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EuroBasket Pro Rams Weekly Update
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Every week we bring you a list of the top former Rams players who continue their career in pro basketball.
#1. Branden Jenkins (6'5''-G/F-1994, played in 2016-18, plays pro in Croatia) could not help Dubrovnik (6-21) in their game last Friday. Despite Jenkins' very good performance the bottom-ranked Dubrovnik was defeated 103-89 on the road by the much higher-ranked Cibona (#4).
He was the top scorer with 28 points in 32 minutes.
Jenkins has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages 16.8ppg, 2.2rpg and 1.6apg.
He is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top summer league for players who want to play basketball overseas.
#2. Samuel Smith (6'5''-G-1996, played in 2017-19, plays in New Zealand) managed to help Canterbury Rams in a victory against the sixth-ranked Saints (3-2) 99-81 in the New Zealand NBL in Sunday night's game.
He scored only 3 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and dished 3 assists.
Canterbury Rams (4-1) are placed second in the NBL.
It was his team's fourth consecutive victory in a row.
But this is still an early stage of the season and everything may happen.
It's Smith's fifth year with the team.
This season Smith averages 4.2ppg, 4.2rpg and 1.6apg in five games he played so far.
He has also New Zealand passport.
#3. Micale Mee (6'6''-G-2000, played in 2022-24, currently in Australia) was not able to help Eastern Mavericks in their game against Central District Lions (1-0) in the Australian NBL One (second division). It was not Mee's best game last Sunday.
He recorded only 2 points in 14 minutes. It was his first game for Eastern Mavericks this season.
The first-placed Eastern Mavericks (1-0) were edged95-93 in Gawler by the leading Central District Lions in the Central group.
But the season just started, so everything may happen.
It's Mee's first year with the team.
#4. Lamine Komara (6'7''-F-2000, played in 2021-23, plays pro in the TBL) was not able to secure a victory for the Reading Rebels (1-10) in their last game. Despite his very good performance the Reading Rebels (#5) were badly defeated120-101 in Bowie by the Capital Seahwaks.
Komara recorded 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists; quite an impressive performance considering it's only his second season in pro basketball. It was Rebels' tenth consecutive loss in a row.
Komara has very impressive stats this year 16.3ppg, 5.5rpg, 2.3apg, 1.2bpg and 1.7spg in six games.
Worth to mention Komara played also at Eurobasket Summer League, which helped him get the job in pro basketball.
Other former Texas Wesleyan University players, who play in pro basketball:
Najeal Young (6'5''-G-1994, played in 2016-17) played for Cimarrones del Choco in Colombian Liga WPlay few monts ago
Joe Cook-Green (6'1''-G-1997, played in 2018-20) plays for Perth Redbacks in Australian NBL One
Diing Lual (6'8''-G-1994, played in 2018-19) played for Central District Lions in Australian NBL One last year
Vydal Bradford (6'5''-G, played in 2020-22) played for Jena ScCity 2 in German Regionalliga last year
Robert Brown (6'8''-F-1998, played in 2022-23) played for Team Chicago in the Eurobasket S.League last year
Eric Frederick (6'8''-F-1989, played in 2011-12) played for Hanoi Buffaloes in Vietnamese VBA last year
Amar Tiganj (6'3''-G-2000, played in 2020-21) played for IUS in Bosnia and Herzegovina A1 Liga last year
Naiel Smith (6'4''-G-1993, played in 2016-17) played for Team Takeover in the MBL last year
Kristian Lafayette (6'10''-F, played in 2021-24) plays for Rousset in French NM2
Dallas Jones (6'5''-SG-1992, played in 2012-14) played for Rocket City Flight in the TBL last year
Ousmane Ndim (7'0''-C-1999, played in 2021-23) played for Enid Outlaws in the TBL last year
Notice: The list above includes only some of alumni playing currently in pro basketball. Check complete list of Texas Wesleyan University basketball alumni.
Branden Jenkins is last week best Rams alumni, who plays professional basketball (Photo: @mornarbar)
