South America
Daniel Santiago to play in Argentina with Boca Juniors
Daniel Santiago confirmed his signing with Argentinian team Boca Juniors for the 2012/2013 season. Daniel Santiago will come to Argentina in the next few days to finish up with the red tape to begin playing on the 13 of September. The Puerto Rican will come to Argentina after a long and difficult process run by…
Read MoreThomas Terrell signs with Penarol
Veteran power forward Thomas Terrell (201 cm, Georgia State’02) has signed with Argentinian team Penarol Mar del Plata. Last year he played in the French Pro A for Heyres-Toulon and Saint Vallier.
Read MoreCADER moves on to playoffs after beating Urunday University in Uruguay
CADER beat Urunday University and reached the number one spot for the playoffs by doing so. The game was controlled mainly by CADER, which managed to win three of the four periods. The game was pretty even the first quarter, Wilkerson and Mackiewicz playing strong in the restricted zone for Urunday while Bertolini shot 3-pointers…
Read MoreGiovanni Rivera named coach of the Patriotas de Boyaca
Patriotas de Boyaca of the Colombian Federation Cup have announced that they have hired Giovanni Rivera as their new coach. Rivera has been coaching the Mexican U18 squad and has experience coaching the Syrian U16 and U18 National teams.
Read MoreJermaine Beal and Anthony Walton sign in Brazil
The Brazilian team Minas has signed two import players. Americans Jermaine Beal(191 cm, Vanderbilt’10) and Anthony Walton (201 cm, South Eastern Oklahoma State’02).
Read MoreQuimsa beats Sionista in Argentina
Quimsa de Santiago beat Centro Juventud Sionista in a well-played game that was only decided with the last possession, 86-84. The first period was even, the command of the game switching back and forth between the two teams. Sionista ended the first half ahead by four points. Early in the third quarter, they extended their…
Read MorePartizan waives player from Malta and Argentina. Keeps Mexican
Partizan Belgrade has decided to not keep Matias Bortolin (205 cm, 19 years old) from Argentina and Samuel Deguara (223 cm, 21 years old) from Malta. Both players had been on a try-out with Partizan for about a month. The try-out of the third player, Mexican Jorge Gutierrez (190 cm, 24 years old), has been…
Read MoreLibertad breaks the Union with help from Ricky Sánchez
With excellent teamwork, Libertad Buenos Aires from Argentina beat its archrival, Club Atlético de Santa Fe, in a landslide victory, 91 to 64. This was Libertad’s third prep-match, which served as a testing ground for the new player, Ricky Sánchez (from Puerto Rico, played in the NBA development league). Ricky averaged 11.6 ppg and 4.2…
Read MoreParaguay’s Cerro Porteño become champions
Cerro Porteño (from Paraguay) out gunned Libertad 75 to 70 and became Champion of Paraguay after the fifth exhausting game of the play off series. This is not just any championship. Libertad has held the title for some 50 years but has finally been dethroned by Cerro, the new kings of Paraguayan basketball. It was…
Read MoreSerbia, USA and France win Gold in FIBA 3×3 Worlds
The Serbian Mens team, US women’s team and the French mixed team all took home Gold medals from the first FIBA 3×3 World Championships, held in Athens, Greece.
Coming into the final day of competition, both the Ukraine and France had teams still in contention. France came out of Sunday’s final matches with an impressive haul of hardware winning Gold in the Mixed event, and Silver in both the Mens and Womens events.
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