The American guard joins the Lithuanian club after a strong season in Latvia
Neptūnas adds scoring punch with Harrison Cleary
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Neptunas Klaipeda bolstered its backcourt by signing scoring guard Harrison Cleary for the 2025–26 season, the club announced on Saturday.
Cleary (1.85 meters, 27 years old) arrives from VEF Riga, with which he averaged 15.0 points and 2.7 assists per game to help the club win the Latvian Estonian Basketball League championship last season. He scored in double figures in all six playoff games to help Riga to the crown.
A native of the United States, Cleary starred in college for Minnesota Crookston in the NCAA Division II, where he left as the school’s all-time leading scorer with more than 2,000 career points. He began his pro career in Spain’s lower divisions with Amics Costello, Almansa Con Afanion and Aquimisa Carbajosa.
He moved to Germany in 2022, first with Rist Wedel and later the Hamburg Towers, with which he made his EuroCup debut. Cleary led the Finnish League in scoring in 2023-24 with 22.9 points and 6.5 assists for Lahti before joining Riga last year.