JL Bourg Basket

Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the Pro A.[1] Their home arena is Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3,548 people.

JL Bourg
NicknameLa Jeu
La JL
LeaguesPro A
EuroCup
Founded1910 (1910)
ArenaEkinox
Capacity3,548
LocationBourg-en-Bresse, France
PresidentJulien Desbottes
Head coachSavo Vucevic
2019–20 positionPro A, 5th of 18
Websitewww.jlbourg-basket.com

History

In 2014, JL Bourg adopted its new home arena Ekinox which replaced the Salle des Sports. This year the team also promoted to the Pro A after it won the Pro B Playoffs. They relegated back after the 2014–15 season.

In the 2019–20 season, Bourg was in the 5th place until the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2020–21 season, Bourg will make its European debut when it will play in the EuroCup.[2]

Logos
  • Primary logo used from 2013 till 2017

Honours
Champions (1): 2016–17
  • Leaders Cup
Runners-up (1): 2006
Champions (1): 2016

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Record French Cup Other competitions European competitions
2011–12 2 Pro B 9th
2012–13 2 Pro B 8th
2013–14 2 Pro B 2nd
2014–15 1 Pro A 18th
2015–16 2 Pro B 5th Pro B Leaders Cup
C
2016–17 2 Pro B 1st Pro B Leaders Cup
SF
2017–18 1 Pro A 9th 17–17 Eightfinalist
2018–19 1 Pro A 9th 19–15 Round of 32
2019–20[lower-alpha 1] 1 Pro A 5th 16–9 Eightfinalist
2020–21 1 Pro A 2 EuroCup
TBD
  1. The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bourg played only 25 games and had a 16–9 record.

Players

Current roster

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JL Bourg roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SF 7 Courby, Maxime 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1990-11-23)23 November 1990
PG 8 Wright, Zackary 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 35 – (1985-02-05)5 February 1985
F/C 13 Pelos, Pierre 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1992-08-16)16 August 1992
C 15 Peacock, Zachery 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1987-10-13)13 October 1987
SG 33 Anđušić, Danilo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 29 – (1991-04-22)22 April 1991
PG –– Allen, Kadeem 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1993-01-15)15 January 1993
G –– Ašćerić, Luka 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 – (1997-01-10)10 January 1997
F/C –– Poirier, Darel 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 23 – (1997-07-27)27 July 1997
SF –– Scrubb, Thomas 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1991-09-26)26 September 1991
Head coach
  • Savo Vučević
Assistant coach(es)
  • Gérald Simon
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2020-07-22

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C Zachery Peacock
PF Pelos Pierre Darel Poirier
SF Thomas Scrubb Maxime Courby
SG Danilo Anđušić Luka Ašćerić
PG Kadeem Allen Zackary Wright

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References
  1. LNB Profile
  2. "EuroCup Board meets to plan the 2020-21 season". Euroleague Basketball. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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