EMBL Season 1996-’97

1996-'97 Regular Season Standings

30-12-2020 02-09-50

European Competitions

30-12-2020 02-10-57

Playoff Bracket

05-06-2021 16-15-44

1996-'97 Season Awards

30-12-2020 02-13-55

EMBL / BNXT

Liège Basket’s drastic turn-around

December 15, 2022

TDM1

Game Over for Merelbeke Hawks in TDM1!

December 9, 2022

TDM1

Waregem releases Head Coach and announces replacement

November 16, 2022

Belgian Student-Athletes in the USA

The NCAA season tipped-off!

November 8, 2022

Belgian Youngsters Abroad

Ayuba Bryant on the rise!

November 7, 2022

1996-’97 Top Performers

Player	Team	PPG
Daren Queenan		27.7
Orlando Lightfoot		25.2
Maurice Smith		24.1
Mark Stevenson	Gilly	23.7
Jim Potter		22.8

Player	Team	RPG
Maurice Smith		12.0
José Waitman		10.5
John Jerome		9.9
Ray Wingard		9.7
Keith Hughes		9.6

Player	Team	APG
Danny Herman		5.6
Carlos Clark		4.8
Jean-Marc Jaumin		4.8
Hennie Sierens		3.8
Russel Saunders		3.7

1996-’97 Team Stats

(Regular Season, Playoffs & European Competitions)

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Daren Queenan	Shooting Guard	October 19, 1966	28	5.1	0.5	1.1	0.3	27.4	21	55.2	78.5	19.0
Borislav Vucevic	Small Forward	August 7, 1958	28	4.4	2.7	1.3	0.4	20.8	18	50.7	74.5	36.7
Tomas Van Den Spiegel	Center	July 10, 1978	27	6.3	0.4	0.4	0.8	9.5	13	59.0	64.2	0.0
Tico Cooper	Forward/Center	January 4, 1964	24	7.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	8.8	12	53.9	73.8	0.0
Werner Van Nimmen	Center	November 30, 1969	28	6.6	0.7	1.8	0.5	6.9	10	41.6	66.7	0.0
Benoit Rasquin	Point Guard	May 9, 1975	28	1.6	1.8	1.7	0.1	8.5	6	42.3	63.0	39.4
Philip Wintein	Point Guard	March 16, 1963	26	1.3	0.3	0.7	0.2	2.4	3	46.3	57.1	41.4
Kris Sergeant	Guard/Forward	May 27, 1978	17	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.1	2.1	2	52.0	66.7	40.0
Stijn Duhamel	Power Forward	May 26, 1971	15	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.7	1	37.5	66.7	0.0
Sven Pottiez	Center	October 11, 1973	8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	-1	20.0	33.3	0.0

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Lenzie Howell	Forward	December 24, 1967	33	7.1	1.4	2.0	0.6	20.5	21	53.3	65.9	37.2
Marcus Campbell	Forward/Center	July 7, 1969	35	8.2	1.0	1.2	0.3	18.7	21	61.0	78.5	100.0
Kerry Trotter	Guard/Forward	December 7, 1963	32	3.7	2.8	1.7	0.1	15.3	12	40.9	79.9	29.7
Tony Marion	Power Forward	December 1, 1963	32	5.8	0.5	1.3	0.8	8.4	9	42.4	60.0	0.0
Frank Van Impe	Point Guard	June 19, 1967	35	1.3	1.9	1.7	0.0	7.5	7	44.9	69.6	36.2
Hans Geerts	Forward/Center	January 12, 1972	34	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.1	4.7	6	46.4	42.2	0.0
Pierre Cornia	Guard/Forward	March 30, 1964	34	1.5	0.6	0.5	0.0	5.8	5	45.6	77.3	0.0
Marc Johnson	Guard	October 2, 1965	35	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.0	4.2	4	38.5	69.8	39.6
Michael Karstens	Center	January 12, 1972	14	1.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	1.9	2	72.7	52.6	0.0

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Ron Ellis	Forward	September 18, 1967	42	7.8	1.4	2.0	0.5	18.0	21	52.1	78.8	40.4
Adam Wojcik	Power Forward	April 20, 1970	42	4.6	0.5	1.5	0.5	13.4	11	45.8	53.9	34.1
Erik Cleymans	Small Forward	February 4, 1970	42	2.8	0.8	1.0	0.2	12.2	10	43.7	85.3	41.1
David Desy	Point Guard	May 8, 1971	41	1.3	2.0	1.1	0.0	8.9	8	41.1	76.5	37.0
Jacques Stas	Guard	February 6, 1969	38	1.5	1.1	1.2	0.0	9.8	8	41.6	79.9	38.4
John Weatherspoon	Center	December 31, 1959	38	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	6.6	8	56.0	74.6	37.5
Ron Vercruyssen	Center	May 19, 1968	40	3.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	5.1	6	44.4	53.8	0.0
Matt Beeuwsaert	Small Forward	March 6, 1966	35	3.7	0.8	1.2	0.0	5.7	6	34.0	84.0	26.7
Marc Deheneffe	Forward	August 22, 1961	40	0.9	0.4	0.5	0.0	5.3	5	46.5	90.5	43.3
Duke Tshomba	Guard/Forward	April 28, 1978	4	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	0	25.0	0.0	0.0
Jean-Pierre Barbier	Point Guard	October 8, 1957	19	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.7	0	26.7	50.0	14.3

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Carlos Clark	Guard/Forward	August 10, 1960	38	4.3	4.0	3.2	0.2	18.8	21	53.3	77.7	32.5
Butch Wade	Center	July 9, 1964	34	7.3	2.2	2.2	0.1	13.5	16	51.5	59.3	66.7
Tom Schellemans	Center	September 22, 1970	38	4.9	1.4	1.1	0.7	10.2	13	56.5	68.5	100.0
Richard Aigner	Small Forward	January 1, 1972	30	2.1	2.3	1.4	0.1	9.9	9	43.1	75.3	36.7
Daniel Callahan	Power Forward	December 6, 1970	38	4.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	5.0	9	61.8	64.3	100.0
Hennie Sierens	Point Guard	November 30, 1971	38	2.7	3.4	1.6	0.0	8.8	9	40.1	71.7	38.0
Vincent Taylor	Guard/Forward	September 11, 1960	38	2.6	2.4	1.4	0.0	9.2	9	46.5	71.2	43.2
Danny Frans	Power Forward	July 25, 1970	35	2.3	1.3	0.6	0.3	3.8	6	50.5	73.7	47.4
Paul Vrind	Center	March 30, 1968	13	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	3.0	2	54.5	20.0	0.0
Vincent Bayart	Guard	March 4, 1975	23	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.2	1	34.5	75.0	100.0
Jeroen Selhorst	Forward/Center	November 6, 1978	22	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1	38.5	50.0	0.0
Bart Dezuttere	Forward	March 2, 1978	5	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	50.0	0.0
Meindert Verstraete	Point Guard	December 22, 1979	14	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.6	0	36.4	50.0	0.0

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Orlando Lightfoot	Power Forward	December 4, 1974	34	8.7	1.6	1.8	0.4	26.0	27	54.2	81.5	41.8
Maurice Smith	Power Forward	August 24, 1965	33	11.2	1.0	2.1	0.9	23.3	26	62.0	48.6	0.0
Kendell Mack	Point Guard	November 18, 1965	34	2.4	2.1	2.1	0.0	12.1	11	39.3	86.0	34.2
Vincent Arrendell	Point Guard	May 23, 1972	34	2.4	2.9	2.1	0.0	9.2	10	53.4	72.4	25.0
Gerard Ackermans	Forward	August 19, 1968	33	4.2	1.3	1.2	0.2	7.3	7	46.7	53.7	35.1
François Peeters	Small Forward	May 5, 1968	31	3.4	0.7	1.5	0.2	4.4	6	40.0	75.7	21.8
Piet Hoogmartens	Shooting Guard	March 25, 1978	33	1.5	0.7	0.8	0.0	2.8	4	49.4	75.0	27.3
Kristof Schrooten	Small Forward	March 5, 1979	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	3	100.0	50.0	100.0
Ronny Bellings	Small Forward	July 13, 1961	32	1.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	2.1	2	50.0	65.4	44.0
Luk Cox	Forward/Center	July 18, 1979	4	0.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.8	1	50.0	20.0	0.0
Bjorn Walis	Power Forward	April 7, 1976	10	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.7	1	30.8	64.3	0.0
Karim Vranken	Guard	January 26, 1979	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Barry Mitchell	Forward	April 28, 1965	38	7.8	2.6	2.9	0.2	16.8	20	51.8	52.8	30.2
Jean-Marc Jaumin	Point Guard	February 5, 1970	36	2.7	4.6	1.7	0.1	15.2	16	48.9	82.6	38.9
Bruce Chubick	Power Forward	July 7, 1970	35	5.9	0.8	0.8	0.4	9.5	11	52.9	58.7	29.4
Richard Van Poelgeest	Forward/Center	March 23, 1966	38	5.3	0.6	1.7	0.2	7.6	10	53.6	40.0	0.0
Daniel Goethals	Center	October 21, 1969	29	4.1	0.3	1.3	0.3	7.3	9	57.6	45.5	0.0
Ronny Bayer	Point Guard	February 17, 1966	37	1.9	2.5	1.1	0.0	9.5	8	39.9	67.7	35.8
Lauri Pehkonen	Small Forward	April 30, 1966	38	3.9	0.6	1.5	0.0	5.2	7	43.9	55.2	39.5
Mathias Desaever	Shooting Guard	August 23, 1976	38	1.8	0.7	0.9	0.0	7.8	6	38.8	88.0	31.9
Paul Bayer	Shooting Guard	April 8, 1970	36	2.3	1.8	1.1	0.0	7.0	6	36.6	60.0	31.6
Ralf Melis	Small Forward	September 10, 1973	20	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.7	3	46.2	85.7	33.3
Tim Van Den Eynde	Power Forward	April 18, 1978	2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0	50.0	0.0	0.0

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Artemus McClary	Forward	December 28, 1973	34	6.0	1.4	2.4	0.5	21.2	20	59.6	53.3	21.4
Eric Franson	Power Forward	January 13, 1972	6	7.0	1.5	2.0	0.0	16.2	20	62.3	72.4	0.0
Keith Hughes	Power Forward	June 29, 1968	17	9.6	1.1	1.6	0.6	16.4	19	48.5	61.1	32.4
Robert Renfroe	Center	March 17, 1969	5	5.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	10.2	12	58.1	76.9	50.0
David Kalut	Power Forward	February 24, 1974	34	4.6	0.4	0.5	0.2	9.9	11	55.0	74.7	26.7
Charly Mandic	Small Forward	July 1, 1973	34	1.3	0.7	0.8	0.1	11.9	9	45.6	78.9	45.7
Olivier Schoonbroodt	Point Guard	August 8, 1973	31	1.6	1.7	1.0	0.0	8.1	7	47.2	73.1	23.2
Alain Caliber	Center	June 19, 1969	32	3.7	0.4	0.7	0.6	3.7	5	44.0	25.0	33.3
Michael Buscicchio	Point Guard	July 31, 1979	2	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.0	6.0	5	57.1	66.7	66.7
Christian Lemaire	Point Guard	September 17, 1965	32	1.2	2.7	1.0	0.0	3.5	4	34.1	78.6	24.4
Marc Marnette	Small Forward	May 15, 1976	30	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.0	4.3	3	45.8	64.0	33.3
Jean Dethier	Shooting Guard	December 12, 1959	32	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.1	3.1	3	42.5	58.3	41.5
Dimitri Jorssen	Center	February 28, 1979	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0	33.3	0.0	0.0

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Gary Collier	Shooting Guard	October 8, 1971	26	7.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	19.4	18	49.8	72.6	42.6
Yves Dupont	Center	January 28, 1975	23	7.3	0.7	1.3	0.7	12.2	16	59.9	66.1	50.0
Pieter Loridon	Small Forward	September 12, 1972	24	3.1	0.5	1.3	0.1	11.2	9	45.3	75.0	36.2
Michael Huger	Point Guard	June 27, 1970	26	1.9	1.3	1.8	0.0	11.5	9	44.8	76.1	20.8
Dimitri Lambrecht	Center	March 12, 1970	21	4.5	0.1	0.3	0.2	9.0	8	52.5	65.6	0.0
Travis Stel	Power Forward	July 25, 1971	12	2.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	8.7	7	52.0	82.1	50.0
Herbert Baert	Power Forward	August 9, 1975	26	3.7	0.1	0.6	0.5	6.0	7	56.9	52.5	0.0
Wim Vanhaele	Shooting Guard	January 22, 1974	20	1.5	0.3	0.8	0.0	9.2	5	41.1	60.0	28.1
Pat Lauwerys	Guard/Forward	April 12, 1978	16	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.0	2.1	2	50.0	61.1	0.0
Leo De Rycke	Point Guard	March 13, 1965	24	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.0	2.6	2	30.2	82.4	25.0

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Jim Potter	Power Forward	September 25, 1973	26	9.5	1.1	1.8	1.4	22.8	27	55.0	79.1	43.1
Melvin McCants	Forward/Center	August 19, 1967	26	7.1	0.3	0.7	1.2	14.5	18	59.6	68.2	0.0
Steve Ibens	Point Guard	December 30, 1970	26	2.3	2.2	1.3	0.0	16.2	14	49.3	88.1	37.8
Ronald Davis	Power Forward	December 25, 1959	26	3.3	1.7	1.2	0.1	12.3	11	44.6	77.8	34.6
Stefan Sappenberghs	Guard/Forward	March 25, 1970	23	2.8	1.6	0.8	0.2	11.4	11	50.8	78.5	41.0
Jean-Jacques Deheneffe	Forward/Center	March 31, 1966	21	5.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	5.6	9	54.3	75.0	42.1
Jurgen Van Meerbeeck	Forward	June 24, 1963	26	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.0	8.1	6	46.3	83.3	36.1
Yves Defraigne	Guard/Forward	April 28, 1965	24	1.3	1.2	1.0	0.2	3.4	5	47.1	100.0	30.8
Michael Duhoux	Guard	March 22, 1981	1	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3	100.0	0.0	0.0
Benjamin Amand	Guard/Forward	March 5, 1978	6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.5	1	50.0	66.7	50.0
Pieter Van Altena	Center	August 10, 1972	9	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.8	0	27.3	16.7	0.0

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Herb Baker	Forward/Center	January 1, 1972	21	7.2	1.2	1.4	0.8	15.7	17	51.5	78.1	43.8
Okke Te Velde	Forward	August 12, 1966	26	3.1	0.9	1.4	0.2	15.8	15	48.6	96.6	48.3
Duane Simpkins	Point Guard	April 9, 1974	26	3.0	2.8	1.2	0.1	17.0	12	40.9	71.3	30.6
Rob Korthout	Power Forward	September 20, 1963	26	4.5	0.9	1.2	0.3	9.3	11	56.8	62.3	20.0
Stéphane Gazetta	Forward	January 5, 1962	23	3.3	0.3	0.4	0.0	8.6	8	53.0	65.5	0.0
Keith Scales	Guard/Forward	June 15, 1966	25	2.0	1.6	0.7	0.3	9.8	8	50.0	73.4	40.5
David Cully	Center	December 16, 1974	4	8.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	7.8	7	30.6	56.3	0.0
Chris Van Dinten	Forward	September 5, 1962	23	1.7	2.2	1.0	0.1	6.1	6	47.1	75.0	20.7
Dirk D’Haese	Guard/Forward	February 3, 1966	22	1.3	0.8	0.6	0.1	2.1	2	27.8	100.0	25.0

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
José Waitman	Forward	April 28, 1964	26	10.5	1.7	1.7	1.0	22.1	29	68.7	79.5	26.9
Mark McSwain	Forward/Center	July 18, 1965	26	7.4	1.2	1.4	0.6	15.5	17	53.2	82.9	23.1
Eric Herman	Shooting Guard	May 8, 1970	26	2.7	1.6	1.7	0.2	14.8	13	52.8	76.7	31.0
Alex Sylva	Point Guard	September 13, 1964	26	2.7	3.3	2.9	0.1	13.4	12	43.8	68.8	32.4
Frank N’Gandu	Shooting Guard	April 19, 1963	26	2.3	1.2	1.3	0.3	12.1	11	46.3	81.3	37.4
Boualem Chekaba	Guard	May 7, 1970	26	1.1	1.5	0.6	0.0	6.5	4	41.8	57.6	38.7
Daniel Hartshorne	Center	October 4, 1957	25	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	2.4	3	50.0	87.0	62.5
Eric D’Hont	Guard/Forward	September 10, 1962	23	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.4	1	31.6	42.9	27.8

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Mark Stevenson	Guard/Forward	February 27, 1967	26	5.2	1.4	1.5	0.4	23.7	19	53.0	68.6	16.7
Mark Acres	Center	November 15, 1962	26	8.6	1.0	0.9	0.8	12.2	19	67.3	82.5	100.0
Carrick Dehart	Guard	April 4, 1968	26	3.8	0.8	1.8	0.3	21.7	17	49.7	77.3	34.2
Benoit Paturiaux	Center	November 9, 1972	25	3.5	0.2	0.4	0.3	9.2	8	56.5	70.0	0.0
Sebastien Buja	Center	August 19, 1977	26	3.6	0.3	0.3	1.0	5.8	7	47.9	76.5	0.0
Bernard Thiry	Shooting Guard	May 4, 1972	26	2.1	1.5	2.1	0.6	5.6	7	41.5	70.2	30.0
Silvano Gueli	Center	December 30, 1974	26	1.6	0.1	0.5	0.4	1.5	2	37.8	24.0	0.0
David Purnelle	Point Guard	April 25, 1977	26	1.3	0.6	0.5	0.0	3.0	1	38.1	55.8	35.3
Guy Haerbos	Point Guard	March 31, 1963	23	1.5	0.6	0.7	0.1	1.8	1	26.7	66.7	22.2
Laurent Masnelli	Shooting Guard	May 14, 1975	25	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	0	44.4	0.0	33.3

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
John Jerome	Power Forward	March 4, 1967	20	9.9	2.2	1.2	0.5	20.3	25	58.6	73.5	37.1
Danny Herman	Shooting Guard	February 3, 1966	25	2.8	5.6	1.4	0.0	18.3	19	45.8	89.6	37.9
Nico Harrison	Guard/Forward	December 28, 1972	15	3.7	2.0	1.5	0.1	15.8	14	51.5	69.2	31.4
Matthew Stanford	Small Forward	January 1, 1971	7	4.4	3.0	1.3	0.4	13.4	13	49.3	60.0	21.1
Philip Debaere	Forward/Center	March 30, 1968	26	5.6	1.0	0.5	0.6	10.7	12	51.5	72.1	100.0
Dean Marquardt	Center	December 2, 1959	25	5.7	1.4	0.4	0.2	7.1	10	47.2	69.2	26.9
Fabien Muylaert	Guard/Forward	October 26, 1975	26	2.5	1.5	0.6	0.0	6.5	7	41.9	82.8	33.3
Gary Terclavers	Guard	December 1, 1975	26	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.1	7.8	7	44.7	79.5	22.2
Dimitri De Mol	Forward/Center	May 7, 1974	15	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.0	2.3	3	60.9	46.2	0.0
Frédéric Smit	Forward	October 17, 1972	20	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.0	2.1	3	53.6	77.8	35.7
Steve Van Den Bosch	Shooting Guard	September 10, 1967	14	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	2.2	2	36.7	66.7	36.8
Asier Bilbao	Forward	May 25, 1978	1	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player	Position	Date of Birth	GP	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	EFF	FG%	FT%	3P%
Joe Spinks	Guard/Forward	June 20, 1972	26	7.2	1.2	3.3	1.0	21.7	22	53.0	63.2	26.3
Ray Wingard	Forward	September 22, 1964	26	9.7	1.0	2.5	0.2	11.6	17	46.2	79.4	0.0
Gijs Geerders	Center	December 22, 1966	26	4.8	0.3	1.3	0.8	8.6	10	52.0	66.1	0.0
Thierry Van Moer	Shooting Guard	January 29, 1971	25	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.1	10.4	7	47.9	66.7	39.1
Jan Hiel	Small Forward	September 20, 1974	24	1.1	0.5	0.7	0.0	8.5	6	46.0	80.7	27.3
Russel Saunders	Point Guard	November 25, 1957	3	1.0	3.7	1.0	0.3	6.3	5	29.2	0.0	29.4
David Bettens	Forward	April 18, 1971	24	2.4	0.3	0.6	0.2	4.3	4	44.4	55.2	0.0
Dennis Lammens	Shooting Guard	September 25, 1967	25	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.0	8.9	3	39.4	78.6	17.7
Maxime Dandoy	Point Guard	March 28, 1967	26	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.0	5.4	3	41.4	76.3	17.2
Pascal Van Moer	Shooting Guard	May 17, 1966	20	1.8	1.4	1.1	0.1	4.7	2	30.1	63.4	25.0

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