POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
EuroBasket Pro Trailblazers Weekly Update
Courtesy of Eurobasket LLC
Here is the weekly review of the top performing Trailblazers alumni, who are currently playing in pro basketball.
#1. Marquis Jackson (6'0''-PG-1994, played in 2015-17, plays pro in France) managed to help Champagne Chalons-Reims Basket in a victory against the second-ranked JA Vichy (25-9) crushing them 100-77 in the French ProB (second division) in Friday night's game.
He scored 5 points and added 9 assists in 24 minutes.
Champagne Chalons-Reims Basket (2-8) is placed sixth in the ProB.
The Regular Season already ended.
Jackson has relatively good stats this year 11.9ppg, 2.5rpg, 3.8apg and 2.6spg in 33 games he played so far.
#2. Wesley Russell (6'4''-G-1993, played in 2014-14, plays in Brazil) was the major contributor in Blumenau's victory against the fourth-ranked Sorocabana (3-5) 60-56 in the Brazilian CBB (second division) last Sunday.
He scored 10 points, grabbed 9 rebounds and dished 4 assists.
Basquete Blumenau/APAB (8-7) is placed sixth in Conferencia Macarrao.
Russell's team will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And that game will be critical.
It's Russell's first season with the team.
He has relatively good stats this year 10.5ppg, 4.5rpg, 3.3apg and 1.5spg.
Worth to mention Russell played also at Eurobasket Summer League, which helped him get the job in pro basketball.
Other former Ohio Christian University players, who play in pro basketball:
Samson Sandhu (5'8''-PG-1996) plays for S.Peninsula in Australian Big V D2
Marquis Jackson is last week best Trailblazers alumni, who plays professional basketball (Photo: @ChampagneBasket)
