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Month: June 2020

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The Leuven Bears have completed their roster (video)

The Leuven Bears have announced their latest additions for next season and are now complete with 9 professional players on their roster. After the re-signing of Hugh Robertson, Brandan Stith and Joshua Heath during the season and with Seppe D’espallier, Luka Kotrulja and Joris Fauconnier still under contract, Leuven has now also extended Jonas Delalieux’…

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Spirou continues to rejuvenate their roster and adds Tim Lambrecht to the mix

22 year old Forward Tim Lambrecht is following his younger brother Sam and signs a 3 year deal with Spirou Charleroi as Head Coach Sam Rotsaert adds another young talent to his roster. With the addition of Tim Lambrecht Spirou now sports 8 youngsters (Milan Samardzic, Sam Lambrecht, Marlon Makwa, Thibaut Bronchart, Moussa Noterman, Noah…

Belgian Players Abroad

Second win in a row for Sam Van Rossom and Valencia (VIDEO)

After the easy win against Andorra, Valencia managed to secure another win, this time against Zaragoza (89-71). Sam Van Rossom, once again in the starting 5, scored 9 points and dished out 5 assists in 25 minutes with a plus/minus of +15 ! Valencia are currently at the top of group B and will play…

Belgian Players Abroad

First win for Manu Lecomte with Gran Canaria (VIDEO)

After their loss against Real Madrid, Gran Canaria won their first game in the final stage of the Liga Endesa against Andorra (88-104). Manu Lecomte played 12 minutes and scored 5 points. Next game, June 22 at 15H30 against San Pablo Burgos.

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Elijah Tshibangu joins Brussels Basket in double-affiliation

Youngster Elijah Tshibangu joins Brussels Basket in double-affiliation, while also remaining part of United Basket Woluwe competing in TDM2. The 1m91 tall strong and athletic Shooting Guard has been a part of our U16 and U18 National Teams and has shown great promise over the course of his 2 European Championship tournaments. This past summer…

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Marin Maric leaves Aalst, signs in Lithuania

After 1 very good season with Aalst, Marin Maric deciced to sign in Lithuania with Lietkabelis. Maric signed with Oostende back in 2018 where he averaged 7.4 points and 4.1 rebounds in 14 minutes. At the start of the 2019-2020 season, Maric signed with Aalst where he averaged 15.3 points and 8.8 rebounds in 25…

Belgian Players Abroad

First minutes for Manu Lecomte with Gran Canaria against Real Madrid (VIDEO)

In February, Manu Lecomte signed with Gran Canaria, but before before he could even make an appearance, he suffered a foot injury. Now that his rehab and the Coronavirus break are over, Manu played his first game for Gran Canaria againt the Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid. In 15 minutes he scored 5 points and dished…

Belgian Players Abroad

Valencia beats Andorra thanks to a good performance from Sam Van Rossom (VIDEO)

In their first game back after the Coronavirus break Sam Van Rossom and Valencia managed to beat Andorra pretty easily (74-90). Van Rossom was, as often, one of the leader for Valencia. The Belgian Lion had a great stat line: 10 points (3/5 shooting) 7 assists and 3 rebounds in 22 minutes. And also a…

Belgian Players Abroad

Oldenburg beats Bamberg despite another good performance from Obasohan (VIDEO)

Oldenburg have beat Bamberg in the first game of the quarter final (81-86). Our Belgian Lion Retin Obasohan scored 10 points (3/3 shooting ), grabbed 2 rebounds and dished out 1 assist in only 12 minutes ! For Oldenburg, veteran shooting Rickey Paulding scored 20 points to lead his team. The second game will be…

National Teams

Belgian Cats and Belgian Lions will participate in a summer camp in July

Belgium Basketball announced that the Belgians Lions and the Belgian Cats will participate in a summer camp in July. The Lions will train in Louvain-La-Neuve, while the Cats will train in different locations (Kortrijk, Wilrijk, Louvain-La-Neuve). For the Cats, this camp will start June 29 with some physical tests. The real camp will start officially…