In Heffingen, the local team needed a win to keep their hopes alive to reach a playoff spot; unfortunately the game was decided by the foreign players of Amicale, with a combined 52 points out of 73 points (in total 71% of the team scoring). In a game that looked more like a dog fight then a basketball game, the young referees never had the game under control and it became an ugly presentation of the two teams.
Amicale with the luxury of having 2 outstanding foreign players end up winning the game by 11 points (62:73) which destroyed the last chance for Heffingen to make it to the top 6.
DL-Men:
Basket Esch: Reimold ? (injured), C. Donnersbach (fatigue fracture), T. Donnersbach
Nitia: Di Bartolomeo , Schumacher, S. Ribeiro, Delhaye (all stopped playing for different reasons)
Zolwer: /
Résidence: F. Mangen (achilles tendon), S. Mangen (knee injury)
Sparta: Gindt (injured), Grandjean (eye surgery)
T71: Ruffato (sprained ankle)
DL-Women:
AB Contern: Sunnen
Musel Pikes: /
US Heffingen: /
Résidence: Kremer (ill)
T71: Sfredda (pesonal reasons), L. Schmit (knee operation), Bies (meniscus)
Amicale: /
Racing: D. Schaefers (cruciate ligament), F. Schaefers (holidays)
Etzella: D’Onghia, Kemp (both personal reasons)
Basket Esch: Wewer (rehabilitation), Harris (shoulder inflamation), Donovan (injured)
Telstar: L. Schroeder (studies), Grulms (studies), Busazi (illness), Marchi (work)
S
parta signs Ezenwa Ukeagu due to injury problems on the team. “E” is considered as an insurance if there are further injuries on the foreign and tall spots of Sparta. The 203cm tall and 120kg player has a nigerian an american Passport and is considered as EU-player. Coach Kloss and Ukeagu already had individual practice together 5 years ago in Düsseldorf, so he is no stranger to the german coach. Further information on the player for the 4 and 5 spot can be found here: www.ecu32.com
In the BIO released today, the FLBB confirmed the judgement taken by its first instance on the 15th december that BBC Nitia will lose the game against Amicale Steinsel by forfait. This means that the game will be validated with the score of 20-0 and BBC Nitia will receive 0 points insteads of the normal 1 point that you get for a loss. Additionally, the stat keeper of BBC Nitia sees his sentence raised to six games following a previous judgement that was still running but not taken into account during the initial trial in December.
The “cours d’appel” also pronounced certain reserves towards the referees. See below for the original text in French of this message.
Tessy Hetting and her team Point Chaud Sprimont played against Ieper last weekend and lost 72:74. Tessy played 10′ and had 2pts, 1reb, 1to and 1 foul.
Liz Schmitz played with her team Jeugd Gentson against Namur and lost 80:83. Liz played 30′ and had 7pts, 6rebs, 1to and 1 foul.
Nadia Mossong played with her team Osnabrucker SC Panthers last weekend against Saarlouis and won 70:55. Nadia played 18′ and had 6rebs, 2stls, 2blks, 1to and 1 foul.
Leonie de Jonge played with her team Cornell College (NCAA3) against Coe College and lost 62:63. Leonie played 11′ and had 4rebs, 1to and 1as.
Samy Picard played with his team TBB Trier last weekend against Braunschweig and lost 72:78. Samy played 2′ and had 1reb.
Yann Fasbender (picture) played with his team Manchester Magic last weekend against Sheffield Saints and won 80:66. Yann played 32′ and had 18pts, 6rebs, 1as, 1stl, 2 to’s and 2 fouls.
Sacha Thill played with his team Stratoni against Doukas and won 99:89. Sacha played 12′ and had 9pts, 2rebs, 3as.