Eurobasket.com All-Belgian League Awards 2006-07
Player of the Year - Len Matela (206-C-80) of Antwerp Giants Guard of the Year - Trevor Huffman (187-G-79) of Aalstar Forward of the Year - George Evans (202-F/C-71) of Mons-Hainaut Center of the Year - Len Matela of Antwerp Giants Play-Offs Co-MVP - Veselin Petrovic (194-G/F-77) of Oostende, Rashad Wright (189-G-82) of Oostende Bosman Player of the Year - Veselin Petrovic of Oostende Import Player of the Year - Len Matela of Antwerp Giants Domestic Player of the Year - Sam Van Rossom (188-G-86) of Oostende Coach of the Year - Chris Finch of Bree 1st Team Len Matela of Antwerp Giants Trevor Huffman of Aalstar George Evans of Mons-Hainaut Rashad Wright of Oostende Sam Van Rossom of Oostende 2nd Team Adam Hall (196-F/G-80) of Aalstar Ralph Biggs (199-F-76) of Charleroi Veselin Petrovic of Oostende Kelvin Torbert (193-G-83) of Bree Christophe Beghin (207-F-80) of Verviers-Pepinster All-Domestic Players 1st Team Sam Van Rossom of Oostende Christophe Beghin of Verviers-Pepinster Senne Geukens (190-G-83) of Antwerp Giants Yves Dupont (211-C-75) of Antwerp Giants Ralph Biggs of Charleroi All-Domestic Players 2nd Team Lionell Bosco (176-G-81) of Brussels David Kalut (205-C-74) of Aalstar Matthias Desaever (194-G/F-76) of Mons-Hainaut Jef Van der Jonckheyd (205-F-82) of Leuven Sacha Massot (205-F/C-83) of Charleroi All-Imports 1st Team Len Matela of Antwerp Giants Trevor Huffman of Aalstar George Evans of Mons-Hainaut Rashad Wright of Oostende Adam Hall of Aalstar All-Imports 2nd Team Kelvin Torbert of Bree Greg Grays (185-G-79) of Charleroi Wes Wilkinson (206-F-84) of Aalstar Kevin Houston (193-G/F-76) of Mons-Hainaut Mike Campbell (197-G/F-75) of Brussels All-Bosmans Team Elvir Ovcina (212-F/C-76) of Oostende Veselin Petrovic of Oostende Damir Krupalija (205-F/C-79) of Charleroi Brian Lynch (198-G/F-78) of Bree Karim Souchu (198-F-79) of Liege Oostende wins Championship Telindus Oostende won its 12th Championship and 2nd in a row now beating Bree at home 100-77.r> The game was pretty much over just minutes after it began. Oostende was on fire and started with a 10-0 in the first couple of minutes. Van Rossom who bruised his hand after a fall in game 4 did play and even started the game and he was the one who scored the layup for the 10-0 run. Bree slowly got back in the game and came back to within 15-11. Sadly for Bree this was the closest they would come for the rest of the game. Oostende led after 10 minutes 30-18. Oostende was not going to let this game get out of hand and by the 16th minute of the game led 51-29. With the last score of the 1st half Veselin Petrovic made it 62-37. Petrovic scored 21 pts in the first half. The rest of the game is history, on a couple of occasstions Bree is able to get the score difference under 20 pts but to no avail, coach Drucker is not going to let him team lost track of their goal, the championship. The last 2 Oostende buckets are made by their reserves L'Hote and Ilongo to make it 100-77. Sam Van Rossom (188-G-86) finishes the game with 17 pts and 5 assists. Oostende won their second championship in a row after a very tough and difficult season. They went through 17 players this season, 6 players left the team during the season and 3 were signed after the break. They also had to deal with injuries to Sam Van Rossom and Veselin Petrovic who combined missed about 20 games. The biggest reason for their championship run however was the arrival of Sharon Drucker in December of 2006 who managed to make Oostende play as a team again. After the signing of their new coach Oostende made some more personel changes with among others the arrivals of Ivory, McGowan and Bozeman. After Drucker arrived in Oostende it took a while for his concept to hit home but with a win on the road at Bree in the next to last game of the season they were able to claim the nr 2 spot in the standings. Thanks to Bree's elimination of Charleroi in the semi-finals this 2nd place gave Oostende home court advantage in the finals with the hoped for result in the last game of the season. Oostende : Laurent Lhote 2, Christian Ilongo 2, Sam Van Rossom 17, Rashad Wright 14, Cedric Bozeman 0, Sebastien Bellin 0, Veselin Petrovic 22, Titus Ivory 8, Glen McGowan 7, Eric Hicks 13, Elvir Ovcina 15. Bree : Odell Hodge 7, Jeff Horner 15, Kelvin Torbert 11, Ben Ebong 16, Brian Lynch 7, Lynard Steward 3, Jim Cantamessa 12, Nate Reinking 0, Scott Emerson 4, Tom Van Camp 0, Martijn Hendrix 2 Antwerp Giants win Belgian Cup The final of the Belgian Cup took place on Sunday in Leuven and pitted the Antwerp Giants vs Liege. This was the last chance to make something out of the season for Liege who finished in 8th place in the league. Liege took the best start of the game and led 0-6 in part due to the 0 for 9 shooting on the Giants part. Antwerp however began to score and only trailed by 3 after 10 minutes. Len Matela and Gur Shelef reacted to the Liege lead and the result was an 31-28 Antwerp lead at the half. Liege started the 3rd quarter on fire and thanks to Conlan and Souchu took a 39-45 lead. After that it all went downhill for Liege who were outscored 21-2 when Norvell threw down a dunk to give the Giants a 60-47 lead. Just when all the Giants fans though the game was won, Liege fought its way back to within 2 pts at 66-64 on a McCollum 3pt shot. With 15 seconds to play Gur Shelef found Senne Geukens who finished off a hard-working Liege team. The final score was 70-64 This was Antwerp's first cup win since 2000, the year they also won the championship. Antwerpen: Yves Dupont 2, Alexander Lichodsjewski 2, Ed Norvell 7, Gur Shelef 12, Dwayne Archbold 10, Senne Geukens 9, Kelley McClure 9, Len Matela 10, David Toya 9. Liege: Xavier Colette 2, Travis Conlan 6, Karim Souchu 17, Stephane Pelle 17, Francois Lhoest 0, Scott Brakebill 11, Ryan Moss 2, Ronnie McCollum 9. |
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