Belgian League, Regular Season, Game 25: March 21, 2009 - BELGIUM

May 23, 2013

Belgian League, Regular Season, Game 25: March 21, 2009

League leader Dexia Mons-Hainaut suffered a 96-82 road loss at Belgacom Liege Basket, but remains atop the Belgian League standings with a 17-6 record. However defending champ Spirou Basket Charleroi and Generali Okapi Aalstar both won and are hot on Mons’s tails with 16-6 records. Justin Cage paced Liege with 24 points while Christopher Hill added 20 for the winners. Elton Nesbitt led Mons with 28 points on 6-for-11 three-point shooting. Liege led 29-16 after 10 minutes and boosted its margin to 52-36 at halftime. Nothing changed after the break, as Liege kept a safe edge all the way until the final buzzer. Spirou Basket edged VOO Verviers-Pepinster 60-54 in a topsy-turvy game. Charleroi got 35 points off the bench to spark the come-from-behind win. Wes Wilkinson led the way with 12 points and 8 rebounds and veteran Andre Riddick added 10 for Charleroi. Marcus Dove netted 15 for Pepinster in defeat. Spirou led 44-43 after 30 minutes but allowed just 11 points in the fourth quarter to get another home win. Okapi had to battle hard to beat Base BC Oostende 95-88 at home. Stephane Pelle led the way for Okapi with 24 points on 8-for-10 shooting. Robert Hite led Oostende with 17 points, Matt Haryasz added 16, Michael Bauer 15 while Ivan Paunic and Dontaye Draper each had 12 for the guests, who led 61-63 after 30 minutes. Trevor Huffman had 12 points early in the fourth quarter to put Okapi ahead for good. In Saturday’s other game, Optima Gent downed Spotter Leuven 50-65 behind 18 points from Brandon Freeman.

LAST GAME GAME 25 March 21, 2009
Day	Match	Result
Mar. 21	Spirou Basket vs. Pepinster	60-54
Mar. 21	Belgacom Liège vs. Dexia M.	96-82
Mar. 21	Okapi vs. Base Oostende	95-88
Mar. 21	Spotter vs. Optima Gent	50-65
-	Antwerp Giants (free)

NEXT GAME GAME 26 March 27-28, 2009
Day	Match
Mar. 27	Okapi vs. Spirou Basket
Mar. 28	Antwerp Giants vs. Spotter
Mar. 28	Base Oostende vs. Gent
Mar. 28	Pepinster vs.Belgacom Liège
-	Dexia Mons (free)

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	23	17	6	1922	1714
2	Generali Okapi Aalstar	22	16	6	1757	1622
3	Spirou Basket Charleroi	22	16	6	1631	1456
4	Antwerp Diamond Giants	22	12	10	1691	1729
5	Belgacom Liège Basket	22	10	12	1685	1598
6	Base BC Oostende	22	9	13	1688	1754
7	Spotter Leuven	22	8	14	1563	1640
8	VOO Verviers-Pepinster	23	7	16	1676	1947
9	Optima Gent	22	5	17	1526	1679