2019–20 Donar (basketball club) season

Donar
2019–20 season
Chairman	Jannes Stokroos
Head coach	Erik Braal
Arena	MartiniPlaza
Dutch Basketball League	2nd place
NBB Cup	Finalist
Basketball Champions League	Qualifying Round
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 1 July 2019.

The 2019–20 Donar season was the 48th season in the existence of the club. The club will play in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) and NBB Cup. Donar also played the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Champions League. It was the fifth season under head coach Erik Braal.

On 12 March 2020, the season was postponed until 31 March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] On 14 March, the DBL announced to suspend the competition to at least 2 May.^[2] On 20 March, the DBL cancelled the rest of the season while naming no champion.^[3]

Players

Squad information

2019–20 Donar roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SG	0	Williams Jr., Matt (I)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	31 – (1993-10-14)14 October 1993
PF	1	Thomas, Donte (I)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	28 – (1996-05-06)6 May 1996
G	3	Adetunji, Sheyi	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)		25 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999
PG	5	Williams, Leon	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	33 – (1991-07-25)25 July 1991
G	7	Hoexum, Yoeri	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)		25 – (1999-02-05)5 February 1999
SF	8	Dourisseau, Jason (I)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	41 – (1983-12-07)7 December 1983
G	9	de Vries, Jef	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)		24 – (2000-05-16)16 May 2000
G/F	11	Hammink, Shane	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	30 – (1994-07-22)22 July 1994
PG	12	Love, Carrington (I)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	30 – (1994-01-06)6 January 1994
C	14	Koenis, Thomas (C)	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	35 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989
F/C	25	Smith, Andrew (I)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	32 – (1992-12-14)14 December 1992
F	28	Sedoc, Jeffrey	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		26 – (1998-04-28)28 April 1998
C	33	McCarthy, Matt (I)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	28 – (1996-07-30)30 July 1996
G	42	Taylor, Vernon (I)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	37 – (1987-02-15)15 February 1987

Head coach

Erik Braal

Assistant coach(es)

Meindert van Veen

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

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

Players with multiple nationalities

Jason Dourisseau

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Thomas Koenis	Matt McCarthy
PF	Donte Thomas	Andrew Smith	Jeffrey Sedoc
SF	Shane Hammink	Jason Dourisseau	Sheyi Adetunji
SG	Matt Williams Jr.	Vernon Taylor	Yoeri Hoexum
PG	Carrington Love	Leon Williams	Jef de Vries

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Date	Source
5	G	Leon Williams	27	Den Helder Suns	Free	2021	25 June 2019	^[4]
1	PF	Donte Thomas	23	KTP	Free	2020	4 July 2019	^[5]
12	PG	Carrington Love	25	Kangoeroes Mechelen	Free	2020	15 July 2019	^[6]
0	SG	Matt Williams Jr.	25	Kymis	Free	2020	15 July 2019	^[7]
33	C	Matt McCarthy	23	San Francisco Dons	Free	2020	2 August 2019	^[8]
6	F	Deshawn Freeman	25	Worcester Wolves	Free	2020	7 August 2019	^[9]
42	G	Vernon Taylor	32	Keravnos	Free	2020	15 October 2019	^[10]
25	PF	Drew Smith	26	Södertälje	Free	2020	29 November 2019	^[11]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Date	Source
15	C	Rienk Mast	18	Bradley Braves	End of contract	21 January 2019	^[12]
12	PG	Tim Hoeve	21	Aris Leeuwarden	End of contract	24 June 2019	^[13]^[14]
0	F	Grant Sitton	26	Rostock Seawolves	End of contract	24 June 2019	^[13]^[14]
33	C	Drago Pašalić	35	ZZ Leiden	End of contract	13 August 2019	^[15]
44	G	Arvin Slagter	33	–	End of contract	24 June 2019	^[13]
33	G	Sean Cunningham	32	–	End of contract	24 June 2019	^[13]
5	SG	Teddy Gipson	39	–	End of contract	24 June 2019	^[13]
34	PG	Lance Jeter	31	–	End of contract	24 June 2019	^[13]
6	PF	Deshawn Freeman	25	Södertälje	Undisclosed	29 November 2019	^[11]

Preseason

Win Loss

28 August 2019 1	Donar	57–81	Filou Oostende	Groningen

		Report		Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 0

30 August 2019 2	De Groene Uilen	46–84	Donar	Bedum

		Report		Arena: De Beemden Attendance: 700

1 September 2019 3	Kangoeroes Mechelen	60–77	Donar	Mechelen

	Pts: Fletcher 17	Report	Pts: Love 20

4 September 2019 4	Donar	89–42	Feyenoord	Groningen

	Pts: Williams Jr. 18	Report	Pts: Stolk 12	Arena: MartiniPlaza

7 September 2019 5	Bakken Bears	70–78	Donar	Aarhus

		Report	Pts: Love 19 Rebs: Thomas 11 Asts: Love 4	Arena: Vejlby-Risskov Hallen

9 September 2019 6	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	89–83	Donar	Oldenburg

		Report		Attendance: 0

13 September 2019 7	Donar	85–60	Phoenix Hagen	Veendam

	Pts: Williams Jr. 20	Report		Arena: Wildervanckhal

Dutch Basketball League

Regular season

2 October 2019 1	Donar	100–63	Apollo Amsterdam	Groningen
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 23-13, 27-23, 28-11, 22-16
	Pts: Hammink 21 Rebs: McCarthy 9 Asts: Williams Jr., Carrington Love 6	Report	Pts: Berend Weijs 20 Rebs: Berend Weijs, Jesse Markusse 7 Asts: Keyshawn Bottelier 7	Arena: MartiniPlaza

5 October 2019 2	Donar	91–75	Heroes Den Bosch	Groningen
	Scoring by quarter: 26-14, 22-11, 17-28, 26-22
	Pts: Williams Jr. 35 Rebs: Shane Hammink 11 Asts: Hammink, Love 4	Report	Pts: Wilson 22 Rebs: Van der Mars 9 Asts: Clarance 4	Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 3,200

8 October 2019 3	Feyenoord	103–93	Donar	Rotterdam
	Scoring by quarter: 32-15, 31-25, 22-25, 17-28
	Pts: Snider 28 Rebs: Woods 7 Asts: Snider 9	Report	Pts: Williams Jr., Thomas 23 Rebs: Koenis 8 Asts: Love 8	Arena: Topsportcentrum Rotterdam

13 October 2019 4	Landstede Hammers	77–70	Donar	Zwolle
	Scoring by quarter: 25-21, 12-21, 18-13, 22-15
	Pts: Johnson 22 Rebs: Kherrazi 11 Asts: Dorsey-Walker, Kherrazi 4		Pts: Thomas 20 Rebs: Thomas 7 Asts: Love 7	Arena: Landstede Sportcentrum

19 October 2019 5	Den Helder Suns	72–100	Donar	Den Helder

	Pts: van der Vuurst de Vries 18 Rebs: Brussen 8 Asts: Gorissen, Miller 3	Report	Pts: Thomas 20 Rebs: Three players 5 Asts: Hammink, Love 4	Arena: Sporthal Sportlaan

26 October 2019 6	Aris Leeuwarden	70–103	Donar	Leeuwarden

	Pts: Idowu 22 Rebs: Koopmans & Idowu 7 Asts: Koopmans 6	Boxscore	Pts: Thomas 26 Rebs: Thomas 8 Asts: Love 9	Arena: Kalverdijkje

10 November 2019 7	Donar	74–68	Feyenoord	Groningen

	Pts: Thomas 16 Rebs: Thomas 11 Asts: Love 5	Boxscore	Pts: Snider 27 Rebs: Lawton 7 Asts: Woods	Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 3,640^[16]

16 November 2019 8	Apollo Amsterdam	71–86	Donar	Amsterdam
	Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 22–21, 17–21, 13–19
	Pts: Vitkovic 19 Rebs: Vitkovic & Weijs 7 Asts: Cannefax 8	Boxscore	Pts: Thomas & Dourisseau 17 Rebs: Koenis 8 Asts: Love 8	Arena: Apollohal

23 November 2019 9	ZZ Leiden	72–80	Donar	Leiden

	Pts: J. Williams 22 Rebs: J. Williams 5 Asts: Persons 8	Boxscore	Pts: Love 19 Rebs: Koenis 13 Asts: Love 9	Arena: Vijf Meihal

28 November 2019 10	Heroes Den Bosch	65–59	Donar	's-Hertogenbosch

	Pts: Wilson 16 Rebs: Caruso 7 Asts: Chambers 6	Boxscore	Pts: Thomas 13 Rebs: Thomas 9 Asts: Love & Hammink 4	Arena: Maaspoort

7 December 2019 11	Donar	vs.	BAL	Groningen

				Arena: MartiniPlaza

14 December 2019 12	Den Helder Suns	vs.	Donar	Den Helder

				Arena: Sporthaal Sportlaan

Basketball Champions League

First qualifying round

17 September 2019	Benfica	95–65	Donar	Lisbon

	Pts: Betinho 21 Rebs: Hallman 10 Asts: Murry 8	Report	Pts: Thomas 16 Rebs: Thomas 7 Asts: Thomas, Love 5	Arena: Pavilhão Fidelidade

20 September 2019	Donar	76–66 (141–161 agg.)	Benfica	Groningen
19:30
	Pts: Love 16 Rebs: McCarthy 7 Asts: Love 6	Report	Pts: Murry 21 Rebs: Downs 7 Asts: Downs 4	Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 3,500

FIBA Europe Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	5	1	496	410	+86	11	Advance to second round
2	Spirou	6	3	3	473	467	+6	9	Advance to second round
3	Donar	6	2	4	386	454	−68	8
4	Phoenix Brussels	6	2	4	468	492	−24	8

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Regular season

22 October 2019 1	Donar	75–56	Phoenix Brussels	Groningen
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 17–14, 27–21, 10–9
	Pts: Thomas 26 Rebs: Koenis 11 Asts: Koenis 7 PIR: Thomas 28	Boxscore	Pts: Fairell 18 Rebs: Cumberbatch 12 Asts: Loubry, Cumberbatch 5	Arena: MartiniPlaza

30 October 2019 2	Pınar Karşıyaka	77–57	Donar	İzmir
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 17–16, 23–12, 21–18
	Pts: Taylor 16 Rebs: Birsen 8 Asts: Taylor 4 PIR: Bitim 18	Boxscore	Pts: Hammink 12 Rebs: Williams Jr. 6 Asts: Three players 2 PIR: Hammink 12	Arena: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Karşıyaka Sport Hall

6 November 2019 3	Spirou	87–56	Donar	Charleroi
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 22–13, 23–9, 22–15
	Pts: Beane 33 Rebs: Sharma 8 Asts: Libert 5 PIR: Beane 34	Report	Pts: Freeman 13 Rebs: Koenis 7 Asts: Love, Taylor 2 PIR: Freeman 10	Arena: Spiroudome

13 November 2019 4	Phoenix Brussels	70–72	Donar	Brussels
	Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 23–22, 15–19, 4–13
	Pts: Foerts 18 Rebs: Cumberbatch 13 Asts: Cumberbatch, Augustin-Farrell 4 PIR: Cumberbatch 20	Boxscore	Pts: Williams Jr. 20 Rebs: Love 8 Asts: Love 7 PIR: Williams Jr. 24	Arena: Sports Complex Neder-Over-Heembeek

20 November 2019 5	Donar	62–79	Pınar Karşıyaka	Groningen
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 16-12, 15-19, 16-20, 15-28
	Pts: Hammink 15 Rebs: Williams Jr. 5 Asts: Koenis 3 PIR: Hammink 18	Boxscore	Pts: M'Baye 20 Rebs: Birsen 6 Asts: Triche 3 PIR: Morgan & M'Baye 17	Arena: MartiniPlaza

27 November 2019 6	Donar	64–78	Spirou	Groningen
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 14-11, 19-20, 8-29
	Pts: Thomas 15 Rebs: Freeman 9 Asts: Love 6 PIR: Freeman 14	Boxscore	Pts: Beane 28 Rebs: Schoepen 7 Asts: Libert 7 PIR: Beane 19	Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 3,300

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Source:^[17]

Dutch Basketball League

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Donte Thomas	18	27.6	.556	.319	.725	7.4	2.6	1.0	0.6	15.7
Matt Williams Jr.	21	27.2	.437	.424	.761	3.2	1.7	0.7	0.1	14.6
Carrington Love	22	29.3	.463	.304	.667	3.9	5.8	2.3	0.0	13.4
Shane Hammink	19	26.5	.440	.349	.797	4.5	2.7	1.2	0.4	11.0
Andrew Smith	10	20.1	.520	.400	.429	5.8	1.2	1.0	1.0	9.6
Vernon Taylor	16	22.0	.423	.327	.826	2.6	2.3	1.3	0.1	8.1
Thomas Koenis	20	24.3	.570	.190	.515	6.5	3.0	1.2	0.4	8.0
Matt McCarthy	22	18.3	.532	.360	.765	5.3	0.7	0.5	0.4	7.7
Jason Dourisseau	15	21.3	.494	.405	.812	2.0	1.6	0.7	0.3	7.3
Deshawn Freeman	9	16.2	.475	.000	.714	4.0	1.1	0.7	0.0	5.3
Leon Williams	12	15.8	.487	.200	.714	2.0	2.0	0.7	0.1	3.8
Sheyi Adetunji	7	5.1	.500	.200	.000	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	1.9
Yoeri Hoexum	5	3.9	.500	.000	.667	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.6
Jef de Vries	7	3.6	.667	.667	.000	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.9
Jeffrey Sedoc	2	1.5	.000	.000	.000	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

References

^ "Alle basketbalwedstrijden tot en met 31 maart gaan niet door". Basketball League. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ "DBL stelt competitie uit tot minstens 2 mei". Basketball League. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ "DBL beëindigt seizoen 2019-2020" [DBL ends 2019-2020 season]. Basketball League (in Dutch). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^ "Leon Williams tekent voor twee seizoenen bij Donar". Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^ "Donar contracteert Donte Thomas". Retrieved 6 July 2019.
^ "Carrington Love tekent bij Donar". Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^ "Donar contracteert Matt Williams Jr". Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Donar contracteert Matt Williams Jr". Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Donar contracteert Deshawn Freeman". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ "Donar voegt Vernon Taylor toe aan de selectie". Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Donar haalt Smith terug naar Groningen, Freeman vertrekt". RTV Noord. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ "Basketballer Rienk Mast (17) verruilt Donar voor avontuur in Verenigde Staten". Dagblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 2019-01-21. Archived from the original on 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Bericht van het bestuur: We will bounce back". Retrieved 26 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Grant Sitton verstärkt die SEAWOLVES". 23 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
^ "Leiden sign Drago Pasalic". Sportando. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^ "Donar verslaat Rotterdam in verdedigend duel".
^ "Donar Groningen Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

External links

Donar website

[1] "Alle basketbalwedstrijden tot en met 31 maart gaan niet door". Basketball League. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[2] "DBL stelt competitie uit tot minstens 2 mei". Basketball League. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

[cancelled-3] "DBL beëindigt seizoen 2019-2020" [DBL ends 2019-2020 season]. Basketball League (in Dutch). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

[4] "Leon Williams tekent voor twee seizoenen bij Donar". Retrieved 1 July 2019.

[5] "Donar contracteert Donte Thomas". Retrieved 6 July 2019.

[6] "Carrington Love tekent bij Donar". Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[7] "Donar contracteert Matt Williams Jr". Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[8] "Donar contracteert Matt Williams Jr". Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[9] "Donar contracteert Deshawn Freeman". Retrieved 7 August 2019.

[10] "Donar voegt Vernon Taylor toe aan de selectie". Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[smith-11] "Donar haalt Smith terug naar Groningen, Freeman vertrekt". RTV Noord. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

[12] "Basketballer Rienk Mast (17) verruilt Donar voor avontuur in Verenigde Staten". Dagblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 2019-01-21. Archived from the original on 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2021-01-06.

[a-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Bericht van het bestuur: We will bounce back". Retrieved 26 July 2019.

[seawolves.de-14] "Grant Sitton verstärkt die SEAWOLVES". 23 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[15] "Leiden sign Drago Pasalic". Sportando. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[16] "Donar verslaat Rotterdam in verdedigend duel".

[17] "Donar Groningen Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

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