2021–22 Donar (basketball club) season

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Donar
2021–22 season
ChairmanJannes Stokroos
Head coachMatthew Otten
ArenaMartiniPlaza
BNXT LeagueScheduled
Basketball Cup
FIBA Europe CupRegular Season
Biggest winCobraNova 57–107 Donar
(39 points; 11 December)
Biggest defeatDonar 63–92 ZZ Leiden
(29 points; 19 December)
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The 2021–22 Donar season is the 50th season in the existence of the club. The club will play its first season of the BNXT League, the newly established league which combines the Belgian and Dutch national leagues.

This was the first season under newly hired head coach Matthew Otten, who came over from Yoast United. Otten returned to Donar after playing a on the championship team in 2010.[1] Along with Otten, star point guard Austin Luke came over from United. Additionally, Donar recruited five new foreign players. The team managed to qualify for the regular season after it finished in second place in the qualifying tournnament hosted at MartiniPlaza. In the regular season, Donar failed to advance after taking big losses against London Lions and Medi Bayreuth.[2]

In the BNXT League season, Donar stumbled in the first quarter of the season with an opening day loss against Aris Leeuwarden. In early November, two new foreign players were signed in Donte Thomas and Jimmy Gavin. Donar ended the year 2021 with two losses against ZZ Leiden and Yoast United.

Players[]

Squad information[]

Donar roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PF 0 United States Thomas, Donte 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 25 – (1996-05-06)6 May 1996
PG 1 United States Luke, Austin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1994-10-27)27 October 1994
SF 2 United States Ingram, Donte 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 25 – (1996-08-15)15 August 1996
PG 5 Netherlands Williams, Leon 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 30 – (1991-07-25)25 July 1991
G 6 Netherlands 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999
PG 9 United States 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1991-08-28)28 August 1991
PF 12 Nigeria Egekeze, Amanze 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1995-12-03)3 December 1995
C 14 Netherlands Koenis, Thomas (C) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 32 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989
PF 19 Netherlands Brandwijk, Willem 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1995-07-31)31 July 1995
SF 21 United States Caruso, Henry 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1995-07-01)1 July 1995
C 24 Nigeria Nwogbo, Lotanna 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 28 – (1993-05-30)30 May 1993
PF 27 Netherlands 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2002-11-20)20 November 2002
F 32 Netherlands 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 20 – (2001-06-21)21 June 2001
SG 34 United States 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 30 – (1991-12-06)6 December 1991
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Netherlands Jan Stalman
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 14 November 2021

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

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Thomas Koenis Lotanna Nwogbo
PF Amanze Egekeze Willem Brandwijk Mark Roorda
SF Donte Ingram Donte Thomas Kjeld Zuidema
SG Henry Caruso Marquis Addison
PG Austin Luke Jimmy Gavin Leon Williams Sheyi Adetunji

Players with multiple nationalities[]

Transactions[]

In[]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Ends Date Source
1 PG United States Austin Luke 26 Yoast United Netherlands 2022 4 June 2020 [3]
2 G/F United States Donte Ingram 24 Nelson Giants New Zealand 2022 12 June 2020 [4]
34 SG United States 29 CSU Sibiu Romania 2022 22 June 2020 [5]
12 PF Nigeria Amanze Egekeze 25 France 2022 30 June 2020 [6]
27 PF Netherlands Mark Roorda 18 Donar U22 Netherlands 2022 26 July 2021 [7]
24 C Nigeria Lotanna Nwogbo 28 Coruña Spain 2022 26 July 2021 [8]
9 PG Netherlands 29 Akhisar Belediyespor Turkey 2022 12 November 2021 [9]
0 PF United States Donte Thomas 25 Alba Fehérvár Hungary 2022 14 November 2021 [10]

Out[]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Date Source
9 PF Croatia Damjan Rudež 34 Mutual consent 28 May 2021 [11]
1 SF Netherlands Nesta Agasi 20 Yoast United Netherlands End of contract 26 June 2021 [12]
3 PG Canada Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson 29 Bakken Bears Denmark End of contract 10 July 2021 [13]
7 SG United States DaVonté Lacy 28 Patrioti Levice Slovakia End of contract 20 July 2021 [14]
22 SG United States Will Moreton 23 End of contract
24 SG United States Justin Watts 31 End of contract
33 C United States Juwann James 34 SAM Massagno Switzerland End of contract 23 September 2021 [15]

Preseason[]

21 August 2021
1
 Donar Netherlands 113–43 Netherlands De Groene Uilen Groningen
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 38-13, 20-7, 25-7, 24-16
Pts: Ingram, 23
Rebs: Luke, 8
Asts: Luke, 15 		Pts: Swart, 11
Rebs: Visser, 5
Asts: Multiple, 2 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Attendance: 400
29 August 2021
2
 Bakken Bears Denmark 85–92 Netherlands Donar Aarhuus
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 17-24, 28-24, 8-24, 32-20
Pts: Evans, 19
Rebs: Taylor, 7
Asts: , 5 		Pts: Egekeze, 21
Rebs: , 8
Asts: Luke, 8
10 September 2021
3
 Donar Netherlands 70–59 United Kingdom Leicester Riders Veendam
14:00
Arena: Wildervanckhal
11 September 2021
4
 Donar Netherlands 90–72 United Kingdom Leicester Riders Groningen
14:00
Arena: MartiniPlaza
19 September 2021
5
 Landstede Hammers Netherlands 79–77 Netherlands Donar Zwolle
14:00
Arena: Landstede Sportcentrum

BNXT League[]

Domestic Phase[]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, games had to be played behind closed doors from 12 November.[16] Multiple games were re-scheduled to later dates.[17]

24 September 2021
1
 Aris Leeuwarden 81–80 Donar Leeuwarden
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 22–17, 11–13, 25–16
Pts: 21
Rebs: 9
Asts: Brock 5 		Boxscore Pts: Caruso 18
Rebs: Koenis 7
Asts: 6 		Arena: Kalverdijkje
Attendance: 500
26 September 2021
2
 Donar 96–60 Apollo Amsterdam Groningen
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 24–9, 33–17, 20–15
Pts: Ingram 23
Rebs: Ingram 10
Asts: Luke 8 		Pts: Taraš 12
Rebs: 5
Asts: Hope, Weijs 4 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Attendance: 2,000
6 October 2021
3
 The Hague Royals 52–91 Donar The Hague
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 15–22, 14–27, 6–20
Pts: 15
Rebs: Lopes 10
Asts: 5 		Boxscore Pts: Ingram 20
Rebs: Brandwijk 9
Asts: Williams 7 		Arena: Sportcampus Zuiderpark
Attendance: 139
9 October 2021
4
 Donar 67–690OT Landstede Hammers Groningen
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 9–6, 25–22, 9–8, Overtime: 7–9
Pts: Williams 23
Rebs: Nwogbo 11
Asts: Williams 7 		Boxscore Pts: Dahlman 20
Rebs: Dahlman 11
Asts: 6 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Attendance: 2,510
16 October 2021
5
 Den Helder Suns 78–88 Donar Den Helder
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 24–20, 20–29, 15–20
Pts: Van den Elzen 17
Rebs: 7
Asts: Three players 3 		Boxscore Pts: Caruso 25
Rebs: Caruso 14
Asts: Williams 5 		Arena: Sporthal Sportlaan
Attendance: 259
23 October 2021
6
 Donar 62–68 Heroes Den Bosch Groningen
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 18–14, 19–21, 6–12
Pts: Caruso 25
Rebs: Caruso 8
Asts: Williams 7
PIR: Egekeze 16 		Boxscore Pts: 15
Rebs: 8
Asts: Carlson 5
PIR: Carlson 19 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Attendance: 3,000
31 October 2021
7
 Landstede Hammers 63–75 Donar Zwolle
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 16-12, 14-12, 16-27, 17-24
Pts: Dahlman 19
Rebs: Dahlman 10
Asts: 4
PIR: Bleeker 17 		Boxscore Pts: Caruso 19
Rebs: Caruso 12
Asts: 6
PIR: Caruso 27 		Arena: Landstede Sportcentrum
Attendance: 500
5 December 2021
8
 Yoast United 81–87 Donar Bemmel
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 15–22, 20–25, 18–16
Pts: 21
Rebs: N'Guessan 12
Asts: Britt 6
PIR: N'Guessan 16 		Boxscore Pts: Egekeze 21
Rebs: Caruso 12
Asts: 6
PIR: Caruso 25 		Arena: De Kooi
Attendance: 10
14 November 2021
9
 Donar 83–40 BAL Groningen
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–7, 23–10, 21–8, 15–15
Pts: Nwogbo, 15
Rebs: Nwogbo 9
Asts: Williams 8
PIR: Nwogbo 26 		Pts: 9
Rebs: 5
Asts: De Vries 3
PIR: 10 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Attendance: 0
3 December 2021
10
 Donar 84–75 Feyenoord Groningen
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 19–21, 27–14, 15–23
Pts: Nwogbo 14
Rebs: Caruso, Nwogbo 6
Asts: Williams 8
PIR: Nwogbo 17 		Pts: 19
Rebs: Van der List 6
Asts: 3
PIR: Bruining 9 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Attendance: 0
19 December 2021
11
 Donar 63–92 ZZ Leiden Groningen
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 16–20, 15–25, 16–28
Pts: 15
Rebs: Nwogbo 7
Asts: Williams 5
PIR: Nwogbo 17 		Boxscore Pts: Bouwknecht 26
Rebs: Tubutis 8
Asts: Ververs 5
PIR: Bouwknecht 29 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Attendance: 0
22 December 2021
12
 Donar 84–85 Yoast United Groningen
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–28, 15–17, 22–22, 19–18
Pts: Nwogbo 24
Rebs: Caruso 14
Asts: Williams 3
PIR: Caruso 22 		Boxscore Pts: 18
Rebs: Ferguson 7
Asts: Wilson 6
PIR: Wilson 20 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Attendance: 0
11 January 2022
13
 Donar 85–58 The Hague Royals Groningen
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 20–15, 31–14, 16–9
Pts: Nwogbo 20
Rebs: Thomas 8
Asts: Williams 7
PIR: Nwogbo 24 		Boxscore Pts: 18
Rebs: 10
Asts: 10
PIR: Te Velde 16 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Attendance: 0
12 January 2021[a]
14
 Apollo Amsterdam 0–20 Donar Amsterdam
20:00
Arena: Apollohal
20 January 2022[b]
15
 BAL 0–20 Donar Weert
20:00
Arena: Sporthal Boshoven
22 January 2021
16
 ZZ Leiden vs. Donar Leiden
20:00
Arena: Vijf Meihal
29 January 2022
17
 Heroes Den Bosch vs. Donar Groningen
20:30
Arena: MartiniPlaza
26 January 2022
18
 Feyenoord vs. Donar Rotterdam
20:00
Arena: Topsportcentrum Rotterdam
16 February 2022
19
 Donar vs. Aris Leeuwarden Groningen
19:30
Arena: MartiniPlaza
19 February 2022
20
 Donar vs. Den Helder Suns Groningen
20:00
Arena: MartiniPlaza

Basketball Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 Dutch Basketball Cup
First Round
11 December 2021 CobraNova 57–103 Donar Voorburg
14:00
Report Arena: Forum Kwadraat
Quarterfinals
16 January 2022
1
 Landstede Hammers 73–85 Donar Zwolle
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 21–25, 22–25, 17–19
Pts: De Pagter 18
Rebs: Þorbjarnarson 12
Asts: 7 		Boxscore Pts: 18
Rebs: Egekeze 6
Asts: Addison, Williams 5 		Arena: Landstede Sportcentrum
Attendance: 1
1 February 2022
2
 Donar vs. Landstede Hammers Groningen
19:00
Arena: MartiniPlaza

FIBA Europe Cup[]

Qualification tournament[]

Donar played in the qualification tournament for the 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup, and was also awarded to host the tournament. Donar lost the final of the qualification to Benfica, but advanced as a Lucky Loser.[20]

29 September 2021
Semifinal
 Swans Gmunden Austria 53–80 Netherlands Donar Groningen
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 17–14, 15–30, 9–14
Pts: 12
Rebs: 8
Asts:
PIR: Aughburns, 12 		Boxscore Pts: Nwogbo 22
Rebs: Nwogbo, Ingram 9
Asts: Luke 7
PIR: Nwogbo, 29 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
1 October 2021
Final
 Donar Netherlands 73–81 Portugal Benfica Groningen
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 15–15, 20–22, 21–22
Pts: Nwogbo 17
Rebs: Nwogbo 7
Asts: Luke 9
PIR: Nwogbo 19 		Boxscore Pts: Ben Romdhane 19
Rebs: Clifford 7
Asts: 7
PIR: Ben Romdhane 23 		Arena: MartiniPlaza

Regular season[]

Donar was drawn into Group A of the regular season, where it faced three opponents which it never faced before.

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Medi Bayreuth 6 5 1 516 443 +73 11 Advance to second round
2 United Kingdom London Lions 6 5 1 501 444 +57 11
3 Netherlands Donar 6 2 4 426 463 −37 8
4 Austria Kapfenberg Bulls 6 0 6 432 525 −93 6
Source: Groups Standings
13 October 2021
1
 Donar Netherlands 60–79 United Kingdom London Lions Groningen
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 9–26, 22–21, 16–19
Pts: Nwogbo 13
Rebs: Williams 7
Asts: 8
PIR: Egekeze 13 		Boxscore Pts: Teague 22
Rebs: Washburn 11
Asts: 8
PIR: Teague 25 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
19 October 2021
2
 Donar Netherlands 64–71 Germany Medi Bayreuth Groningen
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 19–17, 18–19, 15–13
Pts: Caruso 20
Rebs: Caruso 10
Asts: Williams 8
PIR: Caruso 18 		Boxscore Pts: Sajus 22
Rebs: Allen 11
Asts: Doreth 5
PIR: Sajus 32 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
27 October 2021
3
 Kapfenberg Bulls Austria 85–890OT Netherlands Donar Kapfenberg
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 16–14, 18–19, 23–22, Overtime: 9–13
Pts: Jamar 18
Rebs: Jamar 7
Asts: 9
PIR: Jamar 23 		Boxscore Pts: Caruso 22
Rebs: Caruso 14
Asts: Koenis 6
PIR: Caruso 33 		Arena:
3 November 2021
4
 London Lions United Kingdom 85–67 Netherlands Donar London
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 16–19, 29–14, 24–16
Pts: Teague 17
Rebs: Washburn, Kelley 8
Asts: Teague 6
PIR: Teague 23 		Boxscore Pts: Egekeze, 19
Rebs: Brandwijk 9
Asts: Williams 10
PIR: Egekeze 20 		Arena: Copper Box
10 November 2021
5
 Medi Bayreuth Germany 84–61 Netherlands Donar Bayreuth
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 20–25, 22–13, 18–12
Pts: Wells 18
Rebs: Seiferth 8
Asts: Wells 7
PIR: Wells 26 		Boxscore Pts: Caruso, 13
Rebs: Caruso 9
Asts: Williams 5
PIR: Caruso 14 		Arena: Oberfrankenhalle
17 November 2021
6
 Donar Netherlands 85–59 Austria Kapfenberg Bulls Groningen
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 23–19, 24–18, 17–4
Pts: Ingram 16
Rebs: Caruso 7
Asts: Williams 6
PIR: Caruso 18 		Boxscore Pts: 15
Rebs: 7
Asts: Jamar 4
PIR: 17 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis, Hrvoje Ćavar, Polat Parlak

Notes[]

  1. ^ The game between Apollo Amsterdam and Donar was forfeited by Apollo due to COVID-19.[18]
  2. ^ The game between BAL and Donar on 20 January was forfeited by BAL after multiple players tested positive for COVID-19.[19]

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