2025-26 - FRESHMAN
(Through games on Jan. 3)
Games Played/Started: 13/3…Instant impact freshman averaging 6.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in 19.1 minutes of action…Has three double figure scoring games (18 vs. Jackson State, 13 vs. No. 7 Michigan, 10 at No. 23 Georgia)…Had nine points and a career-high 10 rebounds against Merrimack…Tallied his first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in his first career SEC game at Georgia…Shooting 59.2 percent from the floor (29-of-49).
PRIOR TO AUBURN
Played in Serbia’s top-tier basketball league (Adriatic Basketball Association) for KK Mega Basket, which has produced several NBA players, including Nikola Jokic … Last season, Jović averaged 12.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game … He also shot 57.1 percent from the field and recorded 16 points and seven rebounds versus NBA G League United in exhibition play … Prior to Mega, Jović played for OKK Beograd (2022-23) and OKK Spars Ilidza (2021-22) … He was a cadet representative of Serbia averaging 12 points and 4.2 rebounds at the U17 World Championship in 2022 and 14.8 points at the U20 European Championship in 2024 … Jović’s international honors include selection to the Belgrade (NIJT) All-Tournament Team in 2023, while playing for the U18 Next Generation Select Team and Next Generation Team Belgrade.
PERSONAL
Son of Zoran Jovic and Veliborka Jovanovic … Three siblings, Marko, Ognejen and Antela Jovic … Born on February 1, 2005 ... Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts.