JL Bourg Basket

JL Bourg
JL Bourg
Nickname	La Jeu; La JL
Leagues	Pro A; EuroCup
Founded	1910; 114 years ago
Arena	Ekinox
Capacity	3,548
Location	Bourg-en-Bresse, France
President	Julien Desbottes
Head coach	Frederic Fauthoux
2020–21 position	5th
Website	jlbourg-basket.com
Home	Away

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.

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]

Honours

Pro B

Champions: 2016–17

Leaders Cup

Runners-up: 2006, 2019, 2023

Pro B Leaders Cup

Champions: 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^[a]	1	Pro A	5th	16–9	Eightfinalist
2020–21	1	Pro A	5th	22–12				2 EuroCup	R16

^ 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

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

JL Bourg roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
G	1	Lewis, JeQuan	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)		30 – (1994-09-07)7 September 1994
SG	2	Brown, Bryce	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	28 – (1996-07-24)24 July 1996
PG	5	Benitez, Hugo	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	23 – (2001-01-20)20 January 2001
SF	7	Courby, Maxime	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)		34 – (1990-11-23)23 November 1990
SF	10	Risacher, Zaccharie	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)		19 – (2005-04-08)8 April 2005
C	11	Massa, Bodian	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)		27 – (1997-10-21)21 October 1997
SG	20	Morgan, Jeremy	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		29 – (1995-05-08)8 May 1995
PF	23	Omenaka, Godwin	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	24 – (2000-10-09)9 October 2000
F	24	Mike, Isiaha	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	27 – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997
F/C	34	Kokila, Kevin	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)		23 – (2001-09-03)3 September 2001
PG	83	Julien, Axel	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)		32 – (1992-07-27)27 July 1992

Head coach

Laurent Legname

Assistant coach(es)

Gérald Simon
Frédéric Wiscart-Goetz

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 27, 2023

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Amida Brimah	Pierre Pelos	Kevin Kokila
PF	Isiaha Mike
SF		Maxime Courby
SG	Axel Julien
PG	Frantz Massenat	Hugo Benitez

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Individual awards

Pro A Most Valuable Player
- Zachery Peacock – 2018

References

^ LNB Profile
^ "EuroCup Board meets to plan the 2020-21 season". Euroleague Basketball. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

External links

Official website

[3] The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bourg played only 25 games and had a 16–9 record.

[1] LNB Profile

[2] "EuroCup Board meets to plan the 2020-21 season". Euroleague Basketball. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

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Other competitions	Pro A Leaders Cup (League Cup) French Cup (Federation Cup) Match des Champions (Supercup)
Awards	Awards MVP Finals MVP Best Scorer Best Defender Best Sixth Man Most Improved Player Best Young Player Best Coach
Other	All-Star Game French clubs in international competitions

v t e 2023–24 EuroCup
Regular season Playoffs Finals
Champions	Paris Basketball
Runners-up	Mincidelice JL Bourg
Semifinals	Beşiktaş Emlakjet London Lions
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals	Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv Joventut Badalona Prometey U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Eliminated in the Eighthfinals	Aris Gran Canaria ratiopharm Ulm Türk Telekom
Eliminated in the regular season	Group A Group B Budućnost VOLI Cedevita Olimpija Dolomiti Energia Trento Lietkabelis Śląsk Wrocław Umana Reyer Venezia Veolia Towers Hamburg Wolves

v t e JL Bourg current roster
3 Salash 4 Nelson 5 Benitez 7 Courby 8 Usher 10 Ngouama 11 Ayayi 13 Castañeda 27 Pansa 33 Paul 34 Kokila
Head coach: Fauthoux Assistant coach: