2019–20 Círculo Gijón season

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Círculo Gijón
2019–20 season
ChairmanCarlos Rodellar
Head coachNacho Galán
ArenaPalacio de Deportes
LEB PlataOngoing

The 2019–20 Círculo Gijón season is the third in existence and their second season in LEB Plata, the Spanish third division.

Overview[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Despite being relegated to Liga EBA at the end of the previous season, Círculo Gijón remained in the league as a result of a swap of places with Baskonia B, that finished one position over the geometrics.[1]

Season[edit]

The season was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

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

Círculo Gijón roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
SF 13 Dominican Republic Adón, Gregorio 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1991-04-12)12 April 1991
PF United States Amius, Mike 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1996-09-22)22 September 1996
SG United States Ebel, Nolan 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) −1994–1995 – (1996-01-00)January 1996
PG 7 Spain Lada, Edu 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 36 – (1988-03-24)24 March 1988
SF 20 Spain Llano, Jaime 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1996-03-08)8 March 1996
PF 12 Spain Menéndez, Javi 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-08-05)5 August 1997
PG 3 Spain Moro, Ángel (C) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1993-10-11)11 October 1993
PG 21 Spain Portugués, Joaquín 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1995-09-21)21 September 1995
C 17 Spain Poyatos, Carlos 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1994-10-17)17 October 1994
SF 9 Canada Reynolds, Jamal 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1994-02-27)27 February 1994
C United States Swift, Robert 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 38 – (1985-12-03)3 December 1985
SG 25 United States Ukawuba, Rob 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1994-12-02)2 December 1994
Head coach
  • Spain Nacho Galán

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: December 29, 2019

Transactions[edit]

In[edit]

Only Menéndez and Moro continue in the team. Captain Saúl Blanco left the team for joining French Pro B team Gries.[2]

Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Date Source
C Sweden Henrik Jädersten 24 Santa Clara Broncos United States 11 July 2019 [3]
PG Spain Joaquín Portugués 24 Wetterbygden Stars Sweden 19 July 2019 [4]
SF Canada Jamal Reynolds 25 Cape Breton Highlanders Canada 19 July 2019 [4]
SG Spain Edu Lada 31 Liberbank Oviedo B Spain 20 July 2019 [5]
SF Dominican Republic Gregorio Adón 28 Jafep Globalcaja La Roda Spain 22 July 2019 [6]
SG United States Rob Ukawuba 24 Innova Chef Spain 23 July 2019 [7]
C Spain Carlos Poyatos 24 Hestia Menorca Spain 25 July 2019
C Australia Mackuei Puondak 25 Hume City Broncos Australia 6 August 2019
PF Spain Jaime Llano 23 Gijón Basket Spain 7 August 2019
C United States Robert Swift 34 Free agent 29 December 2019
PF United States Mike Amius 23 Feurs Enfants du Forez France 20 January 2020
SG United States Nolan Ebel 23 Augustana Vikings United States 21 January 2020

Out[edit]

Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Date Source
C Australia Mackuei Poundak 25 Free agent 28 December 2019

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

1 September 2019
Friendly
Igualatorio Cantabria Estela 85–91 Círculo Gijón Torrelavega
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 23–20, 25–24, 17–32
Pts: Sutina 13 Boxscore Pts: Reynolds 21 Arena: Vicente Trueba
Attendance: 350
7 September 2019
Friendly
Círculo Gijón 70–77 Igualatorio Cantabria Estela Gijón
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 16–18, 13–18, 24–19
Pts: Reynolds 25 Boxscore Pts: Sanz 19 Arena: Palacio de Deportes

Trofeo Principado de Asturias[edit]

13 September 2019
Semifinal
Huniko Gijón Basket 69–79 Círculo Gijón Gijón
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 11–22, 21–21, 25–14
Pts: Fernández 15 Boxscore Pts: Reynolds 25 Arena: Palacio de Deportes
15 September 2019
Final
Liberbank Oviedo Baloncesto 76–64 Círculo Gijón Oviedo
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 16–15, 18–12, 25–19
Pts: Wright 16 Boxscore Pts: Adón, Ukawuba 12 Arena: Pumarín

LEB Plata[edit]

First stage[edit]

League table (Group West)[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
8 Bodegas Rioja Vega 22 10 12 1569 1591 −22 32 Qualification to Group A2
9 CB Morón 22 10 12 1652 1670 −18 32
10 Basket Navarra 22 9 13 1714 1712 +2 31
11 Círculo Gijón 22 8 14 1649 1737 −88 30
12 Zornotza ST 22 7 15 1605 1645 −40 29
Source: FEB

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W L PF PA PD W L PF PA PD W L PF PA PD
12 5 7 919 952  −33 5 2 567 530  +37 0 5 352 422  −70

Source: FEB.es

Results by round[edit]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultLWLWWLLLWLWWLWL
Position87876779710888810
Source: FEB.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

22 September 2019
1
Zornotza Saskibaloi Taldea 73–65 Círculo Gijón Amorebieta-Etxano
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 11–22, 25–16, 21–11
Pts: Plaisance, Sakhniuk 18
Rebs: Plaisance 9
Asts: Olivier 5
PIR: Plaisance 30
Boxscore Pts: Reynolds 14
Rebs: Menéndez 11
Asts: Portugués, Ukawuba 4
PIR: Menéndez 20
Arena: Larrea
Referees: Martínez Estopiñán, Gómez Hernández
28 September 2019
2
Círculo Gijón 80–750(OT) CB Marbella Gijón
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 12–17, 22–13, 20–22Overtime: 9–4
Pts: Reynolds 32
Rebs: Reynolds 11
Asts: Portugués 7
PIR: Reynolds 44
Boxscore Pts: Fuentes 21
Rebs: Diatta 14
Asts: three players 1
PIR: Cameron 15
Arena: Palacio de Deportes
Referees: Esteve Malmierca, Álvarez-Ossorio Varela
2 October 2019
3
Juaristi ISB 84–62 Círculo Gijón Azpeitia
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 28–11, 21–20, 21–12
Pts: Guridi, Lowrance 14
Rebs: Dziuba, Lowrance 7
Asts: Reaves 3
PIR: Guridi 15
Boxscore Pts: Adón 23
Rebs: Adón 10
Asts: Jädersten 2
PIR: Adón 32
Arena: Municipal
Referees: Checa Nebot, Sastre del Río
6 October 2019
4
Círculo Gijón 78–67 Bodegas Rioja Vega Gijón
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 19–15, 25–18, 21–23
Pts: Adón 17
Rebs: Menéndez 10
Asts: Portugués, Reynolds 5
PIR: Adón, Menéndez 16
Boxscore Pts: Justice 15
Rebs: Alderete 3
Asts: Jordá, Spyridonidis 7
PIR: Spyridonidis 17
Arena: Palacio de Deportes
Referees: Garvin Domingo, Rilo Antelo
12 October 2019
5
Círculo Gijón 77–73 Cat&Rest Intragas-Clima CDP Gijón
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 16–14, 17–15, 25–24
Pts: Reynolds 23
Rebs: Reynolds 12
Asts: Portugués 7
PIR: Reynolds 31
Boxscore Pts: Casanova 22
Rebs: Soárez 9
Asts: Fernández 4
PIR: Casanova 16
Arena: Palacio de Deportes
Referees: González Zumajo, Puig Batlló
18 October 2019
6
Basket Navarra 94–84 Círculo Gijón Pamplona
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 22–16, 20–32, 25–16
Pts: Narros 18
Rebs: Thomas 9
Asts: Thomas 8
PIR: Thomas 20
Boxscore Pts: Adón 26
Rebs: Adón, Menéndez 6
Asts: Portugués 8
PIR: Adón 32
Arena: Arrosadia
Referees: Chiva López, Benavente Parra
26 October 2019
7
Círculo Gijón 73–77 CB Morón Gijón
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 11–16, 25–17, 21–23
Pts: Poyatos 19
Rebs: Jädersten, Menéndez 8
Asts: Adón, Moro 2
PIR: Poyatos 25
Boxscore Pts: Marco 13
Rebs: Gelazonia 5
Asts: Marco 3
PIR: Marco 18
Arena: Palacio de Deportes
Referees: Domingo Vilalta, Pellitero González
2 November 2019
8
Innova Chef 100–82 Círculo Gijón Zamora
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 29–25, 25–25, 28–19
Pts: Nicholas 27
Rebs: Cabral 9
Asts: Samar 6
PIR: Nicholas 34
Boxscore Pts: Reynolds 21
Rebs: Reynolds 9
Asts: three players 1
PIR: Reynolds 27
Arena: Ángel Nieto
Referees: Ávila Zurita, Garrido Tornero
9 November 2019
9
Círculo Gijón 88–78 Igualatorio Cantabria Estela Gijón
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 18–22, 25–9, 21–22
Pts: Adón 20
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Portugués 5
PIR: Reynolds 31
Boxscore Pts: Puondak 22
Rebs: Sanz 14
Asts: three players 2
PIR: Toledo 17
Arena: Palacio de Deportes
Referees: Villanueva Tena, Del Val Nuño
16 November 2019
10
Enerdrink UDEA Algeciras 71–59 Círculo Gijón Algeciras
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 21–11, 21–16, 16–18
Pts: Kaliničenko 19
Rebs: Ejim 21
Asts: Ortega 5
PIR: Ejim 28
Boxscore Pts: Adón 25
Rebs: Menéndez 10
Asts: Moro 5
PIR: Adón 25
Arena: Doctor Juan Carlos Mateo
Referees: Patricio López, Sastre del Río
23 November 2019
11
Círculo Gijón 81–88 UBU Tizona Gijón
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 13–19, 17–21, 25–26
Pts: Reynolds 21
Rebs: Menéndez 10
Asts: Portugués 3
PIR: Reynolds 20
Boxscore Pts: Ruiz de Galarreta 23
Rebs: Kody, Ruiz de Galarreta 6
Asts: Fernández 3
PIR: Ruiz de Galarreta 26
Arena: Palacio de Deportes
Referees: Gómez Hernández, Álvarez-Ossorio Varela
1 December 2019
12
Círculo Gijón 90–82 Zornotza Saskibaloi Taldea Gijón
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 28–18, 23–12, 16–28
Pts: Reynolds 21
Rebs: Poyatos 7
Asts: Adón, Moro 3
PIR: Reynolds 26
Boxscore Pts: Frías, Sakhniuk 18
Rebs: Sakhniuk 8
Asts: three players 2
PIR: Sakhniuk 24
Arena: Palacio de Deportes
Referees: Gómez Hernández, Álvarez-Ossorio Varela
7 December 2019
13
CB Marbella 70–66 Círculo Gijón Marbella
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 23–15, 11–14, 18–22
Pts: Kimbrough 18
Rebs: Jiménez 7
Asts: three players 3
PIR: Navajas 16
Boxscore Pts: Menéndez 22
Rebs: Menéndez 11
Asts: Adón 5
PIR: Menéndez 36
Arena: Carlos Cabezas
Referees: Ávila Zurita, García Martín
14 December 2019
14
Círculo Gijón 75–72 Juaristi ISB Gijón
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 18–16, 24–11, 19–28
Pts: Adón 23
Rebs: Menéndez 9
Asts: Portugués 4
PIR: Adón 20
Boxscore Pts: Reaves 20
Rebs: Lowrance 5
Asts: Lowrance 2
PIR: Powell 15
Arena: Palacio de Deportes
Referees: Pinela García, Pellitero González

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Saski Baskonia contará con un equipo en Liga EBA" [Saski Baskonia will have a team in Liga EBA] (in Spanish). Saski Baskonia. 5 July 2019.
  2. ^ "PRO B | Un ex-joueur d'euroligue à Gries !" [Pro B | A former Euroleague player at Gries!] (in French). BC Gries Oberhoffen. 10 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Jädersten, primer fichaje del Círculo Gijón para la próxima temporada" [Jädersten, first Círculo Gijón sign for the next season] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 10 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b "El Círculo Gijón incorpora a Jamal Reynolds y Joaquín Portugués a la plantilla" [Círculo Gijón adds Jamal Reynolds and Joaquín Portugués to the roster] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 19 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Eduardo Lada Provecho, nuevo escolta para el Círculo Gijón Baloncesto" [Eduardo Lada Provecho, new small forward for Círculo Gijón Baloncesto] (in Spanish). Spanish Basketball Federation. 21 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Gregorio Adón, un tirador para el Círculo" [Gregorio Adón, a shooter for Círculo] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 23 July 2019.
  7. ^ "El Círculo ficha a Ukawuba y renueva a Menéndez" [Círculo signs Ukawuba and renews Menéndez] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 24 July 2019.

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