{"id":131916,"date":"2025-06-28T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T16:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/131916\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T16:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T16:23:10","slug":"penn-state-mens-basketball-adds-sasa-ciani-to-official-roster-penn-state-mens-basketball-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/131916\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State men&#8217;s basketball adds Sa\u0161a Ciani to official roster | Penn State Men&#8217;s Basketball News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Penn State announced a new addition to its roster on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Sa\u0161a Ciani, a 6-foot-9 transfer forward from the University of Illinois Chicago, will play for the Nittany Lions.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The newest Nittany Lion \ud83e\udd81 Welcome to Happy Valley, Sa\u0161a Ciani! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#WeAre<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BTixHa0iMD\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/BTixHa0iMD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KpyaL4iOmR\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/KpyaL4iOmR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Penn State Men\u2019s Basketball (@PennStateMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennStateMBB\/status\/1938957252993454168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ciani is coming off of a season at UIC where he averaged 9.9 points and 7.6 rebounds per game across 27 games, where he started in 21 of them. Prior to his sophomore year in 2024-25, he played his freshman campaign at Xaiver, where he played in 31 games and averaged 2.9 rebounds and 2.5 points per contest.<\/p>\n<p>He has two years of eligibility remaining, and will slide into a frontcourt that has a pair of first-year 7-footers in Ivan Juri\u0107 and Justin Houser as well as Cinnicianti transfer Josh Reed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re excited to get Sa\u0161a on campus and welcome him to our Penn State basketball family,&#8221; Mike Rhoades wrote in a press release. &#8220;He is a veteran that will give us front court experience, size and versatility. 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