POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
EuroBasket Pro Indians Weekly Update
Courtesy of Eurobasket LLC
Here is the weekly review of the top performing Indians alumni, who are currently playing in pro basketball.
#1. Le'Tre Darthard (6'4''-G-2000, played in 2019-20, plays pro in Holland) led his Dutch team Den Bosch to a victory over the closely-ranked Belfius Mons-Hainaut (18-16) 89-70 in the BNXT League on Sunday night.
He was MVP of the game. Darthard scored 17 points, made 5 passes and 3 steals in 28 minutes; quite an impressive performance considering it's only his first season in pro basketball. Heroes Den Bosch (19-15) is placed eighth in the BNXT League.
Darthard's team will play only one more game in the BNXT League Regular Season. And that game will be critical.
It's Darthard's first year with the team.
He has individually a very good season with high stats. Darthard averages 16.6ppg, 4.4rpg, 2.9apg and 1.3spg.
#2. Makuei Puondak (6'8''-F-1994, played in 2014-16, plays in Australia) contributed to a 3-point Ballarat Miners' victory against the 17th-ranked NW Tasmania Thunder (3-6) 81-78 in the Australian NBL One (second division) in Sunday night's game.
Puondak scored 7 points and grabbed 4 rebounds.
Ballarat Miners (5-2) are placed second in South group.
But this is still an early stage of the season and everything may happen.
This year Puondak averages 5.6ppg and 2.6rpg in seven games he played so far.
He has also Australian passport.
#3. Marcus Tobin (6'6''-F-2001, played in 2019-21, currently in Japan) contributed to a Tokyo United's victory against the seventh-ranked Earthfriends (27-25) 84-77 in a derby game in the Japanese B3 League last Saturday.
Tobin scored 13 points and had 4 steals in 25 minutes.
Tokyo United (43-9) is placed second in the B3 League.
It was his team's third consecutive victory in a row.
This season Tobin averages 7.8ppg and 3.7rpg.
#4. Experienced Akeme Smart (7'2''-C-1991, played in 2009-13, plays pro in the TBL) helped Bakersfield Majestics win their game against the San Diego Sharks (11-3) 94-90 in the TBL on Friday night.
Smart scored 7 points and grabbed 9 rebounds.
It was the game of the round between two top 2 ranked teams in group Pacific-Southwest. The Bakersfield Majestics have 5-7 record this season.
This year Smart averages 9.0ppg and 9.1rpg in seven games.
Other former McCook Community College players, who play in pro basketball:
Raheim Sullivan (6'1''-G-1999, played in 2019-20) played for Burji in Georgian A League few monts ago
Lewis Diankulu (6'7''-F/C-1995, played in 2015-17) plays for Fjolnir in Icelandic Division I
Beni Fungula (6'4''-G-1999, played in 2021-22) plays for Killorglin in Irish Super League
Cameron Nyarko (6'7''-F, played in 2021-23) plays for Loughborough Riders in British NBL D1
DJ Epps (6'7''-PF-1997, played in 2016-18) plays for Enid Outlaws in the TBL
Mardrez McBride (6'2''-G, played in 2018-19) plays for Frontinos in Venezuelan SPB
Keenan Gaskin (6'7''-F/C-1990, played in 2008-10) played for Clermont Crocs in the FBA last year
Ezichi Kalu (6'11''-C-2000, played in 2021-22) plays for MTB in Moroccan DEX-H
Brandon Kabuya Mpoyi (6'9''-C-2000, played in 2022-24) plays for Casale Libertas in Italian Serie B Interregionale
Darnell Stewart (6'2''-G-2001) plays for Northwestern Polytechnic in the ACAC
Notice: The list above includes only some of alumni playing currently in pro basketball. Check complete list of McCook Community College basketball alumni.
Le'Tre Darthard is last week best Indians alumni, who plays professional basketball (Photo: @HeroesDenBosch)
