28 year old Belgian Forward/Center Andy Van Vliet has crowned himself champion of the Polish First Division last night as he helped his team Trefl Sopot to a 4-3 win in the best of 7 final series against King Szczecin. In what turned out to be a very hard-fought battle in which Trefl Sopot was…
Stellar performance from Manu Lecomte in Lithuania with CBet Prienai. Manu Lecomte is the leader of his team in Lithuania. This week-end, he was the only foreigner of his team. With more pressure on his shoulder, he didn’t disappoint. Against Pieno žvaigždės, he played 35 minutes where he recorded 27 points (five 3 pointers), 5…
Andy Van Vliet named MVP of the week in Lithuania. Andy Van Vliet was our guest on the TIB playground this Sunday, but Saturday, he played against Rytas. And the least we can say is that the Belgian Lion continues to shine in Lithuania ! In 31 minutes, he recorded 19 points, 10 rebounds, 4…
Another big performance from Andy Van Vliet, in Lithuania. After his nice performance against this weekend against Neptnuas Klaipeda, Andy Van Vliet was once again decisive for Siauliai. Against CBet, in 26 minutes he recorded 24 points (his career-high in pro), 4 assists and 2 rebounds and 1 steal. Van Vliet was the top scorer…
Here are the 12 Belgian Lions to face Czech Republic this Friday in the Eurobasket 2020 qualifiers at 15H30. After four days of preparation in Vilnius, Dario Gjergja and the Belgian Lions sports staff have announced the 12 players for the game against the Czech Republic this Friday at 15H45. Haris Bratanovic and Leander Dedroog…
Dario Gjergja selects 15 Belgian Lions for the EuroBasket qualifiers window in November. Belgium will travel to Vilnius in Lithuania, in a bubble due to the coronavirus health crisis, to play the Eurobasket Qualifiers. The Belgian Lions will play against the Czech Republic on November 27 and Lithuania on November 29. Belgium sits at the…
Andy Van Vliet scores 18 and Siauliai got his first win of the year this Sunday. After 7 straight losses in LKL, Siauliai defeated Neptunas Klaipeda this Sunday (93-88). For his first pro experience, Andy Van Vliet already had some good games ( 13 points and 13 rebounds against Prienai, 14 points against Euroleague team…
Although Andy Van Vliet continues to rack up the impressive performances for Siauliai it hasn’t yet led to any wins for his team in the Lithuanian league. This Sunday Siauliai went on the road to visit Prienai and came out strong, grabbing an early 16-27 lead in the opening quarter. But it wasn’t enough. Prienai…
Traditionally we at TIB publish a little overview at the start of each season discussing the Belgian Players who will be playing abroad. We do this in three seperate categories: Belgian Players Abroad in which we discuss the Belgian professional players abroad. Belgian Youngsters Abroad in wich we discuss the Belgian youngsters (born in 1999…
Although Andy Van Vliet again put down a very strong performance, he couldn’t prevent Siauliai from suffering their second consecutive loss of the season. In their first home game of the season Siauliai looked pretty solid throughout and managed to put together a maximum lead of 13 points before Pieno Zvaigzdes started chipping away at…
