2007-08: Appeared in 26 games, starting one while averaging 11.0 minutes per game. ...posted a career-high nine points on two different occasions -- Longwood (2/18) and Vermont (11/20).

Prior to NJIT: Averaged 16 points and 9 rebounds in 30 games at Veritas Christian Academy near Asheville, NC. At Veritas he competed against some of the top prep school basketball teams in the country ... national all-tournament at the National Association of Christian Athletes tourney, where he scored 10 in the title game ... a member of his age group national team in Lithuania, which has one of Europe's richest basketball traditions. In 2004, he played for Lithuania's under-16 national team that finished 3rd in the European championships held in Greece. ... averaged 3.3 points and 4.4 rebounds in about 16 minutes a game and appeared in all eight games in the international tournament ... scored 10 points against the Republic of Georgia and 7 against Turkey. ...His rebounding high was 7 against Slovenia and he grabbed 6 boards each against Italy and Turkey.

Personal: Paulius Skema ... son of Loreta and Raimundas Skema, who are both physicians. His older sister, Laura, is a student at nearby Caldwell College ... business management major ... born 3/17/88 in Kaunas, Lithuania.