POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
EuroBasket Pro Titans Weekly Update
Courtesy of Sports I.T. Solutions / Eurobasket.com
We bring you last week's top former Titans players who are currently playing in pro basketball.
#1. Tre Coggins (6'3''-G-92, graduated '17, plays pro in Bulgaria) could not help Beroe (10-1) in their last game. Despite his very good performance the league leader Beroe was edged 96-94 on the road by the leading Levski Lukoil.
Coggins was the second best scorer with 20 points. He also added 5 rebounds and dished 3 assists in 30 minutes; quite an impressive performance considering it's only Coggins' second season in pro basketball. There are only four games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game will be critical.
Coggins has individually a very good year with high stats. He averages 16.1ppg, 4.8rpg, 3.6apg and 1.6spg in 11 games he played so far.
#2. Sammy Yeager (6'4''-F-89, graduated '13, plays in Israel) was not able to help Afula (15-11) in their last game on Tuesday. Despite his very good performance Afula was badly defeated 102-85 in Ashkelon by the lower-ranked Ironi (#6).
Yeager was the top scorer with 26 points. He also added 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
There are only two games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game is very crucial.
This season Yeager has very high stats. He averages 18.7ppg, 5.8rpg, 4.2apg and 1.4spg.
#3. Experienced Josh-Emmanuel Akognon (5'11''-PG-86, graduated '09, currently in South Korea), who plays in the South Korean KBL was not able to secure a victory for one of league's weakest teams Goyang Orions (27-27) in their last game. Despite his good performance Goyang Orions lost 92-100 at home to the higher-ranked (#4) KCC Egis.
Akognon was the second best scorer with 14 points in 24 minutes.
Akognon has relatively good stats this year 14.2ppg and 2.1apg in 18 games.
He is a naturalized Nigerian.
#4. Floris Versteegh (6'9''-F/C-94, graduated '14, plays pro in Holland) contributed to a 1-point Dutch Windmills Dordrecht's victory against the closely-ranked Groningen (18-8) 69-68 in the Dutch Eredivisie in Wednesday night's game.
He scored 6 points and blocked 3 shots.
Dutch Windmills Dordrecht (16-12) is placed fifth in the Eredivisie.
It's Versteegh's first season with the team.
This year Versteegh averages 6.3ppg and 3.5rpg.
#5. Darcy Malone (7'0''-C-95, graduated '17, plays in Australia) contributed to a Canberra Gunners' victory against the 11th-ranked Spiders (0-4) 91-77 in the Australian State League (second division) last Saturday.
He scored 6 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in 18 minutes.
Canberra Gunners (2-2) are placed sixth in WARATAH group.
But this is still an early stage of the season and everything may happen.
This year Malone averages 7.8ppg, 5.8rpg and 1.3apg in four games.
#6. Roger Guardia (6'4''-G-85, graduated '11, currently in Spain) managed to help Recambios Gaudi CB Mollet to win against the ninth-ranked JAC Sants 70-61 in the Spanish EBA (fourth division) on Saturday night.
He scored 5 points and grabbed 4 rebounds.
This season Guardia averages 5.2ppg, 2.5rpg and 1.1apg.
#7. Moses Morgan (6'6''-SF-92, graduated '15, plays pro in Thailand) helped his Thailand team Mono Vampire win their game against the league leader Formosa Dreamers 83-80 in the ASEAN League in Sunday night's game.
He recorded 9 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 31 minutes.
This year Morgan averages 7.7ppg, 3.3rpg and 1.1apg in 24 games.
He is a naturalized Thai.
#8. Arkim Robertson (6'9''-C-94, graduated '18, plays in Brazil) couldn't help Pato Basquete in their game against Londrina in the Brazilian Liga Ouro (second division).
He recorded 6 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.
His team was defeated 71-67.
This season Robertson averages 8.7ppg and 6.9rpg.
Other former California State University, Fullerton players, who play in pro basketball:
DJ Seeley (6'4''-SG-89) plays for Rytas in Lithuanian LKL
Kwame Vaughn (6'3''-PG-90) plays for KK Zadar in Croatian Premijer Liga
Marcio Lassiter (6'3''-G/F-87) plays for SM Beermen in Filipino PBA
Bobby Brown (6'2''-PG-84) plays for Shanxi Zhongyu in Chinese CBA
Scott Cutley (6'5''-PF-85) plays for Salta Basket in Argentinian La Liga Argentina
Michael Williams (6'2''-G-91) played for Saigon Heat in Vietnamese VBA few monts ago
Devon Peltier (5'11''-PG-87) played for Team Dallas in the Eurobasket S.League last year
Babacar Camara (6'11''-C-81) plays for Val d'Albret in French NM2
Franklin Robinson (6'4''-F-84) played for CitiTeam Blazers in the The Basketball Tournament last year
Raymond Miller (6'9''-C-88) plays for Pilipinas in Thailand TBSL
Notice: The list above includes only some of the California State University, Fullerton alumni playing currently in pro basketball. Check COMPLETE LIST.
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| | Tre Coggins (Bulgaria) (Photo: BG Goettinge) |
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| | Sammy Yeager (Israel) (Photo: @clubfrayles) |
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| | Josh-Emmanuel Akognon (South Korea) (Photo: @clubbalonce) |
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