POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
EuroBasket Pro Titans Weekly Update
Courtesy of Sports I.T. Solutions / Eurobasket.com
Here is the weekly review of the top performing Titans alumni, who are currently playing in pro basketball.
#1. Sammy Yeager (6'4''-F-89, graduated '13, plays pro in Mexico) led Caballeros de Culiacan to a victory over the league leader Rayos de Hermosillo (11-7) 87-80 in the Mexican CIBACOPA on Wednesday night.
He was MVP of the game. Yeager scored 29 points (!!!), had 9 rebounds and dished 6 assists in 37 minutes.
It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Caballeros de Culiacan (11-7) is placed second in the CIBACOPA.
Yeager has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages 24.9ppg, 6.2rpg, 3.8apg and 1.1spg.
#2. Marcio Lassiter (6'3''-G/F-87, graduated '09, plays in Philippines) contributed to a SM Beermen's victory against the closely-ranked Hotshots (6-5) 108-101 in the Filipino PBA in Friday night's game.
He scored 15 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.
San Miguel Beermen (7-4) is placed fifth in the PBA.
It's Lassiter's fifth season with the team.
Lassiter has relatively good stats this year 11.9ppg, 4.3rpg and 2.6apg in 21 games he played so far.
He is a naturalized Filipino.
#3. Tre Coggins (6'3''-G-92, graduated '17, currently in Bulgaria) helped Beroe win their game against the seventh-ranked Yambol (8-16) crushing them 99-64 in the Bulgarian NBL last Monday.
He scored 7 points in 20 minutes.
BC Beroe (10-2) is placed first in the NBL.
It was his team's third consecutive victory in a row.
Coggins has relatively good stats this season 14.6ppg, 4.2rpg, 3.4apg and 1.5spg.
#4. DJ Seeley (6'4''-SG-89, graduated '13, plays pro in Lithuania). Seeley could not help Rytas (25-9) to beat Lietkabelis (22-13) in the Lithuanian LKL. His contribution was not very remarkable in Sunday's game.
Seeley scored only 2 points and added 3 assists.
Rytas lost 74-83 on the road to the lower-ranked (#4) Lietkabelis.
His team will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And that game will be critical.
It's Seeley's first season with the team.
Seeley has relatively good stats this year 10.9ppg, 2.2rpg and 3.1apg in 29 games.
#5. Experienced Scott Cutley (6'5''-PF-85, graduated '08, plays in Argentina) was not able to help Salta Basket (16-10) in their game last Sunday. Despite his very good performance the ninth-placed Salta Basket (16-10) was defeated 68-53 in Chaco by the higher-ranked Hindu (#5) in the North group.
Cutley was the top scorer with 16 points. He also added 6 rebounds in 28 minutes.
Cutley has relatively good stats this season 14.1ppg, 7.1rpg and 3.8apg.
Cutley is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top summer league for players who want to play basketball overseas.
#6. Darcy Malone (7'0''-C-95, graduated '17, currently in Australia), who plays in the Australian State League (second division) was not able to secure a victory for Canberra Gunners (2-6) in their last game. Despite Malone's good performance the tenth-placed Canberra Gunners lost 64-74 in Maitland to the lower-ranked (#11) Mustangs in the WARATAH group.
He had a double-double by scoring 12 points and getting 10 rebounds.
This year Malone averages 9.5ppg and 6.6rpg in eight games.
#7. Moses Morgan (6'6''-SF-92, graduated '15, plays pro in Thailand) couldn't help one of league's weakest teams Mono Vampire in their game against CLS Knights in the ASEAN League.
He scored 6 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in 21 minutes.
His team was defeated 89-75.
This season Morgan averages 7.2ppg, 3.3rpg and 1.1apg.
He is a naturalized Thai.
Other former California State University, Fullerton players, who play in pro basketball:
Kwame Vaughn (6'3''-PG-90) plays for KK Zadar in Croatian Premijer Liga
Floris Versteegh (6'9''-F/C-94) plays for Dutch Windmills Dordrecht in Dutch Eredivisie
Josh-Emmanuel Akognon (5'11''-PG-86) plays for Goyang Orions in South Korean KBL
Bobby Brown (6'2''-PG-84) plays for Shanxi Zhongyu in Chinese CBA
Malcolm Brooks (6'5''-G-92) played for Etha in Cypriot Division A few monts ago
Roger Guardia (6'4''-G-85) plays for Mollet in Spanish EBA
Lionheart Leslie (5'10''-G-94) played for Biggesee in German Landesliga last year
Michael Williams (6'2''-G-91) played for Saigon Heat in Vietnamese VBA last year
James Johnson (6'7''-F/C-91) played for California Seakings in the ABA last year
Richard Peters (6'11''-C-93) played for Carbajosa in Spanish EBA last year
Babacar Camara (6'11''-C-81) plays for Val d'Albret in French NM2
Devon Peltier (5'11''-PG-87) played for Team Dallas in the Eurobasket S.League last year
Franklin Robinson (6'4''-F-84) played for CitiTeam Blazers in the The Basketball Tournament last year
Arkim Robertson (6'9''-C-94) plays for Pato Basquete in Brazilian Liga Ouro
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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| | Sammy Yeager (Mexico) (Photo: @clubfrayles) |
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| | Marcio Lassiter (Philippines) (Photo: @thesanmigue) |
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| | Tre Coggins (Bulgaria) (Photo: BG Goettinge) |
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