U18 girls: Tough beginning against Greece - 30 Jul 10

No chance for the Luxembourgish U18 girls at the beginning of the European Championship Division B in Timisoara (ROM). The squad of coach Ben Rush lost by 38:81 to Greece, that benefited from its physical strength. Today the Luxembourgish players can recover from this high defeat, before facing Switzerland tomorrow. The Swiss team also clearly lost its first match against the hosts from Romania (38:80).

Luxembourg: Schintgen 5, Scheuren 5, Wilwert 2, Marcus 8, Lorsché 9, Zovilé 1, Putz 3, Hetto 5

U18 boys: Clear loss against Denmark - 30 Jul 10

The Luxembourgish U18 boys were not able to compete with Denmark at the European Championship Division B in Tel Aviv (ISR). In the end the team of coach Kresimir Basic lost by 63:99. According to the official website of the national basketball federation the players were already tired from the past games. However Luxembourg still has to play tomorrow against Scotland in the classification round for the places 13 to 16. Max Schmit has been the best FLBB-player in the game against Denmark. The new Résidence-player scored 16 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and had 3 steals.

Luxembourg: Laurent 11 points, Tim Steffen 3, Polfer 14, Melcher 9, Bellwald 0, Sunnen 0,  Tom Steffen 4, Arendt 3, Breuskin 3, Schmit 16, E. Steffen 0, Welter 0

U18 boys: Bad second half - 29 Jul 10

The Luxembourgish U18 boys lost a further game at the European Championship Division B in Tel Aviv (ISR). In the first game of the classification round for the places 9 to 16 Luxembourg lost by 68:84 against Belarus. In the first quarter the team of coach Kresimir Basic led by 18:15 and could even increase its advantage until halftime (37:31). But then Belarus stroke back and Luxembourg made more mistakes than before. The team from East Europe benefited in the last two quarters from the low morale of some FLBB-players and was therefore able to book an easy win in the end. Alex Laurent was once more the best Luxembourgish player with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 4 steals. Ben Melcher added 20 points and 8 rebounds for Luxembourg but the Amicale-player also had 9 turnovers. Today Luxembourg will face Denmark, that lost 70:72 against Austria.

Luxembourg: Laurent 28 points, Tim Steffen 10, Polfer 6, Melcher 20, Bellwald 0, Sunnen 0,  Tom Steffen 5, Arendt 2, Breuskin 8, Schmit 0, E. Steffen 2

Women: Luxembourg wins - 29 Jul 10

In its last exhibition game before the beginning of the European Championship Division B the Luxembourgish women's national team defeated the Canadian Out-West by 67:51. In the first quarter both teams played at the same level, with a light advantage for the team from Canada (18:16). The spectators at the Coque in Kirchberg could see the same scenario in the second 10' and so Luxembourg was down 32:34 by halftime. In the second half captain Mossong and Co. increased the rhythm and got rewarded. The FLBB-squad won the two last quarters by 18:10 and 17:7 and seems to be ready for the first EC-game, that will be held in Switzerland on Sunday.

Amicale: Bingham and Birdsong come - 27 Jul 10

Amicale Steinsel announced today that the club has found two players for its foreign player spots. The women's team will be enforced by Candyce Bingham (picture). Bingham graduated from the Louisville Cardinals, where she had stats of 12,5 points and 7,3 rebounds in her senior year. The US-American played last season for the German team of Saarlouis, got champion and cup-winner. The 23 year-old and 1,83 m tall forward averaged in the Bundesliga 9,7 points and 6,2 rebounds. Furthermore the officials of Amicale agreed terms with Louis Birdsong. The US-American could convince the club responsibles during his tryout (see our news of 6th July). If Tom Rausch will stay at the club is not yet known, as the point guard got an offer to join Black Star on loan.