The team competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).

The club was officially founded in 1999, and had been playing in the second-tier Lithuanian basketball league NKL (formerly known as LKAL) since its inception.

Having been promoted to the top division, the club played a strong first season in the LKL, finishing fifth.

The first basketball club in Jonava known as "Statyba" was founded in 1969.

BC Jonava won the Lithuanian second-tier league basketball championship at the end of the season.