Guard Ron Lewis Will Return to Belgium for the 2010/2011 Season!!

(Ron Lewis - Czech Republic - circa October 2009)

Buckeye Ron Lewis will return to the country of Belgium for the 2010 - 2011 season. Club Dexia Mons-Hainaut announced the big time addition on their web page (shoutout to Mons for linking the 'Rise' Video!) August 2nd, 2010.

The Belgian Basketball League (Basketball League Belgium - BLB) is where Lewis' professional career began. After playing in the Las Vegas Summer league in the summer of 2007, Ron went on to play for a club called Spotter Leuven in his rookie pro season (finished as the 3rd leading scorer in the regular season with 17 pts per -- pictures at RonLewisBlog).

-Ron Lewis' time-line

-2007/2008 - Rookie Season - Spotter Leuven Bears - Belgium
-2008/2009 - Ironi Nahariya - Israel
-2009/2010 - CEZ Nymburk - Czech Republic
-2010/2010 - Dexia Mons Hainaut- Belgium

Lewis enters next season coming off a long but satisfying run with the Czech Champions CEZ Nymburk. He played in the Eurocup competition against teams from countries such as Spain, Serbia, Turkey, Germany, Latvia & Italy. In addition to the European competition experience, Ron won his first National Cup and League Championships (Czech League) in his 3rd pro season.

Dexia Mons Hainaut of Mons, Wallonia finished as the sixth place team in the last Belgian regular season (15-17, last qualified team to the playoffs) In recent history they have won the Belgian Cup int he 2006, and were also the 2nd place team in the 2008 EuroChallenge.

If the summer additions are any indication, Mons wants to do a little better than a sixth place finish for 2010/2011. In addition to Ron Lewis, Mons has also added former Vanderbilt standout Shan Foster, Marcus Hatten & Ronell Taylor. And lastly, Xavier University's Justin Cage, who played with Mons last season resigned for next season as well..so it's going to be fun to see these guys mesh together. Ron & Dexia will play in the Eurochallenge qualifiers in the fall!

-Video: Some clips of Lewis in the Czech Finals. 2009/2010 was a special team..could a consecutive championship be in Ron's future?


CEZ Nymburk 2010 Czech Champs (Ron Lewis)
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Isn't it crazy how the pros can reunite former teammates or opponents? Here it is one of the most memorable plays in NCAA history. Justin Cage misses the free throw and Ron Lewis hits the unbelievable three, and now they're teammates!