Second game of the season and second win for Valencia and Sam Van Rossom. After the first game and his decisive basket against ASVEL, Sam Van Rossom had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 19 minutes in the 77-93 win in Madrid. For Valencia Bojan Dubljevic scored 24 points in 18 minutes. For…
In the bubble in Athens the home-team AEK was unable to get the Champions League title as they dropped it 85-74 against San Pablo Burgos. AEK got off to an excellent start though and ran out to a 10 point lead at the end of the opening quarter (14-24) before the high-powered offense from Burgos…
Jonathan Tabu was feeling it for Manresa as they went on the road to visit Unicaja Malaga. Manresa got off to a strong start and continued on their momentum throughout three quarters to hold a nice 58-73 advantage headed into the final quarter. In that final quarter the home-team responded however and chipped away at…
Although Andy Van Vliet continues to rack up the impressive performances for Siauliai it hasn’t yet led to any wins for his team in the Lithuanian league. This Sunday Siauliai went on the road to visit Prienai and came out strong, grabbing an early 16-27 lead in the opening quarter. But it wasn’t enough. Prienai…
Dijon – with Hans Vanwijn in the starting line-up – dominated the game throughout the opening three quarters in their match-up against Casademont Zaragoza and held on in the fourth quarter to capture the third place in the 2019-’20 Champions League with the 70-65 final score. Vanwijn played a game-high 35 minutes and recorded 11…
The Euroleague is back ! And the first week of the season offered us a Belgian confrontation between Valencia (with Sam Van Rossom) and ASVEL (with Ismael Bako). Bako played only 8 minutes for ASVEL in which he dished out 2 assists. In the starting lineup, Sam Van Rossom scored the firsts points of the…
Traditionally we at TIB publish a little overview at the start of each season discussing the Belgian Players who will be playing abroad. We do this in three seperate categories: Belgian Players Abroad in which we discuss the Belgian professional players abroad. Belgian Youngsters Abroad in wich we discuss the Belgian youngsters (born in 1999…
In this TIB exclusive Players’ Blog Belgian Forward Hans Vanwijn will discuss his experiences throughout the season on a regular basis. This season is Vanwijn’s first season abroad as he plays for Dijon in the French first division. Preparing the new season. Our preparation already started on August 3rd with the focus mainly being on…
Although Andy Van Vliet again put down a very strong performance, he couldn’t prevent Siauliai from suffering their second consecutive loss of the season. In their first home game of the season Siauliai looked pretty solid throughout and managed to put together a maximum lead of 13 points before Pieno Zvaigzdes started chipping away at…
30 year old swingman Thomas Creppy will continue his basketball career in France as he has just signed a new deal with Stade Rochelais, a team that plays in the French NM1 Division (D3). It will be his 3rd experience playing abroad as he has previously played at Le Puy and Aubenas a couple of…
