Brits Abroad – Week 23 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 two games for Miami Heat this week before returning with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in a loss at home to Boston.

Matthew Bryan-Amaning guided Soles into the LNBP play-off semi-finals with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals in the series clinching 88-84 win in Game 6. MBA had also proudced a 24-point, 11-rebound performance to help Soles establish a 3-0 lead during the week. Brampton A’s made a winning start to the NBL Canada playoffs with Kyle Johnson contributing 9 points and 5 rebounds in their 105-85 Game 1 victory.

Two wins for Boulazac (17-7) keeps them in the mix for the Pro-B title in France. Ovie Soko had 5 points and 5 rebounds in a one-point win over Lille, before scoring 15 on 9-12 FT shooting and adding 7 boards in a slightly more convincing 75-71 win at the weekend. In NM1, Tafari Toney led Sorgues (12-13) to victory with an all-round display consisting of 13 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals.

Myles Hesson scored a game-high 21 points and added 6 rebounds in 35 minutes of action as Bremerhaven (6-19) were beaten 89-79 by his former team, Ratipharm Ulm. Elsewhere in Germany, Orlan Jackman helped Iserlohn (18-4) claim the Pro-B South title with 13 points in their final-day 105-82 road win ahead of the playoffs. Robert Gilchrist had 8 points in a defeat for Karlsruhe (12-10), while Jules Dang Akodo ended the regular season with Fraport Skyliners II (10-12) with 14 points.

Ogo Adegboye helped Aris (13-6) move into third place in the Greek A-1 league with 7 points in an 80-59 win. Pops Mensah Bonsu produced a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds in a huge 41-point win for AEK Athens (10-9), while Justin Robinson scored 12 points in a win for Kolossos (9-10).

Michael Ojo had a combined 39 points in Sweden this past week, but Eco Orebo (6-26) fell to back-to-back defeats. The former Plymouth Raiders guard had 19 points and 8 rebounds before a 20-point haul came in a loss at LF Basket (22-11) with Will Neighbour making a brief appearance from the bench.

In LEB Gold, Devon van Oostrum dished out 4 assists and had 8 points in an 80-76 win for Penas Huesca (7-15). Fahro Alihodzic scored 11 and 12 points respectively as Estudiantes Con. (14-22) split their two most recent games in Argentina. In Hungary, Kormend (10-14) were beaten 88-81 at home despite 29 points and 11 rebounds from Ryan Richards. Also, Nigel van Oostrum had 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals as Leeuwarden (6-15) lost their weekend game in the DBL.

Do you like our work?

We have a tiny favour to ask. In 2018 we set out to make Hoopsfix sustainable by building our relationship directly with our readers. Up until now, Hoopsfix has been creating editorials, videos and podcasts to provide sorely missing coverage of the British game and its distinct culture and community.

We have funded Hoopsfix with our freelance work creating basketball media, but sadly that means not only does it fall behind our client’s priorities, but some of those clients are the same organisations we need to report objectively on putting us in a conflicted position.

We want to devote more time to our mission of helping British basketball reach its potential, and produce even more content for the basketball community by making Hoopsfix a sustainable 100% independent business funded directly by our readers through Patreon.

If everyone who enjoys our content chose to support us, our future would be much more secure. For as little as $3 per month, you can support Hoopsfix – and it only takes a minute.

We are tremendously honoured and humbled to have a community of people who value what we do, and we look forward to being at the forefront of the British game as it continues to evolve.

Support Hoopsfix