Courtesy of Eurobasket LLC We bring you last week's top former Runnin' Lopes players who are currently playing in pro basketball.
#1. Jubrile Belo-Osagie (6'9''-C/F-1998, played in 2017-19, plays pro in Hungary) led Szombathely to an easy victory against the league leader Szedeak (7-1) 100-83 in the Hungarian A Division in Saturday night's game. He scored 11 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in 21 minutes. It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely (7-1) is placed second in the A Division. It was his team's third consecutive victory in a row. But this is still an early stage of the season and everything may happen. It's Belo-Osagie's first year with the team. Belo-Osagie has relatively good stats this season 12.6ppg, 5.8rpg and 1.6bpg in eight games he played so far.
#2. Keziah Forest-Lo (6'6''-G-2027, played in 2023-24, plays in France) led Tours to an easy victory against the 11th-ranked Union Rennes (3-6) crushing them 108-88 in the French NM1 (third division) last Tuesday. He recorded 12 points. Tours Metropole Basket (0-7) is placed sixth in Group A. It's Forest-Lo's first season with the team. Forest-Lo has relatively good stats this year 12.2ppg, 2.2rpg, 2.5apg and 1.8spg.
#3. Peter Turay (6'8''-F/C-1999, played in 2019-20, currently in Austria), who plays in the Austrian BSL could not help the league outsider Coldmaris BBC Nord Dragonz Eisenstadt (0-8) to beat Gunners Oberwart (3-2). It was not his best game last Sunday. Turay scored only 2 points in 22 minutes. Coldmaris BBC Nord Dragonz Eisenstadt was crushed91-62 on the road by the second-ranked Gunners Oberwart. So far Coldmaris BBC Nord Dragonz Eisenstadt lost all eight games in the Regular Season. This year Turay averages 8.9ppg and 5.5rpg in eight games.
#4. Blayton Williams (6'3''-G, played in 2018-20, plays pro in Thailand) was not able to help Thailand Gorillas (7-2) in their last game on Sunday. Despite his very good performance the second-placed Thailand Gorillas (7-2) were defeated 80-70 in Bangkok by the lower-ranked Wolverines (#6) in the Fire Division. Williams recorded a triple-double by scoring 25 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and passing 12 assists. It's Williams' first season with the team. He has individually a very good year with high stats. Williams averages 20.5ppg, 10.8rpg, 6.8apg and 1.8spg.
Other former Lamar Community College players, who play in pro basketball:
Reggie Jackson (6'3''-PG-1990, played in 2007-08) played for Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA
Richard Caldwell (6'4''-G-1998, played in 2016-18) played for Burji in Georgian A League
Tidjane Diop (6'8''-F-1990, played in 2009-11) plays for Gold Coast Rollers in Australian NBL One
Oluwashore Adenekan (6'9''-F/C-1991, played in 2011-13) played for Grevenbroich in German Regionalliga
Wayne Stewart Jr (6'7''-SF-1996, played in 2015-17) signed for Mestre in Italian Serie A2
Will Osborne (6'6''-F-2000, played in 2020-22) plays for Team Golden State in the Eurobasket S.League
Vic De Wilde (6'5''-PF-2003, played in 2019-23) signed for Guco Lier in Belgian Top Division I
Tiwian Kendley (6'5''-G-1995, played in 2013-15) plays for Magic Show in the The Basketball Tournament
Emmanuel Cruz (G, played in 2023-25) plays for Immortals in Dominican Rep. LDC
Notice: The list above includes only some of alumni playing currently in pro basketball. Check complete list of Lamar Community College basketball alumni.
Jubrile Belo-Osagie is last week best Runnin' Lopes alumni, who plays professional basketball (Photo: @staderochelaisrupella)
