Archive for August 2012
2012 – European Championships U20 Women Schedule-Results
Preliminary Round – Day 1 GROUP A Aug. 16, 2012 Lithuania-Latvia 71-66 Aug. 16, 2012 Belarus-Spain 39-73 GROUP B Aug. 16, 2012 Holland-Italy 72-67 Aug. 16, 2012 Sweden-Poland 56-54 GROUP C Aug. 16, 2012 Portugal-France 33-55 Aug. 16, 2012 Ukraine-Turkey 61-86 GROUP D Aug. 16, 2012 United Kingdom-Russia 49-55 Aug. 16, 2012 Slovakia-Serbia 67-68 OT…
Read MoreAsseco Prokom Gdynia adds Snieg at point
Asseco Prokom Gdynia came to terms with guard Tomasz Snieg for the 2012-13 season. Snieg played in the Polish League on Polpharma’s squad, averaging 7.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game over 35 games.
Read MoreEfevberha joins Spartak-Primorye
Michael Efevberha has signed an agreement to play the 2012-13 season for Spartak-Primorye and their new head coach Gundars Vetra. Efevberha played last season for Cocolos de San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, as well as playing 39 games with the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League. He averaged 19.6 points and 4.5…
Read MorePrince signs with Mersin BSB
JP Prince signed a 2012-13 contract to play for Mersin BSB. The guard spent last season in Turkey with Aliaga Petkim averaging 15.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the TBL.
Read MoreBuzzer-Beater lifts Montenegro over Serbia
Nikola Ivanovic hit a half-court buzzer-beater to give Montenegro a 73-71 win over Serbia in their Group A EuroBasket qualifier. With his team trailing by one in the final seconds, Ivanovic launched what every young basketball player practices a million times on the playground, a shot with the clock ticking down to the final horn.…
Read MoreCroatia comes from 19 down to earn spot in U18 EC Final
It was as if the entire Croatian team heard the FIBA.tv announcer say, “At this point, Croatia could possibly just fold up.” At the time, with 7:24 left to play in the third quarter, the Russians had built what seemed like an insurmountable lead (43-24), had both ends of the court completely under control and…
Read MoreLithuania comes from behind to stop Serbia in U18 EC Semi
Lithuania found themselves down by eight with 4:52 in their U18 European Championship semifinals contest with Serbia, only to mount an impressive comeback that ended with a game-winning jumper by Marius Grigonis to go ahead by two with five seconds to play. The host Lithuanians held a one point advantage at the start of the…
Read MoreWilliam Jones Cup Day 1 Results
William Jones Cup Day 1 Results Iran 89-74 Lebanon Korea KGC 109-83 Taiwan B Philippines 98-88 Jordan Taiwan 82-57 Japan Standings: Iran 1-0 Korea 1-0 Taiwan 1-0 Philippines 1-0 Taiwan B 0-1 Japan 0-1 Jordan 0-1 Lebanon 0-1 US Select 0-0
Read MoreMario Kasun inks deal with Montepaschi Siena
Montepaschi Siena announced today that they signed Mario Kasun, who played for KK Zagreb. In Euroleague play in 2011-12 he averaged 12.2 points and 6.6 points per game and in the Adriatic League he averaged 17.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per contest.
Read MoreTeams Set for Zone V Championships in Uganda
UGANDA will have four flag-bearing teams in the upcoming Zone V basketball championships due August 20-26 in Kampala, Uganda. Local basketball governing body, FUBA intermitted that all is set to host the week long regional club basketball competition at two different venues – Lugogo Indoor Stadium (MTN Arena) and Makerere Mainground Basketball Court. “All is…
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