Belgian Competition: Liège Basket – Okapi Aalst: 82-73 Nice win by Liège Basket who used a strong final quarter to pull away from Aalst to get the 82-73 victory to start off their season. Newcomer Ziga Fifolt had himself a very solid game and finished with the 19 pts & 13 rebs Double-Double for Liège….
Dario Gjergja selects 15 Belgian Lions for the EuroBasket qualifiers window in November. Belgium will travel to Vilnius in Lithuania, in a bubble due to the coronavirus health crisis, to play the Eurobasket Qualifiers. The Belgian Lions will play against the Czech Republic on November 27 and Lithuania on November 29. Belgium sits at the…
Jonathan Tabu scores 18 and Manresa beats Zaragoza in a high-scoring game (102-103). After his big performance against Bilbao, Jonathan Tabu add another great game this Sunday against Zaragoza. The veteran point-guard, in the starting five, recorded 18 points (4//7 from 3’s), 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal in 25 minutes (biggest playing time…
The least we can say is that Jonathan Tabu is playing very well since his return in Liga ACB. 2 weeks ago, he scored 16 point in 15 minutes. Yesterday, he did even better: the Belgian Lion recorded 23 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in 22 minutes ! A top-level performance for the veteran…
Sixth game of the season in ACB for Jonathan Tabu with Manresa and the Belgian Lion continues to shine ! After his big game against Unicaja (17 points in 17 minutes), the veteran point guard had 16 points (4/9 from 3’s), 4 assists and 1 rebound in the 100-102 win for Manresa against Fuenlabrada. He…
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…
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…
Quentin Serron got his season with Bilbao underway with a close loss on the road at Gran Canaria with the 107-102 final score in Overtime. Serron played 19 minutes as a starter and finished with 4 pts (2-2 FG’s), 2 rebs, 1 ast & 1 stl. Next up came the season opener for Jonathan Tabu…
Jonathan Tabu will play in Spain next year as he signed a 1-year deal with Baxi Manresa. Last year, Tabu played with Le Portel, in Jeep Elite. He averaged 9.6 points and 3.4 assists. It won’t be the first for Tabu in the Liga ACB, he already played in Spain with Zaragoza, Fuenlabrada and Bilbao.
The opening window of the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers has given us a surprising look into the strength of our Belgian Lions. Despite practically missing their starting line-up with Sam Van Rossom (injury/Euroleague), Ismael Bako (Euroleague), Jean Salumu (injury), Manu Lecomte (injury) and Hans Vanwijn (injury) – as well as youngster Vrenz Bleijenbergh (injury) – for…
