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Author: Sven De Bolster

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Omar Thielemans

It’s been a tough couple of seasons for the youngster who left Gistel-Oostende in the summer of 2018 to continue his development in the USA. The 2m01 tall all-rounded Forward was offered a scholarship by Arizona and accepted but before the season even started Thielemans opted to transfer out of Arizona, probably because his chances…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Andy van Vliet

Going out with a bang. In his fifth and final season as a Student-Athlete Van Vliet has finally been able to show his qualities on the court as he was one of the lead-players for William & Mary, finishing 2nd on the team in scoring (13.2 ppg), rebounding (8.7 rpg), blocks (1.3 bpg) and minutes…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Romain Boxus

Romain Boxus is another youngster who has just finished his college career and will now be looking to start his professional career. Boxus left Belgium back in 2012 when he moved from the AWBB academy to join Antibes in the French U21 league. After 2 seasons at Antibes Boxus then signed with Gravelines where he…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Steven Verplancken Jr.

The Belgian guard with Dominican roots has just finished a very impressive season at Glenville State (NCAA2). The youngster left Gistel-Oostende back in 2017 to move to The States and finish out his High School at Teays Valley Christian where he graduated this past season before joining Glenville State. Despite it only being his first…

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Pro Liga decided to stop competition due to Coronavirus outbreak

After an emergency meeting the Pro Liga and all its clubs have unanimously decided to end the competition after only 17 games played (out of 26 games in the regular season) due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Current leader Filou Oostende is thus declared as the 2019-’20 Champion, while the tickets for the European competitions next…

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Oostende force decisive Game 3

Basketbalclub Oostende forced a decisive Game 3 in their #BasketballCL Round of 16 match-up with Tenerife after winning Game 2 with the 75-69 final score. Jean-Marc Mwema brought his A-game in this one as he led the way for Oostende with his 17 pts (4/8 from behind the arc). McIntosh (11 pts), Caupain (10 pts) and youngster Simon Buysse (10 pts…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Max Dehon

Youngster Max Dehon finished his sophomore season at Northwest College Trapper Athletics with a loss at Western Wyoming in Region IX Tournament play. Although Dehon dropped 14 pts in that game he couldn’t prevent Northwest from taking the 84-57 loss, effectively ending their season with a 9-22 overall record. It was already the second season in the…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Owen Soontjens

19 year old Owen Soontjens finished his freshman season with the Adelphi University Panthers after first having moved to the States in 2016 when he joined Marianapolis Prep. In his first season with Adelphi the Corbais/Mont-Saint-Guibert native saw a decent amount of minutes as he played 14.8 mpg and averaged 2.9 ppg & 1.7 rpg. Soontjens started…

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Antwerp Giants win Belgian Cup

The Telenet Giants Antwerp have prolonged their Belgian Cup title as they defeated Spirou Basket Charleroi with the 83-78 final score. The Giants really made the difference in an excellent third quarter and headed into the final quarter they were holding on to a 68-56 lead. Spirou fought back however and slowly but surely closed the gap and with…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Alan Kikwaki

In his second year at Iowa Lakes Men’s Basketball the Brussels native Kikwaki has clearly made quite a lot of progress as he saw his numbers rise from 3.8 ppg & 3.3 rpg in 11.8 mpg last year to 9.6 ppg & 5.1 rpg in 20.0 mpg this year. Although Kikwaki continued to come off the bench…