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Lions Come Up Short Against Luxembourg Champions

Author: Henk Wals
Picture: Henk Wals
Date: August 28, 2005

Dutch

Coaches: Laki Lakner, Robin Hollander, Brian Benjamin

In the last game of the Luxembourg tournament the Lions met Musel Pikes , the reigning champions of Luxembourg. ProBuild was able to stay with the home team for two quarters, but came up short in the second half, when fatigue started to set in on the team. At halftime the Lions trailed by 8 points, 34-26, but by the end of the game the deficit had grown to 23 points, 43-66. "There no shame in losing a game like this", assistant-coach Robin Hollander said. "We gave everything we had, but playing four games in two days being only together for a week took its toll in the last game." Hollander said the coaching staff gathered loads of useful information on the players during the weekend. "We know what we have to work on in the coming weeks, as a team and individually with the players." Gerda Heinen scored 12 points, Susan Peters had 8, Sharon Bos, Belinda Bos and Amanda Davidson each contributed 7.

ProBuild Wins Third Game in Luxembourg Tournament

Author: Henk Wals
Picture: Henk Wals
Date: August 28, 2005

Dutch

The Lions had an easy start on the second day of the tournament, defeating Amicale Stesel (Luxembourg) without any trouble, 70-43. After the first period ProBuild led 24-9 and at half time the lead was extended to 43-20. In the third quarter Amicale managed to score just four points and ProBuild was able to widen the gap to 59-24. Coach Laki Lakner has called his starters to the bench by that time, and the game was finished by ProBuild's juniors. 15-year-old Mara Hessling and 16-years-old Enya Post both scored 6 points in the period. All scorers were led by Sharon Bos, who had 20 points. Amanda Davidson scored 16 points in just 10 minutes playing time. "We held Amanda on the bench most of the game, because we are going to need her in the last game this afternoon", assistant-coach Robin Hollander said. "Then we meet Musel Pikes, Luxembourg's last year's champions. They defeated the Canadian team this morning, from which we lost by 30, so we may assume it won't be easy."

ProBuild Routs Luxembourg National Team, 66-47

Author: Henk Wals
Picture: Henk Wals
Date: August 28, 2005

Dutch

OK, Luxembourg is one of Europe's smallest countries, but defeating a national team is always nice, especially when your own team got together just five days ago. After one game the Lions are already improving, according to assistant-coach Robin Hollander.

"Unlike the first game against the Canadians we were in control now most of the game", he said. "And we out-rebounded them this time. Amanda Davidson did a good job directing the offense and Sharon Bos played a terrific game. We also gave our juniors plenty of playing time and they didn't disappoint us. Especially Annicke van der Burg and Maaike van de Bovenkamp did good jobs. Like I said after the first game, this team holds great potential. There's lots of room for further improvement."

At halftime the Lions already led by 14 points, 35-21, and after the third period the gap was widened to 17, 52-35. Sharon Bos led the team in scoring with 20 points and grabbed 15 boards. Belinda Bos scored 16 points.

Lions Drop First Game in Luxembourg Tournement, 93-60

Author: Henk Wals
Picture: Henk Wals
Date: August 27, 2005

Dutch

The Lions traveled to Luxembourg without their all-star guard Tanya Bröring, who is fulfilling her duties as a member of the Dutch National Team at the moment, and without American center Dena Williams, who is finishing an educational course in the USA and is not to be expected in the Netherlands before the beginning of January.

The Lions started the tournament with a game against the Canadian Out West Elite team, a selection of top university players from the four western Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Unlike the Lions, who just started practice this week, the Canadians were in fine condition, being together from the beginning of July and having played a series of games against European top teams.

Coach Laki Lakner started the game with Amanda Davidson (G), Belinda Bos (G), Gerda Heinen (F), Sharon Bos (F) and Nadine Boesaart (C). The Lions managed to stay in the game for two quarters (17-17, 39-45) but then had to let the Canadians go. Amanda Davidson had a great debut, scoring 30 points and grabbing 6 rebounds. Sharon Bos had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Assistant-coach Robin Hollander said he and the other coaches saw some good things. "We don't look at the score too much. This Canadian team is obviously very strong. We're just practicing for a week now with practically a new team. So there's no game shape and little chemistry. But we saw enough potential to be satisfied."

First Practice

Picture: Henk Wals
Date: August 23, 2005

Laki Lakner in Dutch Newspaper: "We go for the Championship"

Author: Henk Wals
Date: August 20, 2005

Dutch

In an interview in Dutch Newspaper De Noordhollandse Courant, coach Laki Lakner promises the Lions's supporters his team will fight and battle for every game. "We will play hard, with a lot of intensity. And if we lose, at least we will go down fighting. We'll give the people who come to watch the game everything we have, every game. I'm sure they will appreciate that."

But on the other hand, it is not Lakner's intention to lose many games. "We won't settle for the third place, this year. We go for the championship, nothing less."

With such an ambition, no time can be wasted. Practices start on Monday August 22 and it will be tough, Lakner promises. "Until the regular competition starts on October 15th, each day we will be busy. Either we practice or play games, or else we work on our condition. We'll see who can keep up with it and who cannot. It's not just the talent which counts, but also the motivation and the determination. I'm looking for the players who want to become champions and give everything to reach that goal, on and off the court.

Laki Lakner will work closely together with General Manager Brian Benjamin, who coached the Lions for the last two years. "Brian and I are close friends for some years now, and we share the same opinions about how the game of basketball should be played. As a coaching-duo, we're compatible. He's the smart, analytic guy, I'm the emotional one." Last year, when Lakner was coach of Lely Amsterdam, the idea came up to combine forces. "We used to be on the phone for hours and talk basketball. We felt that if we would be able to work together, we might be able to break the hegemony of Binnenland and Den Helder, last season's two finalists. We talked to the Board of the ProBuild Lions a few times, they liked the idea and here we are."

Lakner was not always here. He grew up in Zagreb, Croatia, where he played basketball in the second division. Twelve years ago, after the war broke out in the former Yugoslavian Republic, he came to the Netherlands. "But I don't like to talk about it too much, because I'm trying to forget that period. It was war. My wife is from Serbia, I'm Croatian."

But now Laki Lakner has settled down in Amsterdam and feels at home there. "It's a big city, like Zagreb, and I like to live there. When I look out of the window I see people." To stress the fact nowadays he's as Dutch as anyone behind the dykes, Lakner reveals his favorite sports coach is Dutch soccer coach Co Adriaanse. "He always says what he thinks, to anyone, not holding anything back. I like that. And on the field he's very offensive minded, always keeping the opponent under pressure. That's the way I like to play with the Lions too, this season."

See the article. (Text in dutch).

Preseason Starts

Author: Henk Wals
Date: August 14, 2005

Dutch

The ProBuild Lions's preseason is about to begin. Under the regime of the new coach Laki Lakner the ProBuild-ladies are supposed to spend a good deal of the summer in the weight room and to have brought themselves in good condition already, so when regular practice starts at Monday August 22, coaches Lakner and Benjamin hopefully can spend most of their time on skill development, scrimmage, and game preparation and less time on conditioning. That could be valuable in the next weekend of August 27, when the Lions travel to Luxembourg to battle some of the best teams from Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg in a tournament. Until the start of the regular competition on October 15th, eleven preseason games and practice game are scheduled, some of which against Belgian and German teams.

Lions Acquire Amanda Davidson from the University of Indianapolis

Author: Henk Wals
Date: August 12, 2005

Dutch

The ProBuild Lions management announced today that the club has signed American player Amanda Davidson, a 5-8 guard from the University of Indianapolis (NCAA II). With the Greyhounds Davidson averaged 10.5 points, 6.3 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game. At the end of the season Amanda Davidson received an honorable mention of the Great Lake Valley Conference. Coach Laki Lakner said he thought Davidson can make a great contribution to his team. “I watched her playing on DVD and I was really impressed with her ball-handling and decision-making. With her and our newly acquired Dutch players our backcourt will be as good as anyone’s in the league.”

Lions sign Dena Williams

Author: Henk Wals
Date: June 28, 2005

Dutch

One week after Rhona McKenzie's sudden departure, the ProBuild Lions management announced the signing of Bradley University’s 6-4 center Dena Williams. Williams, an All-Missouri Valley First Team Member, is Bradley’s career leader in blocked shots and rebounds. She led the Braves in scoring (13.3 points per game) and rebounds (8.3 per game) this season and ranks among the league leaders in both categories. The name of Dena Williams may ring a bell with some Dutch women’s basketball fans. In 2004 the Columbia, Mo. native visited the Netherlands with Bradley to play two exhibition games against the Dutch National Team. In two games she averaged 17.0 points and 8.0 boards per game while shooting 56 percent (14-for-25).

In april 2005 Williams signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, but did not make the team and decided to pursue an athletic career in Europe. And then ProBuild Lions coach Laki Lakner called.

Lakners colleague Brian Benjamin said he was happy with Williams' signing. “We were looking for a dominant big player on both sides of the floor and we think Dena can be that in this league. Laki [Lakner] went to the Bradley exhibition games in 2004 and he was very much impressed by what he saw from her. So we contacted her and spoke on the phone several times. We watched her videos and contacted her coach and a few other coaches in the Valley Conference. And we liked what we saw and heard.”

More -> here.

Rhona goes to Luxembourg

Author: Henk Wals
Date: June 21, 2005

Dutch

Rhona McKenzie decided to play not for ProBuild Lions next season, but for AB Contern in Luxembourg. Mckenzie announced this today. "They offered me a contract that I could not refuse", she said. "My heart is with Holland but I think that it is time for me to move on and see more things and meet new people." Although ProBuild and McKenzie had agreed on a contract in principle, coach Brian Benjamin said he was happy for her. "Of course we will not stand in the way, if Rhona gets a chance like that", he said. "We had a great year with her; we part like friends and wish her luck with her new team". ProBuild now will look for a new overseas player. "We'll probably look for a center", Benjamin said. "We already have an eye on an American player we like very much from what we've seen from her."

Building a Team 2

Author: Henk Wals
Date: May 26, 2005

Dutch

ProBuild Lions have reached an agreement in principle with Rhona Mckenzie on a two-years contract extension, the ProBuild management announced today. "Rhona did a great job last season", coach Brian Benjamin said. "In terms of efficiency nobody came near her. She's last years MVP. We feel she can be a cornerstone of our team the next two years." Gerda Heinen and Nadine Boesaart also got their contracts extended for next season. Another new addition to the team is 16-years old 5-4 guard Annicke van der Burg from Lely. Guard Jildis Pronk, forward Miriam Benjamin and guard Nieke van der Zee decided to leave the Lions.

Suzanne Kromhout Signed

Author: Henk Wals
Date: May 21, 2005

Dutch

The ProBuild Lions management announced the signing of Suzanne Kromhout, a 5-8 guard who played for BC Utrecht, Oberhausen (Germany) and BV Lely. Kromhout, who's 21 years old, was also selected for the national Dutch team in 2004.

Building a Team

Author: Henk Wals
Date: May 19, 2005

Dutch

Today the ProBuild Lions management announced the signing of 2004-2005 All Dutch guard Tanya Bröring (BV Lely), All Stars 2005 Belinda Bos and Sharon Bos (both BC Shooters), Karina Worku (Canada, Kazakhstan, BV Lely) and Susan Peters (BC Utrecht, National Juniors Team). Coach Laki Lakner said he was very happy with these new additions. "They're obviously young, very talented players, and what I consider at least as much important, they're all willing to work hard", he said Wednesday night after welcoming the new players. "Because that's what we're going to do, next season, work very, very hard and try to become champions."

Rhona MVP; Rhona and Kristen All Stars

Author: Henk Wals
Date: May 18, 2005

Dutch

Rhona McKenzie and Kristen Green both were honoured as members of the Dutch All*Stars team tuesdaynight. On top of that Rhona McKenzie was chosen as the mvp of the dutch first league.

ProBuild Lions Hires Coach Laki Lakner

Author: Henk Wals
Date: May 12, 2005

Dutch

Today the ProBuild Lions management announced the signing of coach Laki Lakner. Lakner, born in Croatia and coach of Lely Amsterdam for the past two years, officially becomes ProBuild's new head coach, but will share coaching responsibilities with Brian Benjamin, who was head coach for the last two seasons and now will become responsible for the long run technical development of the ProBuild Basketball Club Ladies teams.

Two Lions Chosen for All Dutch Team

Author: Henk Wals
Date: May 11, 2005

Dutch

Kristen Green and Rhona McKenzie both received honours as members of the First All Dutch team, the Dutch Basketball Association announced today. Green (17 ppg) and McKenzie (23 ppg and 13,7) rebounds) were chosen by the players and coaches of the Dutch First Division. Rhona Mckenzie ranked third in the league in scoring and second in rebounding. Kristen Green ranked first in the nation in 3-pointers per game, with 2.9 made.
The other First Team members are Tanya Bröring (Lely Amsterdam), Alie Rousseau Grasshoppers) and Marloes Roetgerink. Grasshoppers coach René Mulder was chosen as coach of the year and Naomi Halman (Cape Holland) as rookie of the year. The awards will be presented in Den Helder on May 17th.

Season Concludes in Barendrecht

Author: Henk Wals
Photo: Tine Sierink
Date: May 7, 2005

Box score
Dutch

J. Pronk

The visiting Lions led by four points at halftime, but were unable to turn away Binnenland in Saturday night's 54-46 defeat. Jildis Pronk scored 16 points and was the only Lions player in double figures. Kristen Green and Julie Smulders both had 9 and Rhona Mckenzie scored 6 points. Binnenland will go to the Finals and meets Cape Holland Den Helder, who swept BV Lely 3-0. The Lions managed to stay in the game for two-and-a-half quarter, until Petra Rutgers evened the score 30-30 in the 8th minute of the 3rd period. At the end of the period Binnenland led 36-33. Irene Sloof scored 6 consecutive points for Binnenland at the beginning of the 4th period to extend their lead to 42-33. ProBuild managed to close the gap to 51-46 with one minute on the clock, but it was not enough. Coach Brian Benjamin said he was disappointed to get swept 3-0 and that he had expected more of a fight. "But obviously they are the more talented team. If we have a good day and give all the effort we've got, we can match them, but even today, when they're not playing their best game, we can't keep up with them. Today we really did a good job defensively, but on offense we were not making our shots and running the plays the way we should. That's why we lost." Benjamin said he nevertheless was happy with the way the season went. "We certainly made progress and played better than last season. Our goal was to get to the semi-finals and that's just what we did."

Lions Come Up Short Again

Author: Henk Wals
Photo: Tine Sierink
Date: May 5, 2005

Box score
Dutch
J. Smulders

Rhona Mckenzie scored 28 points and Kristen Green added 21, but it wasn't enough to pull ProBuild past Binnenland in Thursdays 63-84 loss, as both foreign players didn't get much help from the rest of the team. Only two other Lions contributed points, Gerda Heinen had 11 and Jildis Pronk 3. The Lions managed to stay in the game for two quarters. They even took their first and only lead in the second period, when Gerda Heinen scored 31-30. At halftime Binnenland was in control again, leading 35-42.

In the third period Krista van Alten scored 8 points for Binnenland to take her team to a 46-54 lead in the 6th minute, when Irene Sloof hit a 3-pointer to extend their lead to 46-57. One minute later Gerda Heinen had a score and a bonus to cut the Lions deficit tot 9 points again, 50-59, but four points by Van Alten and a score from Lindy Vermunt widened the gap to 15 points with one minute to go in the quarter, 50-65.

The decisive blow came in the last minute, when Jennifer DeCuir hit a 3-pointer that pushed Binnenland ahead 18 points and put an end to whatever comeback hopes the Lions harbored. The fourth quarter was just a formality. Coach Brian Benjamin said he was happy with the effort his team gave. "We worked hard enough this time, but we just couldn't contain them. They were the better team again, outplaying us in almost every way. Rhona and Kristen played well today, but the rest of our players couldn't match their opponents, although they tried to. I think there's no shame in the way we lost, because we really worked for it this time."

ProBuild Downed by Binnenland

Author: Henk Wals
Photo: Tine Sierink
Date: May 4, 2005

Box score
Dutch

The semi-finals could not have started worse for the Lions, who suffered a lopsided 92-57 defeat in the first game of the series against US Binnenland. The Lions shot a shocking 19-out-of-66 from the field. Rhona McKenzie had a subpar game, scored just 4 points and shot 4-out-of-14 from the field. Kristen Green too struggled, shooting 5-out-of-22, but still gathered 16 points. Jildis Pronk had 14 points and Julie Smulders 11. Coach Brian Benjamin couldn't hide his disappointment after the game. "We were in the game for about 5 minutes, and then we disappeared. Our shots stopped to fall, but I can live with that. What I find particularly disappointing, is that we gave it up defensively. We allowed a 16-0 run in the first quarter and never recovered from that. I'll have to credit Binnenland, they're a very good team and they outclassed us completely." Binnenland led 9-25 after the first period and extended their lead to 23-44 by halftime. After the third period the Lions' deficit had grown to 67-40, despite a good effort by Jildis Pronk, who scored 8 points down the stretch. The fourth quarter was a formality, in which coach Benjamin gave most of the playing time to his bench.

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