2019–20 Brescia Leonessa season

Main article: Basket Brescia Leonessa
Basket Brescia Leonessa
2019-20 season
PresidentGraziella Bragaglio
Head coachVincenzo Esposito
ArenaPalaLeonessa
LBAseason cancelled (3rd)
EuroCupTop 16
Coppa ItaliaQuarter finals

The 2019–20 season is Brescia Leonessa's 11th in existence and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Overview

Brescia writes the club's history in Europe by achieving the Top16 of the EuroCup Basketball for the first time since its foundation. They were eliminated in the very last match against Reyer Venezia.

The 2019-20 season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone.[1] Brescia ended the championship in 3rd position.

Kit

Supplier: Errea / Sponsor: Germani

Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Players

Current roster

Germani Basket Brescia roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
F/C 0 Italy Zerini, Andrea 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 36 – (1988-10-25)25 October 1988
PG 2 United States Trice, Travis 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 31 – (1993-01-22)22 January 1993
SG 4 Italy Ceron, Marco Injured 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1992-06-16)16 June 1992
SF 5 Italy Abass, Awudu 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1993-01-27)27 January 1993
C 6 United States Cain, Tyler 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 36 – (1988-06-30)30 June 1988
PG 7 Italy Vitali, Luca 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 38 – (1986-05-09)9 May 1986
PG 8 Italy Laquintana, Tommaso 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 29 – (1995-07-07)7 July 1995
SG 9 United States Lansdowne, DeAndre 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 35 – (1989-06-06)6 June 1989
C 18 Italy Guariglia, Tommaso 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-08-08)8 August 1997
F 30 United States Horton, Ken 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 35 – (1989-07-25)25 July 1989
SF 34 United States Moss, David (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 41 – (1983-09-09)9 September 1983
F 41 Italy Sacchetti, Brian 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 38 – (1986-05-04)4 May 1986
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Giacomo Baioni
  • Italy Matteo Cotelli
  • Italy Gianpaolo Alberti
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: March 3, 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Tyler Cain Andrea Zerini Tommaso Guariglia
PF Ken Horton Brian Sacchetti
SF Awudu Abass David Moss
SG DeAndre Lansdowne Marco Ceron
PG Luca Vitali Tommaso Laquintana Travis Trice

5+5 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
6 C United States Tyler Cain 30 Pallacanestro Varese Italy 2 years June 2021 Free 18 June 2019 [2]
30 F United States Ken Horton 29 Astana Kazakhstan 1 year June 2020 Free 24 June 2019 [3]
9 SG United States DeAndre Lansdowne 30 Braunschweig Germany 1 years June 2020 Free 27 June 2019 [4]
18 C Italy Tommaso Guariglia 21 Fortitudo Agrigento Italy 2 + 1 + 1 years June 2021 Free 15 July 2019 [5]
1 G United States Angelo Warner 27 Soproni KC Hungary 1 year June 2020 Free 30 September 2019 [6]
15 F Latvia Ojārs Siliņš 26 Scandone Avellino Italy 2 months January 2020 Free 4 December 2019 [7]
2 PG United States Travis Trice 26 SIG Strasbourg France end of season June 2020 Undisclosed 15 January 2020 [8]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
1 SG United States Jordan Hamilton 28 Metros de Santiago Dominican Republic end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [9]
9 SG United States Jared Cunningham 28 Santa Cruz Warriors United States end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [10]
10 G/F Italy Matteo Caroli 28 Pallacanestro Senigallia Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [11]
18 C United States Gerald Beverly 25 Amatori Udine Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [12]
15 F Latvia Ojārs Siliņš 26 Gravelines-Dunkerque France mutual consent Free 29 January 2020 [13][14]
1 G United States Angelo Warner 28 Scafati Basket Italy transfer Undisclosed 18 February 2020 [15][16]

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
34 SF United States David Moss 36 Olimpia Milano Italy 1 + 1 + 2 year June 2020 Free 21 March 2016 [17][18][19]
7 PG Italy Luca Vitali 33 Vanoli Cremona Italy 1 + 1 + 4 years June 2022 Free 16 July 2016 [20][21][22]
41 PF Italy Brian Sacchetti 33 Dinamo Sassari Italy 2 + 3 year June 2021 Free 1 July 2017 [23][24]
8 PG Italy Tommaso Laquintana 24 Pistoia Basket Italy 1 + 1 years June 2020 Free 21 June 2018 [25]
0 F/C Italy Andrea Zerini 30 Scandone Avellino Italy 1 + 1 years June 2020 Free 25 June 2018 [26]
4 SG Italy Marco Ceron 27 V.L. Pesaro Italy 2 years June 2020 Free 11 July 2018 [27]
5 SF Italy Awudu Abass 26 Olimpia Milano Italy 2 years June 2020 Free 19 July 2018 [28]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
Italy
 Vincenzo Esposito
50
 Dinamo Sassari
Italy
2
2021
26 May 2019[29]
Italy
 Andrea Diana 17 May 2019[30][31] mutual consent

Unsuccessful deals

The following deal never activated and the player's contract was withdrawn before the beginning of the season.

Signing date Withdrawal date Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Moved to
19 July 2019[32]
24 September 2019[33]
G
United States
 Bronson Koenig
24
 Mornar Bar Montenegro
1 year
 Erie BayHawks[34] United States

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2019–20 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 20 18 2 1719 1500 +219 Qualification for EuroCup
2 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 20 15 5 1703 1506 +197 Qualification for Champions League
3 Germani Basket Brescia 21 14 7 1707 1554 +153 Qualification for EuroCup
4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 21 14 7 1687 1555 +132 Already qualified for EuroLeague
5 Happy Casa Brindisi 21 13 8 1776 1696 +80 Qualification for Champions League
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

EuroCup

Main article: 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball

Regular season

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Russia UNICS 10 6 4 783 775 +8 Advance to Top 16
2 Italy Germani Brescia Leonessa 10 6 4 705 725 −20
3 Turkey Darüşşafaka Tekfen 10 5 5 746 708 +38
4 Spain Joventut 10 5 5 838 834 +4
5 France Nanterre 92 10 4 6 792 809 −17
6 Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija 10 4 6 799 812 −13
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Top 16

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Greece Promitheas 6 4 2 440 383 +57 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 6 4 2 452 462 −10
3 Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg 6 2 4 474 501 −27
4 Italy Germani Brescia Leonessa 6 2 4 421 441 −20
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Italian Cup

Brescia qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 3rd place. They lost the first match in the quarter-finals against Pompea Fortitudo Bologna.

14 February 2020
Quarter finals
 Germani Basket Brescia 73–76 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 17–16, 22–20, 17–23
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Lansdowne 15
Rebs: Moss, Horton 7
Asts: Vitali 4
PIR: Moss 11 		Boxscore Pts: Sims 17
Rebs: Sims 8
Asts: three players 2
PIR: Aradori 20 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Denny Borgioni

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