Mechelen - Oostende 70-93

Oostende

outrebounded

Kangoeroes 37-23

including 28 on the defensive glass.

Oostende

shot the lights out from three sinking 15 long-distance shots on high 62.5 percentage. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 24 assists comparing to just 9 passes made by

Kangoeroes

' players. The best player for the winners was American forward Timmy Allen (198-2000, college: Texas) who scored 21 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. The former international Pierre-Antoine Gillet (201-1991) chipped in 17 points and 6 rebounds. Oostende's coach Dario Gjergja felt very confident that he used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. At the other side the best for losing team was center Seppe Willems (202-1999) who recorded 16 points and 5 rebounds and American guard Trenton Gibson (193-2000, college: Indiana St.) added 17 points (went 8 for 8 at the free throw line) respectively.

Top scorers:
Mechelen: T.Gibson 17+4reb+1ast, S.Willems 16+5reb+1ast, D.Loubry 11+3ast, Z.Bangala 8+2reb, A.Hyatt 8+5reb, J.Heath 7+1reb+3ast
Oostende: T.Allen 21+7reb+6ast, P.Gillet 17+6reb+3ast, C.Daniels 11+8reb+1ast, H.Bratanovic 8+3reb, S.Buysse 8+6ast, N.Meeusen 7+5reb+3ast