Tag: Emma Meesseman

National Teams

Belgian Cats another step closer to the Olympics

Simply amazing! No other words can describe this battle between Japan and our Belgian Cats. In a game that offered pretty much everything a basketball game has to offer our Belgian Cats showed again why they truly belong at the highest stage as they got the 92-84 win. If you didn’t thoroughly enjoy this game then…

National Teams

Belgian Cats tip off Olympic Qualifiers with a loss

Rough.One word which sums up this opening game of our Belgian Cats against Canada. The very physical approach of Canada halted the usual fluid offense of our Cats and after the opening half the low score of 30-23 stood on the scoreboard in advantage of Canada. A highly misleading score as our Cats really had been off…

Belgian Players Abroad

An amazing season for Emma Meesseman

What else can we say except: Belgian Sportswoman Of The Year! It has been an absolutely amazing season for Emma Meesseman who managed to pick up no less than 5 trophies in one year alone. After winning the Russian Cup, the Russian Championship and also the Women’s Euroleague with her team Ekaterinburg, Meesseman extended her season with…

National Teams

Belgian Cats qualified for EuroBasket 2019

Cheered on by a sold-out gym in Kortrijk our Belgian Cats defeated the Czech Republic to qualify for EuroBasket 2019. Despite a slow and nervous start our Cats were able to get back in the game in the 2nd quarter, led by star-player Emma Meesseman who scored and dished out assists like nobody’s business and at the half our…

National Teams

Belgian Cats defeat Germany on their road to EuroBasket 2019

In their EuroBasket 2019 qualification game against Germany this evening our Belgian Cats came away with the 58-77 victory. The Cats (without injured Julie Allemand) were led by the duo Kim Mestdagh (17 pts, 9 rebs & 4 asts) & Emma Meesseman (28 pts, 2 rebs, 3 asts & 3 stls), while Hanne Mestdagh chipped in with 11 pts…