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Author: Sven De Bolster

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Guco Lier attract talented youngsters

BC Guco Lier clearly continues to put the Belgian youth players in front as they have announced the signing of talented youngsters Joppe Mennes and Matthijs Van Den Eynde for next season, while Dries Bogaerts also returns. Vic van Oosterwyck, Vincent Benoy and Anthony Marien have prolonged their stay with the #TDM1 club. Unfortunately they do lose Niels Van Den Eynde…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: David Bea Mulumba

It’s already the fifth season in the States for the youngster from Antwerp as he first made the step way back in 2015 when he joined Huntington Prep. The following season he then competed for Teays Valley Christian before joining Concord University in 2017. Now in his junior (3rd) season with the Mountain Lions Bea…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Toumani Camara

Quite possibly the least known youngster here in Belgium of all Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA… and yet, he might actually be the most promising of them all. The Brussels native started playing basketball at the age of 6 when he joined his local club Saint-Hubert Boitsfort. Six years later he moved on to United Basket…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Séraphine Bastin

In her second (sophomore) season at Wichita State Séraphine continues to play a huge role for the Shockers as she again started every single game of her 30 total games and led the team in Rebounds (5.1 rpg) and Assists (3.5 apg), while she was second in Scoring (7.7 ppg) and in Steals (1.5 spg).She…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Paula Dits

Paula Dits has also finished out her second (sophomore) season at Caldwell in the NCAA 2nd Division and just like Séraphine Bastin she has also continued to be a key-player for the Cougars. She got the starting nod in 26 of her total 29 games played and led the team in Rebounding with her 6.3…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Bethy Mununga

The last Student-Athlete in the USA that we’ll be taking a closer look at is Bethy Mununga who just finished her junior year at the University of South Florida (NCAA) where she provided a solid inside presence. She started in 27 of her 29 games and averaged very nice numbers with 9.2 ppg (3rd on…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Noel Coleman

Coleman is another youngster from Leopoldsburg who has left Belgium early on as he moved to the States in 2017 to join Sunrise Academy. He spent 2 solid seasons at the renowned academy to earn himself a scholarship at the University of San Diego (NCAA) where he started his collegiate career this season. As a…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Ayoub Nouhi

In his second season at Texas-Arlington 1m98 tall Guard/Forward Nouhi remained in search of more playing time as he only played 12.0 mpg (just a tad better than his 11.9 mpg from last season) in which he averaged 1.9 ppg & 1.4 rpg. Despite bringing an unmatched work-ethic to the table, Nouhi has continued to…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Darnell Snyers

The Leopoldsburg native Snyers saw his first minutes on the court at North Georgia this season after sitting out the previous year due to NCAA rules. And I must say that he definitely showed promise. Although Darnell started the season fairly slowly, the mature 21 year old guard eventually got some wind underneath his wings…

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

Player Profile: Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk

It’s been a rough ride so far for the talented forward who left KBGO Duva Fruit this past summer to continue his development at the University of Illinois (NCAA). Although his play in practice quickly garnered praise from coaches and fans alike, a big set back wasn’t long in the waiting as Bosmans-Verdonk suffered a lower-leg injury…