After a single opening game yesterday, eight CBA games were played today. Some veteran Chinese players showed they still had what it takes while some promising new faces appeared on the horizon. Imports played an important role as teams can now use two imports the entire game.

Playing four starters virtually the entire game, including overtime, Xinjiang edged Beijing 101-97. Juan Mendez had 43 points and 12 rebounds and Myron Allen had 38 points and 11 rebounds. The shooting guard spot was shared by two Xinjiang natives, Makan, a rookie, and Mulati, a young veteran. Makan, who played 34 minutes, is listed as being born in 1992. If he is that young, he may have a promising future. Beijing was led by Dontae Jones with 34 points and 18 rebounds and David Harrison with 19 points and 13 rebounds.

Shaanxi outlasted Jilin 110-97 as Lee Benson had 23 points, 23 rebounds and 11 assists. Chen Zhaosheng scored 22 and Chen Bao had 21. Zheng Zhun, a 214 cm small forward allegedly born in 1992 but more likely born in 1989, scored 4 points. He has bulked up from 86 kg to 100 kg. But he truly could be the world's first 7-1 small forward if he continues his development. Soumaila Samake and Leon Rogers each scored 18 points for Jilin.

Shandong smashed newcomer Tianjin 94-74. Priest Lauderdale led the way with 33 points and 14 rebounds. Sun Jie scored 20 and Mack Tuck had 17. Darryl Watkins led Tianjin with 20 points and 14 rebounds while Theron Smith and Li Gangfeng scored 16.

Guangdong won comfortbly against Fujian 107-92 even though it only played its imports for for 48 minutes while Fujian played its imports for 88 minutes. The Guandong players know how to play international basketball. Zhu Fangyu led Guangdong with 24 points, Jason Dixon had 17 points and Wang Shipeng scored 15. Liu Xioyu started at point guard and played 29 minutes. Chen Jianghua came in off the bench and played 19 minutes. 1991-born Dong Hanlin played 18 minutes and had 6 points. 7-1 Wang Zheng played 15 minutes and had 6 points. Zhou Peng had 13 points 21 minutes. Su Wei did not play. Chris Porter led Fujian with 31 points and 13 rebounds. Matt Frieje had 24 points and 9 rebounds.

Zhejiang Guangsha defeated Shanghai 113-107 behind 36 points from Kasib Powell and 29 points and 12 rebounds from Nigel Dixon. Wang Yong led Shanghai with 29 points and DaJuan Tate had 28. Shanghai was only using one import, all it currently has listed on its roster.

Shanxi Zhongyu destoyed Liaoning 94-74 as Olumide Oyedeji had 23 points, 24 rebounds and 9 assists. Donta Smith had 8 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Zhai Jinshuai added 22 points and 6 rebounds. Liaoning's imports, Tommy Smith and Awvee Storey played awfully. They combined for 10 points on 4 of 23 shooting. Li Xiaoxu, on the other hand, had 26 points on 11 of 14 shooting and added 9 rebounds. Combined with his play at Liaoning the last two years, his play as a candidate for the Olympic team, and his success as a player on the junior national team, the NBA should begin to take a close look at Li. Remember that his basketball size is bigger than the size at which he is listed. Han Dejun played 6 minutes today and is still a work in progress. Two years from now the NBA may want to look at 7-1, 320 pound Han. Or it may not.

Snyder Kirk (198-F-83, college: Nevada) had 43 points and 15 rebounds to lead Zhejiang to a 100-92 victory over newcomer Qingdao. Samuel Hoskin added 24 points. A player to watch is Zhang Dayu, who was listed as 213 cm when he won the MVP at the Nike Asia Camp this summer. Zhang, listed as born in 1991, had 6 points and 8 rebounds at center against Amal McCaskill and Frans Steyn of Qingdo before fouling out in 34 minutes. Lu Keming, a 196 cm shooting guard born in 1988, led Qingdao with 22 points. McCaskill scored 21 and Steyn added 20. Li Guang, who also previously impressed at sneaker camps, had 11 points, 7 assists and 6 steals. The only negative is that Lu and Li had 17 turnovers between them.

Bayi defeated Yunnan 118-97 as Wang Zhizhi had 33 points and 6 rebounds. But Wang's eventual replacement may have made his first appearance for Bayi. Xu Zhonghao, a 212 cm center born in late 1990, had 11 points and 4 rebounds in 20 minutes. He completely outplayed 212 Xu Jinlong, whom he beat out for a spot on the Bayi team, and who now plays for Yunnan. Gabe Muoneke had 41 points and 10 rebounds for Yunnan. Zhao Anan added 20 points.
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The columns on the box scores below are name, number, minutes, starter, 2pt fg-fga, 3pt fg-fga, ft-fta, off reb, def reb, assists, fouls, steals, turnovers, blocks, fast breaks made/fast breaks attempted, dunks, times fouled, points
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Xinjiang 101 OT
Xu Guochong 11p+3r+1a+3s, Mengke Bateer 9p+12r+4a, Makan 34min+0p+4r, Juan Mendez 43p+12r+1a+2s+2bl, Myron Allen 38p+11r+2a+4s+6to
Beijing 97
Zhang Yunsong 7p+1r+1a, Chen Lei 17p+1r+2a+2s, Xie Libin 2p+6r, Dontae Jones 34p+18r+4a+2s, David Harrison 19p+13r, Ji Zhe 10p+5r+1a+2s, Li Ke 8p+6r+4a+2s

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Shaanxi 110
Chen Zhaosheng 22p+6r+3s, Dai Yong 10p+6r+4a+4s, Zhang Wei 12p+3r+3a+2s, Lee Benson 23p+23r+11a+5bl+7to, Chen Bao 21p+6r+5s, # 15 8p, Yang Wenbo 10p+2r+2a+5s+5to, Zheng Zhun 4p+4r+1s
Jilin 97
Soumaila Samake 18p+8r+3a+5to, Wang Bo 8p+2r+1a+2s, Lu Yan 19p+5r, Yang Yuming 10p+2r+2a, Leon Rogers 18p+8r+2a+10to, Liu Wei 12p+5r+1a, Zhong Cheng 2p+1r+4s+1bl

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Shandong 94
Wang Gang 16p+1r+2a+5s, Sun Jie 20p+2r+5a+5s, Mack Tuck 17p+9r+4a+2s, Cao Zhenhua 0p+8r+2a+4s, Priest Lauderdale 33p+14r+1a+2s+5to
Tianjin 74
Li Gangfeng 16p+1r+2a+2s, Theron Smith 16p+9r+4a+2s+5to, Darryl Watkins 20p+14r+1a+4s+4bl, Xu Guijun 8p+4r, Wang Hao 2p+4r+1a+4s

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Guangdong 107
Zhu Fangyu 24p+5r+4a+4s, Wang Shipeng 15p+8r, Liu Xiaoyu 7p+2r+3a+2s, Jason Dixon 17p+10r, Du Feng 5p+1r+1a+3s, Tyler Amaya 7p+4r+1a+2s, Dong Hanlin 6p+1r+1s, Wang Zheng 6p+1r, Zhou Peng 13p+3r, Chen Jianghua 3p+4r+3a+1s
Fujian 92
Gong Songlin 8p+2r+3a, Lu Xiaoming 14p+2r+4a+4s, Yang Chao 7p+1r+2s, Chris Porter 31p+13r+1a+3s, Matt Frieje 24p+9r+2bl

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Shanxi Zhongyu 94
Olumide Oyedeji 23p(9-17)+24r+9a+4s, Donta Smith 8p(3-12)+7r+4a+2s+6to, Sun Chunlei 9p+5r+1a, Wei Mingliang 7p+1s, Zhai Jinshuai 22p+6r, Yu Xuelin 6p+2a+1s
Liaoning 74
Liu Xiangtao 12p+4r, Zhang Qingpeng 7p+3r+2a+3s+6to, Li Xiaoxu 26p(11-14)+9r+1a+3s+1bl, Tommy Smith 2p(1-5)+10r+4a, Awvee Storey 8p(3-18)+5r+2a, Yang Ming 13p+4r+3a+2s, Han Dejun 7min+2p+1r


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Zhejiang Lions 113
Zhang Nan 14p+6r+5a+3s, Ying Kui 12p+2r+4a+4s, Nigel Dixon 29p+12r, Kasib Powell 36p+9r+5a+2s, Yao Peng 8p+2r+2a, Jin Lipeng 8p+2r+2a, Li Meng 6p+2r+1a
Shanghai 97
Liu Wei 9p+7r+3a, Wang Yong 29p+9r+1a, Wang Ligang 17p+5r+4a+2s, DaJuan Tate 28p+7r+1a+2s+4bl, Wu Yang 6p+2r+1a, Peng Fei 8p+6r+2s, Luo Xudong 8p+2r+5to

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Zhejiang 100
Snyder Kirk 43p+15r+4a+3s+5to, Ding Jinhui 10p+8r+2a+4s+1bl, Luo Zhi 15p+5r+3s, Zhang Dayu 34min+6p+8r+1a+3s+6fl, Samuel Hoskin 24p+4r+2a+3s+1bl
Qingdao 92
Li Guang 11p+3r+7a+6s+9to, Lu Keming 22p+9r+8to, Sun Shengyue 7p+5r+2a+2s, Amal McCaskill 21p+8r+1a+2s+5bl, Frans Steyn 20p+11r+7a+4bl, Yu Gaofeng 5p+1r+2a

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Bayi 118
Li Nan 15p+4r+3a, Mo Ke 7p+3r, Li Ke 8p+4r, Hu Ke 6p+4r+3a, Wang Zhizhi 33p+6r, Wang Lei 16p+4r+3a, Feng Lei 6p+5r, Zhang Bo 8p+1r, Xu Zhongtao 20min+11p+4r+1bl
Yunnan 97
Zhao Anan 20p+2r+5a, Li Lin 16p+3r+2a, Xu Xu 12p+1a, Xu Jinlong 18min+2p+1r+1s, Gabe Muoneke 41p+10r+2a

Dominicans in the NCAA
As the NCAA College Basketball season begins today Dominicans can look at the collegiate league with pride. Fifteen Dominicans will play important roles in Division I teams throughout the US. Four are freshman standouts expected to help their teams significantly. Among them is a pair of 6'10 power forwards Eloy Vargas (208-F/C) (Florida) and Alex Rivas (208-C) (South Florida). Also, there is Dagoberto Pena (201-F) (Marshall) and Steve Mejia (Rhode Island). This core will be joining Edgar Sosa (185-G-88) (Louisville) who has already become one of the best young guards in the nation, Manny Quezada (188-G-85, college: Rutgers) (San Francisco), John Garcia (206-F/C-87) (Seton Hall), Alejo Rodriguez (203-F) (Iona) and Antonio Pena (203-F-86) (Villanova). Also, there is Luis Guzman (191-G), Dalky Melendez (203-F-86) (Louisiana Monroe), Adris de Leon and Andy Genao (191-G,) (Eastern Washington), James Feldeine (193-G-88) and Jonathan Cruz (201-F) (Quinnipiac). Gerardo Suero will play for Wabash College (D. II) this year and David Manaya and Leo Liriano (193-G) could be midseason additions to Texas Tech. Chris De La Rosa (175-G) and Danny Tavares (206-F-84) are in the same position at Siena and San Diego State, where both talented players are currently not on the pre-season rosters. While baseball has long been held up as our national sport, basketball has squeezed its way into prominence over the last 15 years.

WE AT EUROBASKET DOMINICAN PAGE WANT TO SAY 'FELICIDADES' TO ALL OF OUR DOMINICAN PLAYERS WHO ARE PLAYING COLLEGIATELY THIS SEASON AND WE WISH THEM ALL THE BEST!!!

(with the help of Jaime Arevalo)

The first round of Salvadorean LSB league produced two expecetd results: title holders of ExSal largely defeated San Marcos, 107-55, confirming their ranking, thanks to a good performing from their new import, Panamanian Nicanor Rivas, while Cosmos prevailed over UTEC 94-84 at the end of a battled game.

1.Division, Round 6-7: Honka (Tapiola) won 3/4 quarters vs Karhu (Kauhajoki) tonight in Espoo, but lost the contest anyway 81-89 (41-36). The reasons were the
third quarter and Eric Washington (192-F/G-74, agency: Interperformances, college: Alabama). Kauhajoki (now 5-1) won the third quarter 20-34 and Washington had a double-double 40 pts and 11 rbs. Matt Williams (200-F-77, college: Montana) led Honka with 26 pts. When BC Jyvaskyla upset JKS at Jarvenpaa 66-94, Joe Jackson (192-G-86, college: Denver) (BC JKL) had his season high 37 pts (treys 7/12). BC Nokia crushed Lapua at home 119-76. Nokia's three American players combined 91 pts! Matt Dlouhy (198-F-83, college: Montana) led Nokia with 35 pts. Newcomer LoKoKo (Loimaa) is the only team without victories. Today LoKoKo lost at home vs Vilpas (Salo) 83-88 (37-30). Jonathan Heard (198-G/F-86, agency: David Lee services) led LoKoKo with 28 pts and 16 rbs. Aubrey Conerly (183-G-83, college: Jacksonville) scored 27 pts for Vilpas. PuHu (Vantaa) had a 14-point-lead at Energy Arena vs Huima (Aanekoski), but Huima's players listened to Coach Markku Ranta and believed in themselves and won the thriller by three 83-86 (49-38). Justice Graham (195-G-79, college: Glenville St.) scored 20 pts for Huima and Marko Piplovic (207-F-76, agency: Interperformances) had a double-double (27/11) for PuHu.

Honka, Tapiola - Kauhajoki 81-89 (41-36) (Matt Williams 26, Samuli Vanttaja 13, Antti Raami 12 - Eric Washington 40/11, Roni Leimu 19, Maurice Horton 11).

JKS - BC JKL 66-94 (35-52) (Kevin Francis 16/12, Toni Honka 11, Magen McNeil 10 - Joe Jackson 37, Tuukka Ahila 19, Johan Collins 14/12).

LoKoKo - Vilpas 83-88 (37-30) (Jonathan Heard 28/16, Eryk Thomas 23, Turkka Rikkonen 10 - Aubrey Conerly 27, Amani Daanish 20/11, Quinnell Green 18).

BC Nokia - Lapua 119-76 (65-39) (Matt Dlouhy 35, Jason Holmes 29/9a, Matt Cooper 27/11 - Toni Raiski 18, Henry Umoru 15, Tyrwone Still 14).

PuHu - Huima 83-86 (49-38) (Marko Piplovic 27/11, DeWayne Richardson 18/10, Sami Marouf 11 - Justice Graham 20, Ted Morris 16/10, Heikki Laatikainen 16).

The mini Bamberg curse grew a bit more as the Deutsche Bank Skyliners lost a hard fought battle in Bamberg 66 to 61. Frankfurt lost their ninth game in a row against the Brose Baskets Bamberg and had their three game winning streak snapped. Dirk Bauermann is not coach anymore, but was in the Jako arena to watch his old team and just his mere presence may of awoken old ghosts that may of effected the Frankfurt play down the stretch. In crunch time, The Brose Baskets Bamberg were a tick better than Frankfurt. They hit some big shots, while we missed some easy shots. We also missed some key rebounds and it is never easy to come back on the road, stated American center Anthony King (206-F/C, agency: Interperformances, college: Miami, FL). Bamberg saved their best for last as they found some extra energy hidden in their storage tanks.Coach Fleming said in the timeout that we have tomorrow off, so he told us to give that extra energy to win, said American guard Michael Jordan (183-G-77, agency: Court Side, college: Pennsylvania).

As a Kerala state player, George Koshy used to shoot the ball into the basket during his college days. Today, as a rocket scientist with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the tall, 58-year-old M.Tech from IIT-Bombay is the project director for Chandrayaan-1, India's maiden unmanned moon mission, and on his broad shoulders rests the venture's success.


As things stand, on Oct 22, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C11) rocket carrying the lunar orbiter and six other satellites will blast off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

Like a basketball player without any fixed positions, Koshy joining ISRO in 1972 and was rotated in different departments - fabrication, tool design, the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) project - ISRO's first rocket - and development of the PSLV separation systems.

For Koshy, Chandrayaan will be his third major space mission.

He was mission director when ISRO launched an Israeli satellite in a stripped down version of PSLV in January and played a similar role when the space agency sent up a cluster of 10 satellites in April.

While the PSLV rocket for the previous missions and the current one are the same, Koshy terms each launch as unique, with its own set of challenges and calculations.

Speaking about the moon rocket, Koshy told IANS: 'The vehicle structure was altered to accomodate bigger strap-on motors.'

Traditionally the PSLV's six strap-on motors are 10 metres in length and carry nine tonnes of solid propellant each. For the moon mission, they have been extended to 13.5 metres and will each carry 12 tonnes of fuel.

'All the six motors have been ground tested,' Koshy said.

As a matter of abundant caution, the PSLV rocket has been padded up with additional thermal insulation.

Koshy said the fabrication of the 316-tonne rocket started two years ago and its integration with the lunar orbiter took another two months.

The rocket will sling into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GSO) the cuboid-shaped spacecraft.

With a lifespan of two years, the spacecraft will start orbiting the moon from Nov 8. It will also release a moon impact probe that will land on the lunar surface on Nov 14 - celebrated in India as Children's Day to mark the birthday of the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

The other notable feature of the moon rocket is that it will be the last one to be guided by ISRO's old avionics systems.

'We have developed our own processor that would start guiding our rockets from next year,' Koshy said.

According to him, ISRO is working on plans to increase the thrust of the rocket's upper stage and carry more fuel in the second stage.

Koshy said ISRO is getting enquiries for the launch of 500-600 kg satellites. A new vehicle with ideal capacity would lower launch costs, he added.

As ISRO sends around four rockets up every year, one year's production was always in the pipeline, he pointed out.

Hailing from a big family of seven sisters and one brother, Koshy, the son of a Maths professor, is the only rocket scientist in his family. Even his daughter and son have stayed away from this tricky craft while his wife Rani Mary George is a principal scientist at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute at Thiruvananthapuram.

Slated to retire in 2010, the rocket scientist has no career regrets.

'If I have to start my career all over again, I will choose ISRO as my employer,' he asserted.

Meanwhile, the basketball fraternity can be proud that one amongst them is getting into a world famous mission.

Courtesy - Indian Express

Gonzaga head coach Mark Few was upbeat after the game.

'It was good first night for us,' he said. ' We did some good things tonight. I thought our rebounding has come along very well and we played another solid night on both ends of the floor,' Few said. 'Defensively we did some good things. We forced them into some long possessions with our pressure and that was good to see. We played solid team defense tonight.'

The Bulldogs won the battle of the boards 44-31 and held the Yellowjackets to 32.7 percent from the field, including a 2-for-15 start as Gonzaga raced to a 19-point lead on two occasions in the first half, the last at 33-14 with 3:18 to go in the half.

But MSUB reeled off 14 straight points to close to within five at halftime at 33-28 - all 14 points coming from sharpshooter Mike Hall (6'0''-G-86) a transfer from the Idaho who played in the McCarthey Athletic Center last season with the Vandals. He connected on three straight treys, hit a jumper, and then hit three free throws to complete the run.

Hall led all scorers with 24 points on an 8-for-17 night form the field that included a 5-for-12 effort from 3-point range.

'We have to give some credit to MSU Billings,' Few said. 'They stepped up and hit some good shots to keep it close with that run late in the first half. They found some good matchups and hit their shots.'

The Yellowjackets are coached by first-year head coach George Pfeifer , who coached the past two seasons at Idaho.

The Bulldogs had nine of the 11 players who saw action in the contest score, a trend Few thinks fans may see a lot of this season.

'We have really worked on sharing the ball and we moved the ball around well tonight. Our depth will lead to a well-balanced scoresheet for us like you saw tonight.'

Freshmen Grant Gibbs, a 6-4 guard from Marion, Iowa, and Andy Poling, a 6-11 forward from Portland, Ore., did not see action because they are planning to redshirt this season. Sophomore Robert Sacre, a 7-0 center, was also in street clothes as he continues his rehabilitation from foot surgery. Sacre got out of the boot earlier this week and is able to do some straight forward running and other conditioning drills, but is still expected to be held out of competition for another 10-14 days.

Gonzaga will be right back in action Tuesday when Idaho visits the sold out McCarthey Athletic Center for a 6 p.m. contest. The game will be televised on KHQ-TV/FSN and also be available on the radio at 1510 KGA and audio streamed on this website.

Courtesy: Gonzaga Athletics

Barquisimeto, Venezuela.- Venezuelans playing in foreign countries continued to have starring roles in their respective teams and saw some action in the last week around the world. Here's a short summary of their performances:

MEXICO (LNBP)
-Jorge Arrieta got his first victory as head coach of Angeles de Puebla, as he was able to defeat Fuerza Regia Monterrey, 90-82.

-Juan Herrera (197-F-81) scored 14 points and grabbed 3 rebounds in a defeat of his Santos Reales de San Luis against Dorados de Chihuahua, 87-84 in Matchday 23. Iin Matchday 24, he had the same luck, since he was able to score 22 points with 5 rebounds, and assist, a block and a steal in another loss, this time againstLobos Grises de Durango, 86-81.

-Hernan Salcedo (198-F-80) scored 13 points with 5 rebounds, 7 assists, a block and 2 steals in a victory of his Angeles de Puebla over Fuerza Regia Monterrey, 90-82, in Matchday 23.

-Gregory Vargas (182-G-86) finished up with 13 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and a turnover in a victory of Angeles de Puebla over Fuerza Regia Monterrey, 90-82, in Matchday 24. It was the first time that two Venezuelan basketball players that are brothers face each other up in a foreign country, as he played against Jose.

-Pedro Brito (202-F/C-82) chipped in 7 points, 8 rebounds, a steal and 5 turnovers in a tight victory of Panteras de Aguascalientes over Potros Itson, 77-73, in Matchday 23. In the next match, he was below his average with only 4 points, 2 rebounds and 3 steals in another triumph over Tecos de Guadalajara, 75-69.

-Luis Bethelmy (200-C-86) returned to Lobos UAC de Saltillo. In Matchday 23, he could only contribute with 5 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in a defeat against Loros de Colima, 89-84. He got back on his feet in the next match, as his team defeated Lechugueros de Leon, 99-88, thanks to his 23 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and a block.

-Jose Vargas (196-G/F-82) scored 16 points with 2 rebounds, 4 assists and a block, in a defeat against Angeles de Puebla, 90-82, in Matchday 23. It was the first time that two Venezuelan brothers face each other in a foreign league, as he played against Gregory.

-Tomas Aguilera (198-F-77) scored 20 points with 8 rebounds and a block in a defeat against Angeles de Puebla, 90-82, in Matchday 23.

-Carlos Morris (194-G-75) scored 6 points with 5 rebounds, a steal and a block in a defeat of his Venados de Nuevo Laredo against Halcones Rojos de Veracruz, 91-82, in Matchday 23. In the next game, he finished up with 9 points, an assist and a block in another loss, this time against Halcones de Xalapa, 109-91.

ARGENTINA (TNA)

-Axiers Sucre (198-F-78) was a starter for Union de Sunchales in Matchday 6, but his team lost its first match of the season against La Union, 91-81. He scored 8 points.

SPAIN (LEB Gold - EBA A - U20)
-Javier Roman (207-F/C-80) came off the bench for Leche Rio Breogan Lugo as they won against Ford Burgos, 85-78. He played 11 minutes and had 4 points, a rebound and 2 fouls.

-Jhornan Zamora (194-F-89) was a starter for Zarzuela Maristas Boecillo in EBA A, and his team defeated AB Pas Pielagos, 96-82. He played 34 minutes and had 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls.

-Javinger Vargas (206-C-90) came off the bench for Beirasar Rosalia in the U20 tournament, during a victory, 89-54, over Caja Canarias Ciudad de Telde. Vargas played 12 minutes and finished up with 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, one turnover and 4 fouls

ITALY (LEGA A)

-Hector Romero (202-F-80) was a starter in Matchday 6 of the 2008-2009 season for Snaidero Udine, as his team lost against Scavolini Spar Pesaro, 83-79. He played 20 minutes and finished up with 12 points, 9 rebounds, a block and 2 turnovers.

-Oscar Torres (195-F/G-76) was a starter in Matchday 6 of the 2008-2009 season for Snaidero Udine, as his team lost against Scavolini Spar Pesaro, 83-79. Torres played 32 minutes, and ended up with 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls. He played his 100th game in Italy's Lega A (Pompea Napoli, UPIM Fortitudo Bologna and Snaidero Udine).

FRANCE (PRO A)

-John Cox (195-G-81) and his team, Sluc Nancy Basket, won against Roanne, 79-74, in Matchday 7 of the 2008-2009 season. Cox played 20 minutes and supported his team with 4 points, a rebound, 2 assists, a block, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls