Skyler Bowlin signs with Wels

Skyler Bowlin (190 cm, Missouri Southern’11) will be playing the 2013-14 season for WBC Raiffeisen Wels from Austria (A Bundesliga). Bowlin played the 2012-13 season in Denmark for the Horsens IC (Ligaen). In 36 games in the Danish league he averaged 19.6 ppg and 6.5 apg. He helped Horsens IC reach the Danish league semifinals…

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Kenneth Simms signed by Liege Basket

Kenneth Simms (203 cm, Cumberland’09) has been added by Belgium’s Liege Basket (Ethias League) for the upcoming season. He is currently signed with Atletico Welcome from Uruguay’s Metropolitan league. Simms played in Sweden for the Sodertalje Kings (Basketligan) for two seasons. In 2012-13 he managed to represent them in six EuroChallenge games and hit averages…

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Pat Calathes set to join BC Astana

Pat Calathes (208 cm, St. Joseph’s’08) is expected to sign a two-year deal to play for BC Astana from Kazakhstan (D1). Calathes, who is Greek-American, played the 2012-13 season for Maccabi Bazan Haifa from Israel’s Winner League. There he averaged 16.3 ppg and 9.3 rpg in 36 games. Calathes spent most of his professional career…

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Steven Bennett returns to Germany

Steven Bennett (173 cm, Chaminade’12) is currently playing in Australia for the Rokingham Flames, but will be playing for Germany in the 2013-14 season for the LTi Giessen 46ers (BBL). He started the 2012-13 season playing in Cyprus for Ydra Asfalistiki ENAD Agios Dometios, but he only played three games for them and averaged 5.3…

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Dino Pita added by Liege Basket

Dino Pita (192 cm) will be joining Liege Basket (Belgium-Ethias League) for the 2013-14 season. Pita is coming from the Sodertalje Kings from Sweden. He’s had a long tenure with Sodertalje, being with the club since 2006. It will be interesting to see how he can make an impact now that he has a change…

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FIBA Men U19: Six clubs grab spots in QFs

Day 6 of the FIBA Men U19 World Championships resulted in six teams clinching spots in the quarterfinals, with three teams still undefeated after Croatia took a 91:90 barnburner from previously unbeaten Lithuania. At the end of the day’s competition, the following six teams were assured of their spots in the next round of the…

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Randal Falker added by SLUC Nancy

Randal Falker (201 cm, Southern Illinois’08) will be joining SLUC Nancy Basket Pro from France’s ProA for the 2013-14 season. Falker is making the move after a one-season stint with Besiktas Istanbul from Turkey’s TBL. In 2012-13 he came off Besiktas’ bench to average 2.9 ppg and 3.7 rpg in 21 Euroleague games. He averaged…

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Ronnie Burrell is signed by BBC Bayreuth

Ronnie Burrell (204 cm, NC-Greensboro’05) has signed a two-year deal to play for BBC Bayreuth from Germany’s BBL. The 29-year-old Burrell is coming off playing two seasons for EWE Baskets Oldenburg, also from Germany (BBL). In 2012-13 he averaged 8.2 ppg and 4.0 rpg in 15 games in the EuroChallenge. EWE Baskets got as far…

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Darrell Harris signs with Koszalin

Darrell Harris (208 cm, Rhode Island’07) has extended his deal with AZS Koszalin (Poland, TBL) for the 2013/2014 season. This season the forward/center has played 36 games with Koszalin and tabbed averages of 11.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.1 blocks per game. Next season will make the Americans fifth consecutive in Polish Basketball…

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Zeljko Obradovic to Fenerbahce

Legendary basketball coach Zeljko Obradovic has been signed by Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul (Turkey, TBL) in what is a major coup for the club. Considered one of the best tacticians in history, Obradovic has signed a two-year deal with the Turkish outfit after last coaching Panathinaikos through the 2011/2012 season. The Serbian has recently been flirting…

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