ST. BONAVENTURE — Over the summer, a number of St. Bonaventure basketball commits have taken center stage across the Atlantic.
On the men’s side, Achille Lonati established himself as a force to be reckoned with while suiting up for Italy in the 2025 FIBA U-18 EuroBasket Tournament. As for the women, Ivona Djikanovic and Iva Corluka were integral to the success of the Serbian and Croatian national teams, respectively, in their EuroBasket tournaments.
The one thing each has in common: they will make their way to the Reilly Center ahead of the season with a piece of silverware in hand.
Lonati and Italy secured a bronze medal in the U-18 EuroBasket Tournament after defeating Latvia 86-68 in the third-place game. Over the course of the tournament, Lonati — whose innate scoring ability will be pivotal for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team — finished the tournament with an average of 13.8 points per game, the 15th-best mark of any player.
He also capped off his tournament shooting 38.4% from the field, 33.3% from deep and — with a game-high 27 points in the bronze-medal game — recorded the sixth-highest point tally in a game of any player in the tournament.
Djikanovic helped the Serbian National Team at the 2025 FIBA U-20 Women’s EuroBasket Division B Tournament, appearing in all seven games en route to a silver medal.
Averaging 8.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 22.4 minutes per game, Djikanovic finished the tournament shooting 50.0% from the field and 45.5% from 3-point range. She recorded a personal tournament-high 17 points to go along with five assists and five rebounds against Denmark in the Group Stage.
She roped in five rebounds in the Final, in which Serbia fell to hosts Hungary 71-44.
Finally, Corluka played a role in the U-18 Croatian National Team’s journey to a bronze medal in the 2025 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket Division B Tournament in Lithuania.
Over the course of the competition, she appeared in six games, averaging 12.1 minutes, 4.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. Corluka scored six points, roped in nine rebounds and played a personal tournament-high 22 minutes against Bulgaria in the tournament’s group stage.
