Recap
National Team (EC, EC Qualifiers, WC, WC Qualifiers,...) EC2022
BELGIAN LIONS
GEORGIA NT
79
-
76
Final Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgian Lions | 16 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 79 |
| Georgia | 11 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 76 |
| REB |
|
36 |
| AST |
|
12 |
| STL |
|
11 |
| BLK |
|
1 |
| PF |
|
27 |
| 44 |
|
REB |
| 17 |
|
AST |
| 5 |
|
STL |
| 6 |
|
BLK |
| 23 |
|
PF |
Game Statistics
Field goal percentage
3-pointer percentage
Free throw percentage
Field goal percentage
3-pointer percentage
Free throw percentage
Belgian Lions
| # | Player | Position | GP | GS | MINS | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | REB | OFF | DEF | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lecomte, Manu | Point Guard | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | De Zeeuw, Maxime | Power Forward | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 17 | Vanwijn, Hans | Forward | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | Bako, Ismael | Center | 1 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 32 | Obasohan, Retin | Guard | 1 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Mwema, Jean-Marc | Forward | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | Tabu, Jonathan | Point Guard | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 13 | Gillet, Pierre-Antoine | Power Forward | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Tumba, Kevin | Center | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | Libert, Alexandre | Guard | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 225 | 26 | 66 | 39.4 | 12 | 32 | 37.5 | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 31 | 10 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 27 | 79 |
Georgia
| Position | GP | GS | MINS | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | REB | OFF | DEF | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 225 | 25 | 59 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 76 |
Recap
What… A… Game…!
The Belgian Lions opened their European Championship with a thriller against the home-squad Georgia.
From the start Belgium took command of the game and got a maximum lead of 12 points. But as expected, Georgia fought back in the second half of the fourth quarter, gradually reducing the gap to eventually take the 62-64 lead thanks to a McFadden (17 pts & 6 asts) who finally came to live for Georgia in the second half. Mwema quickly put the score back in balance though (67-67) with 5 consecutive points with 2 minutes left in the game.
In those final 2 minutes both teams fought to the 70-70 score as Belgium got the ball for the last offense but Obasohan unfortunately couldn’t get over the omni-present Mamukelashvili and so we headed into overtime.
Mamukelashvili (18 pts & 13 rebs) continued his strong play and opened the score in overtime with a put-back dunk after a turnover from Tabu. Tabu stayed cool and collected and immediately rectified his error with a three to put Belgium back in front (73-72). From 74-74 we then went to 76-76 when Tabu found the time had come to put the game away, draining a game-winning three with 3 seconds left to play. The heave by Sanadze in those final seconds ended up clancking off the rim and so Belgium got the hard-fought 79-76 victory.
Jonathan Tabu obviously was the hero of today’s game as he finished with 14 points. Jean-Marc Mwema had his outside shot dropping and also collected 14 pts. Ismael Bako had a very tough night against the Georgia bigs but still ended up with 11 pts & 6 rebs. Manu Lecomte was the last Belgian player to reach double-figures with his 10 pts & 5 asts. Retin Obasohan couldn’t get to the basket against the Georgian towers and had to settle for 9 pts but he did collect a game-high 6 stls.
Next game is on Saturday against Montenegro at 1:30pm.