Brits Abroad – Week 18 Round-up

Check out our latest Brits Abroad round-up taking a look at the action overseas from the past seven days.

Luol Deng missed three straight games for Miami Heat with a calf injury before returning to score 10 points in a 108-91 loss at Detroit.

Ovie Soko led Boulazac (12-5) to a 66-54 victory after scoring 16 points and adding 6 rebounds in the win. In NM1, Eric Boateng posted a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds as Mulhouse (7-10) defeated Sorgues (6-11) 80-72, despite a 24-point haul (9-13 FG) from Tafari Toney.

Bremerhaven (5-15) remain in 17th in the Beko-BBL after suffering another defeat with Myles Hesson missing out again. In the Pro-B division, Jules Dang Akodo scored 12 points (5-5 FT) and dished out four assists to help Fraport Skyliners II (8-9) to an 88-67 victory, while Robert Gilchrist claimed five boards in an 83-72 loss for Karlsruhe (9-8). Orlan Jackman came up big for 33 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists to lead Iserlohn (15-2) to a hard-fought 96-93 win on the road.

In Mexico, Soles (25-10) split two games this week, with Matthew Bryan-Amaning producing a 21-point, 11-rebound double-double in the victory, before scoring 8 points in a loss on the road. Dan Clark scored five points for Fuenlabrada (4-15) as they were beaten 82-69 by Murcia.

Ryan Richards led Kormend (7-12) with 23 points and 11 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a crushing 101-78 defeat in Hungary. Brampton A’s (12-12) suffered two defeats with Kyle Johnson scoring 13 points and adding 4 steals in a 96-93 loss, before following that with 18 points on 4-8 shooting from beyond the arc in a 112-107 defeat.

Justin Robinson had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in an 83-58 defeat for Apollon (8-6) against the league leaders in Cyprus. Svendborg (12-7) fell to an 81-75 defeat on Thursday with Liam Potter scoring 9 points in 14 minutes off the bench. There was another win for Leeuwarden (6-10) in the Dutch top division with Nigel van Oostrum producing another all-round display with 8 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 22 minutes.

Moves: Fahro Alihodzic has signed a deal in Argentina, while Will Neighbour left Oviedo and has joined LF Basket in Sweden as an injury replacement. Joe Hart has been released by Penas Huesca after surgery meant he will miss the remainder of the season.

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