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Brits in Europe

Ryan Richards Out at Least 4 Weeks

February 24, 2010

Brit Ryan Richards, currently playing for BBC Monthey is out at least 4 weeks with a dislocated shoulder according to the European basketball prospect site Eurohopes. Yesterday, Eurohopes’ Twitter account tweeted
“Brit Ryan Richards (‘91), from Monthey (Switzerland), will be K.O. at least four weeks due to a shoulder dislocation. He is scoring 13.3 pts”
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Richards Struggles in BBC Monthey Win

February 16, 2010

BBC Monthey rode to a comfortable 83-66 victory Geneva Devils on Sunday. Not so good news for Ryan Richards however, as he struggled for the first time since his debut, finishing with 6 points on 2/7 shooting (2/2 at the line) and 1 rebound in just 11 minutes of action.

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Ryan Richards, BBC Monthey Lose By 1

February 12, 2010

Lausanne stole a narrow road win against BBC Monthey in the Swiss LNA last night.
British prospect Ryan Richards, who has been on top form lately, finished with 13 points on 4/9 shooting (0/2 threes, 5/5 at the line), 5 rebounds and 3 blocked shots in just 24 minutes.
BBC Monthey dropped to 2 games below .500 [...]

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BBC Monthey And Richards Lose to SAV Vacallo

February 7, 2010

In a repeat of last week’s game, BBC Monthey again played SAV Vacallo on Saturday and again lost, this time 99-67.
Another big game for Ryan Richards however, as he finished with 20 points on a blistering hot 8/11 shooting (0/1 three pointers, 4/4 at the line). He also added 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 [...]

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Mensah-Bonsu Relishing Opportunity at CSKA Moscow

February 3, 2010

Pops Mensah-Bonsu is relishing his opportunity at Russian basketball club CSKA Moscow. Speaking to BBC Sport, he said
This is a great team,one of the better teams in the EuroLeague. I was tired not having the opportunity to play, I wanted to come to Europe to improve as a player
He went on to say he is [...]

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Ryan Richards Continues To Do Well at BBC Monthey

February 3, 2010

Since his breakout double double game, Ryan Richards has continued to do well for Swiss side BBC Monthey. Despite not being able to find box scores for the games anywhere, in the brief game reports that are put up on BBC Monthey’s website the points scored by each player are reported.
Richards has played two games [...]

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Pops Mensah Bonsu Interview with Sport Express

January 29, 2010

Only just came across this from the Sport Express, and interview with Pops which was done at 4a.m in the morning! Worth having a little read.

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Battle of the Brits in Euroleague

January 28, 2010

Despite playing only 7 minutes,  Pops Mensah-Bonsu’s CSKA Moscow came out on top last night, 86-78 facing Unicaja and two fellow Brits in Joel Freeland and Robert Archibald.
Mensah-Bonsu finished with 3pts, 1 rb and 1stl whilst Joel Freeland had a respectable 8pts, 5rbs, 1ast and 1stl in 15 minutes of action. It was Scot Robert [...]

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Ryan Richards Dominates in his Second Game

January 26, 2010

After showing promise in his first game, young GB-phenom Ryan Richards exploded in his second dropping 20 pts and 11rbs with his new club BBC Monthey in a 79-73 win over BC Boncourt on Saturday night.
On loan from Gran Canaria, the 6′10 big man showed that despite not playing much the past two seasons, he [...]

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Pops Mensah-Bonsu makes his CSKA Debut

January 22, 2010

Pops Mensah-Bonsu made his Russian Superleague debut on Sunday, but couldn’t stop CSKA Moscow from suffering their first loss,  a 94-88 defeat at the hands of Unics Kazan.

Mensah-Bonsu who recently was waived by the Toronto Raptors was however impressive finishing with a statline of 13 points and 7 rebounds in only 15 minutes of action [...]

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