the Greek-Canadian guard Elijah Mitrou-Long.

Elijah Mitrou-Long was born in Canada on December 15, 1996 and is 1.87 m tall. He started his career at John Carroll High School in Maryland and began his college career at Mount St Mary’s University.

As a freshman, in the 2105-16 season, he played in 30 games (key in 23 of them), having an average of 5.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists in almost 23 minutes. In the 2016-17 season and as a sophomore at Mount St.Mary’s, Mitrou-Long played a key role in 35 of the 36 games in which he played, raising his average to 34.4 minutes. 15 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.6 steals, while he shot with 38.2% in three-pointers.

The following season (2017-18) he was left out of action due to his transfer to the University of Texas, with which he played in the 2018-19 season in 36 games, in 9 of them as a key player. He had m.o. 5.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 17.9 minutes per game. In the 2019-20 season he played in the UNLV (Nevada Las Vegas) and in 19 games (31.5 minutes per game), he had 12.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.7 steals, with 34 , 5% in three-pointers and 74.5% in shots.

Elijah Mitrou-Long until recently played in Left, with which in 9 games in the Bulgarian championship he had an average. 12.9 points and 5.2 assists with 56.2% on two-pointers, 25% on three-pointers and 84.2% on shots, collecting 3.4 rebounds and making 1.8 steals with 2 errors, staying on the floor for almost 26 minutes in each confrontation. In the 2020-2021 season, he played with PAOK in 13 games in the Basket League, having an average of 4.2 points, 1.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.8 errors in almost 14 minutes of participation with 13/33 two points with 39.4%, 7/12 three points with 58.3%, 8/8 shots “.

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