Ismael Bako and ASVEL beat Barcelona in Euroleague Friday night ! The French LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne won Friday night in Spain against Barcelona (69-76) in Euroleague. Pau Gasol did not play. It’s the 6th win in a row for ASVEL in Euroleague. Thanks to an excellent Norris Cole (21 points and 4 assists), the visitors…
Ismaël Bako and ASVEL beat Sam Van Rossom and Valencia (90-77). After a balanced first quarter (17-17), ASVEL had a 6-point advantage at halftime (40-34). After the break, Valencia closed the gap and took a 3 point lead (49-52), but ASVEL finished the 3rd quarter strongly (61-54). In the last quarter, Valencia could not keep…
Wins for Sam Van Rossom and Ismaël Bako in Euroleague this Friday. Sam Van Rossom and Valencia had no difficulty against Red Star Belgrade (91-71). Valencia was already ahead after ten minutes (27-15). Red Star Belgrade, with Corey Walden, could not close the gap and it was an easy win for Valencia (91-71). The Belgian…
Euroleague: wins for Sam Van Rossom and Ismael Bako respectively against Olympiakos and Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Spaniards from Valencia won on Wednesday night at Olympiakos (85-96). Sam Van Rossom did not score a point. Valencia made the difference in the first half. Valencia relied on Bojan Dubljevic (20 points and 9 rebounds) and Derrick…
Ismael Bako and ASVEL beat Barcelona ! Big surprise this Friday at the Astroballe as ASVEL defeated Barcelona (80-68). For ASVEL, David Lighty recorded 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Nikola Mirotic recorded 19 points and 9 rebounds for Barcelona. Ismael Bako recorded 8 points (2/3 from 2’s and 4/4 from the free throw…
Asvel defeated Baskonia yesterday to picks up his first win of the season in Euroleague (86-88). The French team only played 4 games in Euroleague this season because some players tested positive for COVID-19 a couple of weeks ago. After the losses against Zalgiris, Milano and Valencia, it is the first win of the season…
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…
The Belgian Lions remained undefeated in the European Championship Pre-Qualifiers as they easily put aside Iceland with the 90-62 final score. Despite playing with a heavily altered roster – which included 3 youngsters who were getting their first minutes with the National Team – the Belgian Lions overcame a somewhat slow start to fairly easily pull away…
The Belgian Lions did what they were supposed to do as they defeated Portugal on the road with the 60-70 final score. It was anything but an easy victory though. The Portuguese came out with a lot of intensity, while our Lions struggled to hit the few open shots they received and so at the half our…
