Brits Abroad – Week 19 Round-up

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

Luol Deng had 18 and 17 points respectively in defeats against Sacramento and San Antonio before adding 12 points and 7 boards in a 109-95 win over New York. Joel Freeland still remains out for Portland.

Ovie Soko shot 1-5 from the field for 5 points in a 68-63 loss for Boulazac (12-6) on Friday night. In NM1, GB centre Eric Boateng had a monster game with 26 points (10-10 FG!) and 11 rebounds to help Mulhouse (8-11) to an 87-84 win. Rob Marsden had 4 points and 4 rebounds in a loss for Cognac (5-13), while Tafari Toney added 14 points and 7 boards as Sorgues (7-12) recorded a 75-66 victory.

Myles Hesson returned for Bremerhaven (5-16) in a 75-63 home defeat and finished with 6 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in 18 minutes. In Pro-B action, Jules Dang Akodo helped Fraport Skyliners II (9-9) upset Iserlohn (15-3) with 11 points and 4 rebounds, while Orlan Jackman had 14 points and 6 rebounds in the defeat.

Pops Mensah-Bonsu starred for AEK Athens (8-7) with 20 points (7-8 FG) and 8 rebounds in a 94-78 road win, while Ogo Adegboye had 9 points in a narrow 78-77 victory for Aris (9-5).

Will Neighbour made his debut in Sweden with LF Basket (16-9), scoring 8 points in an 89-71 win, before adding another 8 points in a 64-63 loss. Former Plymouth Raiders guard Michael Ojo also recently signed in Sweden to make his season bow and he had 16 points in 16 minutes to help Eco Orebo (5-21) to a 103-91 home win.

In Spain, Dan Clark had 5 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists as Fuenlabrada (4-16) were beaten 86-69 away at Real Madrid. Aaron Geramipoor contributed 8 points and 8 rebounds in LEB Gold action for Ourense (13-6) in a 92-66 win, while Mo Soluade had 9 points and 5 assists in an 88-63 loss for Clinicas Rincon (4-15).

Kyle Johnson scored 11 points in an agonising 102-101 loss for the Brampton A’s (12-14), while, in Mexico, Matthew Bryan-Amaning went 7-10 from the field on his way to 15 points in 18 minutes as Soles (26-10) completed a routine victory. Justin Robinson scored 13 points and had 5 assists as Apollon (9-6) climbed into fourth place with a 74-70 win on the road in Cyprus.

Kormend (7-13) fell to a 92-88 defeat despite 19 points and 7 rebounds from Ryan Richards, who made 8-9 at the foul line. Ashley Hamilton didn’t make a field goal but finished with 2 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists as Cherkasy (12-9) were beaten on the road.

Dzaflo Larkai scored 10 points in a win for Yokohama (8-24) having had 7 points and 8 rebounds in a defeat the previous day. In the Netherlands, Nigel van Oostrum finished with 6 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals in 38 minutes, but Leeuwarden (6-11) were comfortably beaten 84-56 away from home.

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