Oostende is still in the race for the Basketball champions league Final 8. Darios Gjergja’s team needs to win the decisive leg against Tenerife September 16 at 20H30 in Spain, in order to qualify for the Final 8. If they can qualify for the Final 8, they will face Casademont Zaragoza, another team from Spain….
Oostende started his preseason Sunday with a game against the London Lions. For the first game of the season, Mario Nakic was already very active for Dario Gjergja’s team, he scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for his first game. Simon Buysse scored 13 points in the first half, Loic Schwartz scored 11 pints…
Oostende announced the signing of the former NBA center, Thomas Welsh (7’0″). Welsh played 11 games in the NBA with the Denver Nuggets in 2018-2019. Before joining the big league, he played 4 years in NCAA with UCLA. Last season, Welsh played in the G League with the Greensboro Swarm. He averaged 10.9 points, 8.9…
He is back ! After spending 3 seasons abroad in France and in Spain, Pierre-Antoine Gillet decided to sign a 3 year contract with Oostende. Gillet already played for Oostende between 2013 and 2017. The power-forward is also an important member of the Belgian Lions.
According to different sources, Shevon Thompson will sign with the German powerhouse, Alba Berlin. Thompson signed with Oostende in March 2019 to replace the injured Marin Maric. It was clear from the start that Thompson was a very dominant center. He averaged 14.8 points and 6.6 rebounds in 19 minutes per game in EMBL !…
D.J. Newbill played the 2016-2017 season with Oostende. He averaged 8.4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. After his season with Oostende, he mainly played in Australia where he was one of the star of the championship. Last season with Cairns Taipans he averaged 18.6 points, 3.3 assists and 3 rebounds. For next season, he…
After only playing a few games for Oostende, Troy Caupain will leave Dario Gjergja’s team to sign in Germany with Ulm. Caupain played 2 games in EMBL for 7 points, 2.5 assists and 2 rebounds. In Champion’s League, he played the first 2 games of the Round of 16 against Tenerife for 7 points, 4…
Chase Fieler played seasons with Oostende between 2017 and 2019. The power forward was one of the key members of Dario Gjergja’s team. In Belgium, he won 2 championships and 1 Belgian Cup. In 2019, he signed a deal with Patras, from the Greek League. Last season, he averaged 8.5 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.6…
Tonye Jekiri played the 2017-2018 season in Belgium with Oostende. With the BCO he won the Belgian Cup and the Championship, he was also named Finals MVP this Year. After 1 year in Turkey, the former Miami Hurricanes player (where he played with Manu Lecomte) signed a deal with ASVEL last season. He shared the…
Oostende will play in the group C of the Basketball Champions League with Hapoel Jerusalem/Turk Telekom/San Pablo Burgos/Brindisi/Limoges/Darussafaka and a team from the qualification round (Igokea, Cluj, Sporting or Fribourg). A very promising group with big team like Hapoel Jerusalem, on of the best offense of the BCL last season, Darussafaka or San Pablo Burgos….
