Posts Tagged ‘Benfica’
Benfica gears for three-peat this 2013-14
The Portuguese LPB opens tonight! Can Sport Lisboa Benfica capture that elusive “three-peat” and win their third Portuguese LPB Championship in a row this 2013-14 season? We shall find out soon enough. They will get a chance to get their season up and running on the right foot tonight as they prepare to battle it out…
Read MoreJobey Thomas heads to Portugal
A long-time veteran of Italian hoops, Jobey Thomas (194 cm, Charlotte’02) will now spread his wings and play in Portugal for Sport Lisboa Benfica this 2013-14 season. Thomas began the 2012-13 season playing in Italy’s Lega Due for Acegas Aps Trieste and in 15 games for them he averaged 17.1 ppg and 4.5 rpg. In…
Read MoreDavid Weaver is newcomer at Benfica
David Weaver (209 cm, Wake Forest’10) is the latest addition to Portugal’s Sport Lisboa Benfica this 2013-14 season. The 25-year-old Weaver started the 2012-13 season for Neckar RIESEN Ludwigsburg (Germany-BBL). He logged 18 games for them and averaged 5.5 ppg and 3.3 rpg. In January 2013 he moved to SK Dnipro Azot Dniprodzerzhynsk from Ukraine’s…
Read MoreBenfica defends their Portuguese title
Sport Lisboa Benfica are now back-to-back Portuguese LPB Champions after they defeated Associacao Academica de Coimbra 91-77 in the fourth game of the Finals. This was just a blockbuster season for Benfica as they can now add this title to their collection of victories. They also won the Portuguese Supercup and the Portuguese Hugo dos…
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