(Holon, Israel - 11.20.2011 - Ron Lewis was the man of the match versus Netanya after scoring 27 points in IsraeliPremier League Round Six - Screencap)
Worldwide Buckeyes - There were some interesting storylines/angles around the international slate of games on November 19 & 20.- Hunter's Chinese debut! Othello Hunter was an All-Star in the 2010/2011 Italian League season and should have a great stint playing against NBA caliber imports in the C.B.A)
- Squads attempting to rebound - It was a big weekend for teams PGE Turow (Dallas Laudoerdale) & Hapoel Holon (Ron Lewis). In the preceding games, Turow went from an undefeated 9-0 record to dropping two straight road contests to Sopot & Buducnost. Energa Czarni, another dangerous Polish team stood in the way of Turow getting back in the win column (11.19). George Reese & AZS Koszalin had the challenge of taking down the team that snapped Turow's win streak, Trefl Sopot (11.20) Hapoel Holon of Israel is another good club that isn't used to losing much. They lost consecutive games to Gilboa (11.6) & Askelon in OT (11.13.)..Holon traveled to Netanya for the Round 6 game on 11.20.
- Sustaining Success - Other teams wanted to keep the victories going..Jon Diebler and Panionios looked to build on their three game winning streak in Greece (3-1 record). German team Bayern Munich was coming off a big win the Eurocup, Je'kel Foster and Munich hosted fellow Big Teners Jon Luer, Michael Thompson & Fraport on 11.20.
- Romania (Round 10) - 11.19.2011 - Craiova 66 at Brasov 56 (Another game and another super performance from Brandie Hoskins! The former Buckeye filled the stats sheet in leading Craiova (7-3) to a ten point road victory. 23 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals!)
- China (Round 1) - 11.19.2011 - Shandong 93 at Foshan 79 (Shandong outpaced Foshan on the road in the C.B.A Regular Season opener. Talented forward Othello Hunter of Shandong announced his arrival with an 11 point, 21 rebound double-double that included an explosive one handed slam in the 1st quarter! Hunter's dunk was #5 on the top plays of the opening week.)
- Japan (Round 13) - 11.19.2011 - Miyazaki SS 82 at Shinshu 79 (It has been a bit of a slow start for Miyazaki and 5th year pro Ivan Harris. But the Japanese team improved to 4-8 after a close 82-79 win at Shinshu. Harris (avg 9pts) contributed his best scoring game so far of 14 points with 4 boards (24mins). The Pro Buckeyes went 3-0 in road games on November 19)
- Greece (Round 5) 11.19.2011 - Panionios 92 KAOD 63 (Panionios moved to 4-1 after an easy win over KAOD. Panionios won the first half 50-24 before coasting victory to a 92-63 blowout victory. Jon Diebler went 2-4 from three point range and added two free throws in totaling 8 points in 19 minutes. Panionios has now won four straight in Greece with a challenging road game at Marousi up next on 11.26)
- Poland (Round 12) - 11.19.2011 - PGE Turow 60 vs Energa Czarni 61 (Fourth ranked Energa Czarni stunned PGE Turow by a score of 61-60..handing Turow their first home loss in Zgorzelec. Dallas Lauderdale (22 mins) & Daniel Kickert (30 mins) each brought down a team high 6 rebounds. Turow now looks to break their struggles (three game losing funk) against Belgiums Dexia Mons in Eurocup week 2)
- Israel (Round 6) - 11.20.2011 - Hapoel Holon 98 at Netanya 75 (Ron Lewis & Hapoel Holon got back in the winners' circle after a convincing road win over Netanya. Lewis led Holon wih 27 points with 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists! This was Ron's second 27 point game and 3rd 25+ scoring game of the season. Holon, now 3-3, closes November with Ashdod on 11.27)
- Italy (Round 7) - 11.20.2011 - Bennet Cantu 86 Pepsi Caserta 75 (Bennet Cantu improved to 5-2 in the Italian League with a solid home win against Caserta. Rookie David Lighty continued his great month of play with perhaps his best game in his early professional career. In 22 minutes - Career high 16 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal!
- Germany (Round 9) - 11.20.2011 - Bayern Munich 58 Fraport Skyliners 57 (Bayern Munich escaped a pesky Fraport Skyliners team in the Audi-Dome. Munich trailed by two - 57-58- late in the 4th quarter when former Buckeye Je'Kel Foster nailed a clutch three-pointer with 37 seconds remaining to give Bayern the lead and game! Foster ended with 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist)
- Poland (Round 12) - 11.20.2011 - AZS Koszalin 76 vs Trefl Sopot 83 (Surging Trefl Sopot defeated AZS Koszalin in a hard fought game on 11.20. Koszalin forward George Reese played a team high 36 minutes - 13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 block. Koszalin has two road games up next at Energa Czarni and Polpharma.
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