Sergio El Darwich joins Champville

Rookie guard Sergio El Darwich has joined Lebanese club Champville. The 24-year-old competed for the University of Maine, wrapping up his collegiate career last season. El Darwich, a 193-cm player, appeared in 25 games for Maine in his final college campaign and contributed 14.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game. He had a…

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Robert Upshaw inks with Champville

 Robert Upshaw (213 cm, Washington’15) will be a new force to contend with in the middle for Champville (Lebanon-Pepsi LBL) this 2017-18. The big man originally signed with Guaros de Lara (Venezuela-LPB) this 2017, but has instead opted to head to Asia for the season. The journeyman had a busy 2016-17 season, seeing action for…

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Daniel Orton added by Champville

Daniel Orton (208 cm, Kentucky ’10) is on the move to Champville (Lebanon-Pepsi LBL). The big man heads to the Pepsi LBL for the first time in his career after playing this season with GS Kymis (Greece-A1). In 12 games with Kymis, Orton struggled to get on the floor. The team decided to put him…

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Makeith Cummings signed by Champville

Markeith Cummings (198 cm, Kennesaw State’13) will continue his professional career this 2017 with Champville (Lebanon-Pepsi LBL). His 2016-17 season began with Al Ahly Cairo (Egypt-Superleague). He played seven games for them in the African Champions Cup, where he posted averages of 12.6 ppg and 5.1 rpg. In January 2017 the Kennesaw State product return…

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Brandon Thomas pens with Champville

Brandon Thomas (198 cm, Massacheusetts’07) is taking his game to Champville (Lebanon-Pepsi LBL) this 2016 and will hopefully provide the team with a much needed boost. Thomas is coming over from Europe where he played for Movil Estudiantes (Spain-Liga Endesa). The 31-year-old player appeared in 16 games for Estudiantes before parting ways with the team…

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Herbert Hill signs with Champville

Herbert Hill (208 cm, Providence’07) has agreed to terms with Lebanese Division A team Champville this 2015. He is moving there from Al Muharraq (Bahrain-Premier League) where he started the 2014/15 season. Before heading to Asia, Hill played a 10-game stint with Caciques de Humacao form Puerto Rico’s BSN in 2014. He averaged 10.1 ppg…

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Kevinn Pinkney to play for Champville

Kevinn Pinkney (207 cm, Nevada’05) has put pen to paper on a deal to play for Champville (Lebanon, Division A) through the remainder of the season. The forward hasn’t played this season and his last action came in the Chinese NBL while playing for Heilongjiang Zhaozhou Feng Chen during the 2013/2014 season. During that spell…

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Mohamed Kone waived by Champville

Lebanese club Champville (Division A) has recently released Mohamed Kone (211 cm, Valparaiso’06) after signing him early this 2014-15. Kone is a 33-year-old French-Ivorian player who has been a member of the Ivory Coast national team from 2009-13. Mohamed played just three games for Champville and averaged 3.3 ppg and 4.7 rpg. He played in…

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Champville Sanctioned by FIBA

On December 2014 Lebanese Division A club Champville was sanctioned by FIBA for its continued breach to honor an award issued by the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) in October 2014. FIBA imposed a ban on the registration of new players by the club. BAT issued an award in favor of claimant, Nigerian player Jeleel Akindele…

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Mohamed Kone joins Champville

Lebanese club Champville (Division A) has recently added Mohamed Kone (211 cm, Valparaiso’06) to bolster their frontcourt this 2014-15. Kone is a 33-year-old French-Ivorian player who has been a member of the Ivory Coast national team from 2009-13. He played in the Iranian Superleague in 2013-14 for Sanaye Petrochimi Mahshahr. In 21 games Mohamed averaged…

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