Belgian Competition: Liège Basket – Okapi Aalst: 82-73 Nice win by Liège Basket who used a strong final quarter to pull away from Aalst to get the 82-73 victory to start off their season. Newcomer Ziga Fifolt had himself a very solid game and finished with the 19 pts & 13 rebs Double-Double for Liège….
Dario Gjergja selects 15 Belgian Lions for the EuroBasket qualifiers window in November. Belgium will travel to Vilnius in Lithuania, in a bubble due to the coronavirus health crisis, to play the Eurobasket Qualifiers. The Belgian Lions will play against the Czech Republic on November 27 and Lithuania on November 29. Belgium sits at the…
The least we can say is that Jonathan Tabu is playing very well since his return in Liga ACB. 2 weeks ago, he scored 16 point in 15 minutes. Yesterday, he did even better: the Belgian Lion recorded 23 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in 22 minutes ! A top-level performance for the veteran…
Traditionally we at TIB publish a little overview at the start of each season discussing the Belgian Players who will be playing abroad. We do this in three seperate categories: Belgian Players Abroad in which we discuss the Belgian professional players abroad. Belgian Youngsters Abroad in wich we discuss the Belgian youngsters (born in 1999…
Quentin Serron got his season with Bilbao underway with a close loss on the road at Gran Canaria with the 107-102 final score in Overtime. Serron played 19 minutes as a starter and finished with 4 pts (2-2 FG’s), 2 rebs, 1 ast & 1 stl. Next up came the season opener for Jonathan Tabu…
The final tournament to finish the basketball season in Spain started yesterday with 3 games. Bilbao with Quentin Serron, suffered a big loss against Euroleague Team Baskonia. The Belgian Lion scored 4 points to go with 3 rebounds and 1 assist in 23 minutes. Barcelona, one of the favorite, won the derby against Badalona (96-92)….
The Liga Endesa announced that a 12-team tournament will be held in Valencia to finish the season. This tournament will reportedly be played between June 17 and June 30. The teams will be divided into two groups of six: Barcelona, Tenerife, Bilbao (Quentin Serron’s team) , Vitoria, Malaga and Badalona in the group A, Madrid,…
A day after his birthday Quentin Serron and SIG Strasbourg have announced that they are parting ways. With the addition of Gerry Blakes and Devonte Upson Strasbourg has acquired 2 new foreign players these past couple of days, putting them over the limit of 6 foreigners allowed. And so the club had to cut one…
The opening window of the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers has given us a surprising look into the strength of our Belgian Lions. Despite practically missing their starting line-up with Sam Van Rossom (injury/Euroleague), Ismael Bako (Euroleague), Jean Salumu (injury), Manu Lecomte (injury) and Hans Vanwijn (injury) – as well as youngster Vrenz Bleijenbergh (injury) – for…
The Belgian Lions remain perfect in this opening window of the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers as they defeated Denmark with the 72-88 final score. Our Lions were again very dominant this game throughout the opening three quarters, thanks to their lights-out shooting from behind the arc with Tabu in particular putting on a show with his…
