Dillon excels in Euro league
BY:ALBERT-LEE YOUNG
6-4 point guard Daniel Dillon was the top T&T player on the international professional basketball circuit. On November 18, Dillon tallied 20pts, 7rebs & 6 assists for his Polish team, PGE Turox in an Euro League Group 1 game against Lithuanian P.Zaigzdes. Despite Dillon heroic performance, PGE still went under 71-74 in a keenly contested game. With the victory, P.Zaigzdes moved up to 3rd place with PGE.
And on November 22, Dillon followed up with 13pts, 7rebs & 5 assists as PGE Turox defeated MKS DG in a Polish TBL contest. Thus far, Dillon is averaging 14.8pts, 4.8rebs & 4.3 assists per game in the Euro League. While in the domestic Polish league, he enjoys 13.3pts, 4.7rebs & 4.1 assists per game.
Over in France, 6-7 small forward Kris Joseph had 6pts & 5rebs as Orleans scored a 69-65 win over Le Mans in the Pro A league on November 21. Currently, Joseph enjoys a 10.4pts & 5.5rebs average. He had a season high 20pts on October 10 against Nancy in an 81-76 win.
In Spain, 7' center Kyle Rowley tallied 2pts, 8rebs & 1blk as seven ranked Ourense beat eight ranked Burgos 71-62 in the LEB Gold league on November 20. Earlier on November 16, Rowley had 6pts & 4rebs in a losing effort, 72-82, against sixth ranked FC Barcelona11.
Across in Mexico, 5-9 point guard Jamal Fenton scored 21pts for Correcaminos but they still went under 79-88 to Fuerza Regia in the LNBP league on October 29. In the return game on October 31, Fenton had 14pts as Correcaminos suffered a back-to-back 77-99 loss.
In Japan, 6-9 power forward Julius Ashby is averaging 10.1pts & 5.4rebs in the BJ league. On November 22, the veteran Ashby was limited to only 6pts as his team Bambitious Nara went under 55-64 to Hamamatsu P.
And in the NBA D-League, 6-9 forward Kadeem Jack is averaging 5.5pts & 3.3rebs for Ft. Wayne MA. Thus far, Jack registered a season high 9pts & 7rebs on November 21 in a 127-102 win over Delaware 87ers.