Tuesday, 4 March 2008

Jesse Sazant's CIS Alumni in Europe Update

Thanks again to Jesse for keeping us here in North American abreast of some of the CIS alumni playing in Europe.

England:
Brody Bishop (Laurentian)
- Plymouth Raiders (BBL) 18-7, 3rd place
- 12 minutes per game, 4 PPG
- has found his opportunities limited more lately after a former point guard returned from injury which some of the fans aren't too happy about (www.whatsbev.com - go to BBL, Plymouth Riaders, then there is a thread called petition on the second page - sorry can't link directly with the way the website is set up)
www.bbl.org.uk
Ryan Marrast (Lakehead)
- Worthing Thunder (EBL1) 12-2, 2nd place
5 points, 5 rebounds and 15 minutes per game in recent games
http://www.worthing-thunder.org.uk/index.htm

Germany:
Osvaldo Jeanty (Carleton)

- VPV Giants Nordlingen (Pro A), 18-5 2nd place (10 game winning streak - it hasn't taken Os long to get back to his winning ways)
- 35 minutes per game (1st on team), 14.4 PPG (3rd on team), 2.4 APG (2nd on team), 55% 2FG, 38% 3FG, guarding the other teams best perimeter player most games
http://jungeliga.server26.mindwerk.net/linkit.php?menuid=29&topmenu=22&keepmenu=inactive

Jordan Foebel (York)
- USC Freiburg (Pro B) 18-5, 4 way tie for 1st place
- Getting big minutes over last three games (30, 34, 38); 24 MPG, 10.1 PPG, 8.4 RPG (2nd on team, 8th in league), 71.5% FG% (2nd in league) and 1.7 BPG (4th in league)
http://jungeliga.server26.mindwerk.net/linkit.php?menuid=41&topmenu=23&keepmenu=inactive

Austria:
Casey Archibald (UBC)

- Wels (A Bundesliga) 16-12, 6th place (The league split with the top 8 teams moving on and the bottom 4 fighting to avoid relegation with Casey's team qualifying for the top 8)
- 24 MPG (5th on team), 11.4 PPG (3rd on team), 1.8 APG (2nd on team), 39% 3FG (ssems to have gone through slight slump as all numbers are slightly down)
http://www.oebl.at/basketball/top_verein.php?menuid=5&topmenu=2&saison=12&bewerb=1&team=293

Belgium:
Garry Gallimore (St. FX)

- Liege (D1) 14-7, 5nd place
- 21 MPG (8th on team), 4.3 PPG
Neil MacDonald (St. FX)
- rumored to no longer be with team, hasn't played since last update but is still listed on their roster
http://www.b-all.be/basketball//2007-2008/div1/calendar.php

Switzerland:
Walter Moyse (Acadia, Calgary)

- Villars (LNB) 16-3, 2nd place (I went out to watch Walter play and saw him hit winning foul shots with 3 seconds left of a top of the table clash)
27 MPG (leads team), 13.9 PPG (2nd on team), 7.2 RPG (leading team)
http://www.lnba.ch/classement.php?m_f=0&ligue=94

Lebabon
Ali Mahmoud (Ottawa)

- Al Riyadi (Div A) 9-0, 1st place
- 31 MPG, 11.3 PPG, 4.7 APG (9th in league), 6.0 RPG
http://www.sportingpulse.com/team_info.cgi?player=Ali%20Mahmoud&action=PSTATS&pID=176278983&client=11-3223-35113-50394-4269220

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