Optima Gent

Optima Gent is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in the Gent area of the Province of East-Flanders, Belgium. The club competes in the Basketball League Belgium. The team was founded in 1950. The team plays home games at the 2374-seat Tolhuis. The club has played in the Belgian highest division since 2007. The season before, they became champion in the second division.

History

• 1950 - 1991 : Hellas Gent
• 1991 - 1995 : Bobcat Gent
• 1995 - 1997 : AST Gent
• 1997 - 2000 : Siemens Gent
• 2000 - 2002 : Gent United
• 2002 - 2007 : Gent Dragons
• 2007 - .... : Optima Gent

Trophies and championships

• Belgian champion(1x) 1955
• Belgian cup(1x) 1992
• Champion in the second division(1x) 2007

Players 2011-2012

Players

La'Shard Anderson	United States	1988	1m85	Point-Guard
Lionel Bosco	Belgium	1981	1m80	Point-Guard
Lars De Lepeleire	Belgium	1991	1m75	Point-Guard
Michael Jenkins	United States	1986	1m92	Shooting-Guard
Senne Geukens	Belgium	1983	1m90	Shooting-Guard
Richard Chaney	Puerto Rico	1984	1m96	Shooting-Forward
Jeffrey Jones	Belgium	1991	1m87	Shooting-Forward
Michael Haynes	United States	1981	2m03	Power-Forward
Brian Heinle	United States	1978	2m05	Power-Forward
Yannick Desiron	Belgium	1992	2m06	Power-Forward
Graham Brown	United States	1984	2m06	Center
Luc Louves	France	1989	2m06	Center

Staff

Coach	Yves Defraigne	Belgium
Assistant-Coach	Jean Collinet	Belgium
Assistant-Coach	Carl Verstraeten	Belgium
Assistant-Coach	Koen Eerdekens	Belgium
General Manager	Tony Van den Bosch	Belgium

External links

• Optima Gent