Gonzaga basketball signs Filip Petrusev of Serbia

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In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, a new jumbo scoreboard at center court and new scoreboards on the walls of the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane are part of the improvements in the Gonzaga basketball program after the Bulldogs men's team reached the NCAA title game last season. Both inside and outside "The Kennel," Gonzaga is undergoing an upgrade, including a new locker room, new practice facility, new fancy center-hung scoreboard in the arena--all the accompaniments of being a major college basketball program. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios) Photo: Associated Press/Nicholas K. Geranios

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Gonzaga basketball team has signed Filip Petrusev to a national letter of intent.

The 6-foot-11 forward from Serbia is considered one of the top prospects in European basketball.

Gonzaga says he played a key role in helping Serbia win the Under-18 European Championship this summer, averaging 16 points, 10 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 1.7 blocks per 40 minutes.

Petrusev recently enrolled at Montverde Academy in Florida.

He picked the Zags over scholarship offers from a number of programs, including Kansas, Virginia, Utah, Tennessee, Florida, Indiana and Stanford, among others.

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