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

Individual awards

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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