Eurobasket.com All-Belgian League Awards 2009-10 - Jun 18, 2010
Player of the Year: Will Thomas (201-F-86) of Liege Guard of the Year: Jerry Johnson (183-G-82) of Charleroi Forward of the Year: Will Thomas (201-F-86) of Liege Center of the Year: Christopher Young (206-79) of Aalstar * plays at both power forward and center positions Bosman Player of the Year: Christopher Young (206-F/C-79) of Aalstar * can be considered Bosman as his grandparents were born in Lithuania Import Player of the Year: Will Thomas (201-F-86) of Liege Domestic Player of the Year: Christophe Beghin (207-F-80) of Antwerp Most Improved Player of the Year: Jorn Steinbach (181-G-89) of Aalstar Defensive Player of the Year: Will Thomas (201-F-86) of Liege Coach of the Year: Dario Gjergja of Liege 1st Team G: Jerry Johnson (183-82) of Charleroi G: Matt Lojeski (198-85) of Oostende F: Will Thomas (201-86) of Liege F: Brian Greene (204-81) of Aalstar F/C: Christopher Young (206-79) of Aalstar 2nd Team G: Michael Green (185-85) of Liege G: Timothy Black (178-G-81) of Antwerp G: Bracey Wright (191-G-84) of oostende F: Kevin Melson (199-78) of Gent C: Andre Riddick (208-73) of Charleroi Honorable Mention Darnell Wilson (198-F-85) of Verviers-Pep. Justin Hamilton (191-G-85) of Charleroi Christophe Beghin (207-80) of Antwerp Bryan Hopkins (183-G-83) of Antwerp Ben Ebong (202-76) of M.Hainaut Loren Stokes (190-G-83) of Aalstar Bingo Merriex (204-F-80) of Aalstar Anthony Hilliard (193-G/F-86) of Verviers-Pep. Dwayne Broyles (196-F/G-82) of Charleroi Jonathan Tabu (190-G-85) of Charleroi Josh Duncan (204-F/C-86) of Liege Adrian Banks (191-G-86) of Liege Wes Wilkinson (207-F-84) of Charleroi Caleb Green (203-F-85) of Oostende Jamar Wilson (185-G-84) of Aalstar All-Domestic Players Team G: Roel Moors (188-78) of Antwerp G: Jonathan Tabu (190-85) of Charleroi F: Maxime DeZeeuw (205-87) of Verviers-Pep. F: Christophe Beghin (207-80) of Antwerp C: Sebastien Bellin (205-78) of Gent All-Imports Team * includes also Bosman players (but none of them made to 1st team) G: Jerry Johnson (183-82) of Charleroi G: Matt Lojeski (198-85) of Oostende F: Will Thomas (201-86) of Liege F: Brian Greene (204-81) of Aalstar F/C: Christopher Young (206-79) of Aalstar Charleroi wins third straight title - Jun 10, 2010 Charleroi - Liege 74-49 Charleroi is the new-old champion of Belgium. They blasted Liege in Game Four of the Playoff Finals winning the series with almost perfect 3-1. This is Charleroi's third straight title (ninth in total). Dwayne Broyles (196-F/G-82, college: JMU) this time was the leading player in Charleroi with 18 points. He made 4 of 5 attempts from behind the arc. Hero from Game 1 and 3, Jerry Johnson (183-G-82, agency: Beo Basket, college: Rider), helped his team with 12 points. Third scorer in this victory was Jonathan Tabu (190-G-85). In Liege, Will Thomas collected 10 points and 13 rebounds. He was their only player with double-digits in scoring. Second and third quarter were the crucial ones in this game. Before that, Charleroi made 20-18 in Q1. In the second period the hosts intensified their defense, which resulted with only 4 points for ten minutes by Liege. On the other side, Dwayne Broyles and his teammates scored 15 for 35-22 HT lead. Charleroi smashed Liege in Q3 (26-12) having no troubles to close this game out. Charerloi reached the Playoffs as No.2 in regular season with 21-11 record. They skipped the Quarterfinals and later eliminated Oostende in the Semis with perfect 2-0 Belgian Cup - Apr 29, 2010 This past weekend Base Oostende won its 13th Belgian Cup. In Liege they beat their archrival Spirou Charleroi 96-75. Charleroi and Oostende won the past 2 cups. In front of over 4000 fans Charleroi took off the best and took a 10 pt lead at 24-14 thanks to Justin Hamilton and Brent Wright (formerly Oostende). Oostende fought back to 30-30 with baskets by Bracey Wright and newcomer Darrell Mitchell who scored 7 pts in a row. A 3pt shot by Eddie Gill gave Oostende a 3 pt lead at the half 44-47. Charleroi crumbled in the 3rd quarter and thanks to Matt Lojeski and a hard working Dragisa Dragisa Drobnjak closed out the quarter with a 56-73 lead. The lead went up to 20 pts at 63-83 and Oostende cruised to it first title of the season. Dragisa Drobnjak was MVP of the game with 21 pts and 9 rebs. The win marks the first cup for recently appointed head-coach Jean-Marc Jaumin who had already won 3 as a player. JM Jaumin told Eurobasket that his team reacted well when Charleroi took a 10 pt lead in the first quarter. Once they took the lead he continues my team played at european level, with excellent defense fastbreaks and 3 pt shots from all over the court. He said they deserved to win the cup and are not setting their sights on winning the championship. Charleroi: Johnson 16, Wilkinson 10, Hamilton 9, Broyles 10, Sims 6 Jacobson 4, Riddick 7, Wright 13, Tabu 0 Oostende: Wright 18, Drobnjak 21, Pelle 2, Lojeski 19, Gill 9, Green 12, Mitchell 9, Petrovic 4, Serron 0, Salumu 2, Enokbare 0, Baeri 0 Liege win Supercup - Sep 29, 2009 Liege - Charleroi 84:70 Liege opened their Belgian season in style. They celebrated the first Supercup title since 2004 rallying past Charleroi. Lalic and Matela helped Charleroi to a 13:4 start. But Liege gradually adjusted and trailed by only 4 points at the first break 17:21. The breakthrough happened in the second term. Liege went on a 26:12 run to shock Charleroi. Liege rolled to a 10-point lead at halftime. Liege continued to dominate after the main break. The team opened a 16-point advantage heading into the fourth stanza. The reigning champions could not pick up the slack. They fired 21 points in the fourth term but as Liege fell comfortable in offense Charleroi could not win this one. Andrija Stipanovic (208-C-86) exploded with 30 points to pace Liege. Adrian Banks (191-G-86, college: NW Mississippi CC) added 13 points, while Will Thomas (201-F-86, agency: Interperformances) finished with 15 points in the victory. Jerry Johnson (183-G-82, agency: Hart Sports Mngm, college: Rider) and Nicholas Jacobson (195-G-80, agency: Pro One Sports, college: Utah) replied with 13 points for Charleroi. Justin Hamilton (191-G-80, college: Florida) delivered 9 points in the loss. Liege: Andrija Stipanovic 30, Will Thomas 15, Adrian Banks 13 Charleroi: Jerry Johnson 13, Nicholas Jacobson 13, Justin Hamilton 9 |
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Liege won Belgian Supercup 2009-10 (Photo: Liege)
Oostende clinch 2010 Belgian Cup title (Photo:demorgen.be)
Charleroi is the new-old champion of Belgium (Photo:standaard.be)
