Oklahoma State Lands Greek Forward Lefteris Mantzoukas

STILLWATER – It’s official: Oklahoma State has added Greek basketball player, Lefteris Mantzoukas, to the roster for the upcoming season. 

Lefteris Mantzoukas is 21 years old and a 6-9, 220-pound forward out of Ioannina, Greece. He most recently played for Maroussi B.C. in the Greek Basketball League, on loan from Panathinaikos in the EuroLeague. 

He played in 24 games for Maroussi, averaging 7.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in 26 minutes of action. He also averages just over one assist per game.

He’s played professional basketball in Europe since 2017 when he joined Promitheas Patras until 2021, when he joined Panathinaikos. Since, he’s been loaned to Aris Thessaloiniki and Maroussi. 

He helped Greece to a bronze medal in the 2023 European U-20 Championship.

During the 2022-23 season with Panathinaikos, he played in 29 domestic league games and averaged 5.5 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in 18 minutes per game.

An important thing to remember about Mantzoukas is that while he played professional basketball, there is no college or high school basketball, just different levels of professional ball. 

Guard Jaylen Curry marked the seventh commitment out of the transfer portal for Lutz and Co., joining Mississippi State guard, Kanye Clary, UAB forward, Christian Coleman, Seton Hall guard, Isaiah Coleman, Green Bay guard, Anthony Roy, LSU guard, Vyctorius Miller and Oregon State forward, Parsa Fallah.

Robert Jennings II and Andrija Vukovic are the two returning players, who are being joined by high school players guard Ryan Crotty and big men Mekhi Ragland and Ben Ahmed.