Courtesy of Eurobasket LLC We bring you last week's top former Owls players who are currently playing in pro basketball.
#1. Experienced Ahmad Ibrahim (6'6''-G/F-1992, played in 2008-12, plays pro in Lebanon) led Homentmen to a victory against the seventh-ranked Antonine (1-2) 113-107 in the Lebanese DLBL in Wednesday night's game. He scored 17 points, had 7 rebounds and dished 4 assists in 42 minutes. Homentmen Beirut (3-0) is placed second in the DLBL. So far his team won all three games in the Regular Season. They will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And that game will be critical. This year Ibrahim averages 6.7ppg, 3.7rpg and 1.3apg in three games he played so far.
#2. Max Fiedler (6'11''-C-2001, played in 2019-24, plays in Belgium) contributed to an easy victory against the 16th-ranked BAL Weert (0-6) crushing them 88-64 in the BNXT League last Saturday. He recorded a double-double by scoring 10 points and getting 13 rebounds. Filou Oostende (6-0) is placed first in the BNXT League. So far his team won all six games in the Regular Season. But this is still an early stage of the season and everything may happen. It's Fiedler's first year with the team. This season Fiedler averages 7.8ppg, 8.8rpg and 1.5apg.
#3. Egor Koulechov (6'5''-G/F-1994, played in 2014-17, currently in Iceland) was the major contributor in Keflavik's victory against the league outsider Thor Thorl (0-5) 86-82 in the Icelandic Subway League on Thursday night. Koulechov scored 19 points, made 4 passes and 3 steals in 31 minutes. Keflavik IF (4-1) is placed fourth in the Subway League. It was his team's third consecutive victory in a row. But the season just started, so everything may happen. Koulechov has individually a very good year with high stats. He averages 18.5ppg, 4.0rpg, 2.0apg, 1.5bpg and 1.5spg in two games. Koulechov is a naturalized Israeli.
#4. Cavit Havsa (6'5''-G/F-1997, played in 2020-21, plays pro in Turkey). Havsa could not help Konya BBSK (7-1) to beat Kahramanmaras (5-3) in the Turkish TBL (second division). His contribution was not very remarkable in Saturday's game. Havsa scored only 3 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished 3 assists. Konya BBSK was edged72-71 on the road by the lower-ranked Kahramanmaras (#6). It was Konya BBSK's first loss after seven consecutive victories. His team will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And now that game is very crucial. It's Havsa's first season with the team. This year Havsa averages 5.8ppg, 3.6rpg, 3.5apg and 1.6spg.
#5. Travis Evee (6'1''-G, played in 2020-24, plays in United Kingdom) contributed to a 2-point Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders' victory against the closely-ranked Cheshire Phoenix (5-4) 95-93 in the British SLB last Friday. He recorded 8 points and added 7 assists in 22 minutes. It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Ridersis placed second in the SLB. Evee has relatively good stats this year 12.5ppg, 1.4rpg, 4.0apg and 1.4spg in eight games.
Other former Rice University players, who play in pro basketball:
Suleiman Braimoh (6'8''-PF-1989, played in 2007-11) played for Pinar Karsiyaka SK Izmir in Turkish BSL
Arsalan Kazemi (6'7''-SF-1990, played in 2009-12) signed for Esteghlal in Iranian Superleague
Xu Oliver (6'3''-PG-1996, played in 2015-19) played for Iwate Big Bulls in Japanese B2 League
Quincy Olivari (6'3''-G-2001, played in 2019-23) plays for Brooklyn Nets in the NBA Summer League
Notice: The list above includes only some of alumni playing currently in pro basketball. Check complete list of Rice University basketball alumni.
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