Ryon Howard has agreed a contract extension to remain with the Bochum Astro Stars who will be playing in the 2. Bundesliga Pro B in the 2013-14 season. Thus, the Bronx, NY, native will enter his third year in Bochum.
Howard led the team to the 2012-13 1. Regionalliga West championship and received Eurobasket.com All-German Regionalliga West Player of the Year just recently. He averaged 18.1 points and 9.5 boards a game for the Astro Stars last season [read more]
Ryon Howard has agreed a contract extension to remain with the Bochum Astro Stars who will be playing in the 2. Bundesliga Pro B in the 2013-14 season. Thus, the Bronx, NY, native will enter his third year in Bochum. Howard led the team to the 2012-13 1. Regionalliga West championship and received Eurobasket.com All-German Regionalliga West Player of the Year just recently. He averaged 18.1 points and 9.5 boards a game for the Astro Stars last season. Howard started his pro career at BSV Wulfen in 2009, followed by a single season with Rhoendorf playing in the Pro A.
Aivaras Galkauskas (203-C-91) has committed his future to 1. Regionalliga North outfit SC Itzehoe. The club announced that the Lithuanian big man will play for the Eagles in the 2013-14 season and plans to stay beyond 2014. Galkauskas had 21 RLN appearances for Itzehoe last season, averaging 14.6 points as well as 6.7 rebounds per contest and was named Eurobasket.com All-German Regionalliga North Honorable Mention.
Meanwhile, Amorrow Morgan (196-G-87, college: Idaho St [read more]
Aivaras Galkauskas (203-C-91) has committed his future to 1. Regionalliga North outfit SC Itzehoe. The club announced that the Lithuanian big man will play for the Eagles in the 2013-14 season and plans to stay beyond 2014. Galkauskas had 21 RLN appearances for Itzehoe last season, averaging 14.6 points as well as 6.7 rebounds per contest and was named Eurobasket.com All-German Regionalliga North Honorable Mention. Meanwhile, Amorrow Morgan (196-G-87, college: Idaho St.) and Jasper Chiwuzie (205-C-88) will not return to Itzehoe. Thorben Haake (188-PG-91) is going to move west to pursue his studies in Koeln, while Moritz Peiseler (197-F-84) will focus on his career outside of basketball.
On the court Michael Koch was a German basketball legend being one of the few players to win an Euroleague title and for some Bonn fans he leaves the club as a mini coaching legend as well. He may never have won atitle behind the bench, but he stood for consistency and more often than not led the team into the beko BBL playoffs. The team have decided for a rebirth and have decided not to renew the contract of the German who leaves the club after 8 years on the sidelines [read more]
On the court Michael Koch was a German basketball legend being one of the few players to win an Euroleague title and for some Bonn fans he leaves the club as a mini coaching legend as well. He may never have won atitle behind the bench, but he stood for consistency and more often than not led the team into the beko BBL playoffs. The team have decided for a rebirth and have decided not to renew the contract of the German who leaves the club after 8 years on the sidelines. "We thank Michael for the very good work since the 2005-2006 season", stressed Wolfgang Wiedlich. The biggest achievements for the 1993 German European champion was reaching the Beko BBL final in 2008 and 2009 losing to Alba Berlin and EWE Baskets Oldenburg and two Beko BBL Top appearnaces in 2009 and 2012.
Art.Dragons: took 4th (last) place (1-5) in Group C of the Regular Season
Ratiopharm: took 2nd place (3-3) in Group G of the Regular Season, took 2nd
place (3-3) in Group L of the Top16, lost to Gescrap BB in the Quarterfinals 1-1
(-19) !!!
s.Oliver Baskets: took 3rd place (3-3) in Group D of the Regular Season
EWE Baskets: took 1st place (6-0) in Group F of the Regular Season, took 1st
place (5-1) in Group E of the Top16, lost to Karsiyaka (TUR) 62-66 in the
Semifinals, beat Gravelines (FRA) 84-76 in the 3rd place game !!!
Telekom Baskets: took 1st place (4-2) in Group H of the Regular Season, took
2nd place (4-2) in Group L of the Top16, lost to Krasnye Krylia (RUS) 0-2 in the
Quarterfinals !!!
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