Posts Tagged ‘Trento’
Italian Serie A: Five-way Tie for Lead
Things are heating up in the Italian Serie A. Ten games into the 2015-16 season and the league has proved to be highly competitive. No less than five teams have fought hard to reach the top of the league standings. To round out the Top 8, three teams trail the leaders with identical records of…
Read MoreEurocup: Trento and Nizhny reach Last 32
Three games ushered in events in the Eurocup this week as Round 8 of the Regular Season got underway. We are at the stage of the first group phase where the standings are being decided and places in the Last 32 are bring decided. With that in mind, could any of the six clubs competing…
Read MoreJulian Wright to Dolomiti Trento
Julian Wright (203 cm, Kansas’07) will continue his professional career this 2015/16 with Italian Serie A club Dolomiti Energia Trento. The 28-year-old veteran most recently played for Cagrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico-BSN) this 2015. He played 13 games for them in the Puerto Rican league and averaged 9.7 ppg and 8.2 rpg. Wright played for…
Read MoreItalian Serie A Opening Night Recap
The Italian Serie A ushered in the 2014/15 season with a full slate of games as all 16 teams in the league took to the hardwood. Round 1 saw some familiar teams establishing early momentum with opening night wins, as well as a few surprises here and there. Overall, fans of Italian basketball were treated…
Read MoreKeaton Grant newcomer at Trento
Aquila Basket Trento (Italy-SerieA) has opted to strengthen their backcourt with the recent addition of Keaton Grant (193 cm, Purdue’10) this 2014-15. The 27-year-old guard is coming off a productive 2013-14 season playing for Neckar RIESEN Ludwigsburg from Germany’s BBL. He played 33 games for them and averaged 15.8 ppg and 3.7 rpg. In 2012-13…
Read MoreTrento wins Serie A promotion with LNP Gold win
The Italian LNP Gold has wrapped for another season after Trento swept the title series to secure promotion to the top flight Serie A next season. The winners claimed a 75-90 road win over UPEA Capo d’Orlando to sweep the series in Game 3, but was made to fight from behind to sew up the…
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