Matthew Wright inks with Quimper

Matthew Wright (193 cm,St.Bonaventure’ 14) inks with Quimper (France-NM1) for the rest of the season. The Canadian guard heads to France straight from St.Bonaventure University. Last season he averaged 16.3 ppg and 3.1 rpg in 32 games. He helped his NCAA team reach the Atlantic 10 Semifinals. In 2012 Matthew Wright and his St.Bonaventure University…

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Gareth Murray pens with Challans

Gareth Murray (201 cm, Kalamazoo Valley CC’05) will play in French Basketball this season after inking with Vendee Challans Basket (NM1). The Scottish player has spent much of his career in the United Kingdom BBL, although he did have a brief stint Malaysia on the roster of Perak Farmcochem (NBL). The forward started this season…

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Adrien Moerman wins vs Bilbao at BAT

French player Adrien Moerman filed a claim against former team Bilbao Basket (Spain-Liga Endesa) at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for outstanding salaries, agent’s fees, and interest. He and his agent, Guy Zucker, claimed that club made only partial payments. Moerman played for Bilbao during the 2012/13 season. Bilbao Basket provided an answer to their…

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Euroleague, 2014/2015 season tips off

The 2014/2015 Euroleague season tipped off in style with six games across three groups on Thursday night, with the remaining six games taking place on Friday evening. During the start of Round 1, four of the host teams picked up victories to get their Euroleague campaigns off to a good start, while two road successes…

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Rodney Green pens with Bourg

Rodney Green (196 cm, La Salle’10) has been added to the roster of French Pro A team JL Bourg Basket. Green played in the Italian DNA Gold last season and averaged 20.2 ppg  for FMC Ferentino, making him the second best scorer of the league. After graduating from college Rodney Green played in Israel and…

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2014/2015 Eurocup, Round 1

The remainder of Round 1 of the 2014/2015 Eurocup season wrapped on Wednesday with sixteen games around the continent following the two that were played on Tuesday. Group A CAI Zaragoza hung on to see off Paris-Levallois 77-76 as the French team visited Spain and almost came away with the win. The hosts needed to…

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Justin Rutty agrees with Bordeaux

Justin Rutty (200 cm, Quinnipiac’ 11) has agreed terms with JSA Bordeaux Basket (NM1-France) for the rest of the season. The 25-year old American, who also has a Jamaican passport,  heads to France from Maratonistas de Coamo (BSN-Puerto Rico). Rutty averaged 10.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg in 10 games for  Maratonistas. Most of last season he…

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Jason Rich newcomer to Chalon

Jason Rich (191 cm, Florida State’08) will make his way to the French Pro A for the 2014/15 season to play for ES Chalon-Sur Saone. The 28-year-old Florida native spent his 2013/14 season playing in the Italian Serie A for Vanoli Cremona. He logged 28 games for them and had a good season overall, posting…

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Elson Mendy added by Fos Quest

Fos Quest Provence Basket (France-ProB) has reinforced its frontcourt with the recent addition of Senegalese forward Elson Mendy (200 cm) this 2014-15. Mendy is expected to come off their bench and be an active force in the shaded area. He played last season for Union Poitiers Basket 86 (France-ProB) so he has some background with…

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Eurocup: ASVEL and Gran Canaria win

The Eurocup tipped off in full swing on Tuesday as ASVEL Lyon Villeurbanne gunned down Artland Dragons Quakenbrueck on the road and Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas shot down Foxtown Cantu at home. The rest of the Round 1 schedule will be played out on Wednesday as the other clubs enter the competition through Group…

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