Archive for 2012
Lorenzo Gordon signs with Gaziantep
Lorenzo Gordon (201 cm, Oklahoma City’06) has signed to play with Royal Hali Gaziantep Buyuksehir Belediye (Turkey-TBL). Gordon finished his college basketball at Oklahoma City in the NAIA in 2006, dropping in 23.7 points and grabbing 7.4 rebounds per game over 27 games. He then started his professional basketball career in Sweden, getting his first…
Read MoreBlake Ahearn joins DongGuan
Blake Ahearn (188 cm, Missouri St.’07) is taking his NBA-caliber talents to China to play for the DongGuan New Century Leopards (China-CBA). Ahearn has been a professional since he finished his four years at Missouri St. in 2005, compiling a 13.0 points per game average over 129 collegiate games, including 16.2 points per game as…
Read MoreSpain ACB: Barcelona hands Madrid First Loss
Real Madrid was just three matches away from running the table in the first leg of the Spain ACB, but long-time rival FC Barcelona Regal put a stop to the 14-game ACB winning steak Madrid had with a 96:89 victory in front of a reported 7,359 in attendance at the Palau Blaugrana on Sunday. Of…
Read MoreDaniel Coleman signs with Kataja
Daniel Coleman (206 cm, Minnesota’08) has signed with Joensuun Kataja (Finland-Korisliiga) for the rest of the 2012-13 season. Coleman started the year with the Sioux Fall Skyforce (US-D-League), where he compiled a 6.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game average over six games played prior to being released recently. Last season he played for JL Bourg Basket…
Read MoreJerome Randle signs with Belgacom Spirou
Jerome Randle (178 cm, California’10) has signed with Belgacom Spirou (Belgium-Ethias League) according to the club’s Twitter feed. Randle played on multiple teams during the 2011-12 season, starting with Elitzur Netanya (Israel-Winner League), where he played in seven games and averaged 14.9 points and 6.6 assists per game. Randle was signed by the Dallas Mavericks in Dec.…
Read MoreNCAA Top 10: Upsets and Blocked Shots
The NCAA Top 10 provided hoops fans with some thrilling contests this week as there were two upsets, two near upsets and two huge blocked shots that prevented one and saved one. No. 7 Missouri and No. 8 Cincinnati were the latest Top 10 teams to be upset and the Bearcats’ loss leaves only Duke,…
Read MoreFilip Covic signs with Panionios
Filip Covic (178 cm) has signed to play with Panionios BC (Greece-A1) for the rest of the 2012-13 season. Covic played for Crvena Zvezda (Serbia-Adriatic League) in 2011-12 and started the 2012-13 season, but left the team after three games after finding the pressure of being the son of the club’s President Nebojsa Covic and…
Read MoreRobby Ptacek joins Sluneta
Robby Ptacek (190 cm, Central Connecticut State University’12) has signed on with Sluneta Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic-NBL) to replace the recently released Philip Gavin (1.91 cm, Jarvis Christian’10). Ptacek graduated from Central Connecticut State University in the spring of 2012 and was a four-year member of the Blue Devils’ basketball team. During those four…
Read MorePhilip Gavin released by Sluneta
Philip Gavin (1.91 cm, Jarvis Christian’10) has been released by Sluneta Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic-NBL) after 12 games in the Czech Republic NBL. At the time of his release, Gavin was carrying a 3.1 points per game average, with high games of 13 points against both Chomutov and CEZ Nymburk. Prior to playing in…
Read MoreSasa Zagorac joins Grosuplje
Sasa Zagorac (205 cm) has agreed to terms with Logo Grosuplje (Slovenia-Telemach League) for the rest of the 2012-13 season. He most recently played for Knet Rioja Clavijo (Spain-LEB Gold) where he averaged 7.9 points per game over 20 games. In 2010-11 he suited up for B.A. Shiraz (Iran-Superleague) and contributed 23.2 points and 5.5…
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