2021–22 Donar (basketball club) season

Donar
2021–22 season
Chairman	Jannes Stokroos
Head coach	Matthew Otten
Arena	MartiniPlaza
BNXT League	Scheduled
Basketball Cup	Scheduled
FIBA Europe Cup	In progress
Biggest win	The Hague 52–91 Donar; (39 points; 6 October)
Biggest defeat	Donar 60–79 London Lions; (19 points; 13 October)

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. It is also the first season under new head coach Matthew Otten.

Summary

On 25 May 2021, Donar announced Matthew Otten, former player of the team, would be the new head coach of the club.[1]

Players

Squad information

Donar roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PF	0	Thomas, Donte	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	25 – (1996-05-06)6 May 1996
PG	1	Luke, Austin	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	27 – (1994-10-27)27 October 1994
SF	2	Ingram, Donte	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	25 – (1996-08-15)15 August 1996
PG	5	Williams, Leon	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	30 – (1991-07-25)25 July 1991
G	6	Adetunji, Sheyi	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)		22 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999
PG	9	Gavin, Jimmy	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	30 – (1991-08-28)28 August 1991
PF	12	Egekeze, Amanze	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	26 – (1995-12-03)3 December 1995
C	14	Koenis, Thomas (C)	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	32 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989
PF	19	Brandwijk, Willem	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	26 – (1995-07-31)31 July 1995
SF	21	Caruso, Henry	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	26 – (1995-07-01)1 July 1995
C	24	Nwogbo, Lotanna	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	116 kg (256 lb)	28 – (1993-05-30)30 May 1993
PF	27	Roorda, Mark	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)		19 – (2002-11-20)20 November 2002
F	32	Zuidema, Kjeld	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	20 – (2001-06-21)21 June 2001
SG	34	Addison, Marquis	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	30 – (1991-12-06)6 December 1991

Head coach

Matthew Otten

Assistant coach(es)

Jan Stalman

Legend

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

Roster

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

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Date	Source
1	PG	Austin Luke	26	Yoast United	2022	4 June 2020	[2]
2	G/F	Donte Ingram	24	Nelson Giants	2022	12 June 2020	[3]
34	SG	Marquis Addison	29	CSU Sibiu	2022	22 June 2020	[4]
12	PF	Amanze Egekeze	25	BC Gries-Oberhoffen	2022	30 June 2020	[5]
27	PF	Mark Roorda	18	Donar U22	2022	26 July 2021	[6]
24	C	Lotanna Nwogbo	28	Coruña	2022	26 July 2021	[7]
9	PG	Jimmy Gavin	29	Akhisar Belediyespor	2022	12 November 2021	[8]
0	PF	Donte Thomas	25	Alba Fehérvár	2022	14 November 2021	[9]

Out

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

Preseason

21 August 2021 1	Donar	113–43	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	85–92	Donar	Aarhuus
14:00	Scoring by quarter: 17-24, 28-24, 8-24, 32-20
	Pts: Evans, 19 Rebs: Taylor, 7 Asts: Darboe, 5		Pts: Egekeze, 21 Rebs: Addison, 8 Asts: Luke, 8

10 September 2021 3	Donar	70–59	Leicester Riders	Veendam
14:00
				Arena: Wildervanckhal

11 September 2021 4	Donar	90–72	Leicester Riders	Groningen
14:00
				Arena: MartiniPlaza

19 September 2021 5	Landstede Hammers	79–77	Donar	Zwolle
14:00
				Arena: Landstede Sportcentrum

BNXT League

Domestic Phase

24 September 2021 1	Aris Leeuwarden	81–80	Donar	Leeuwarden
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 22–17, 11–13, 25–16
	Pts: Brock 21 Rebs: Logan 9 Asts: Brock 5	Boxscore	Pts: Caruso 18 Rebs: Koenis 7 Asts: Addison 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: Kayhan 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: Lopes 15 Rebs: Lopes 10 Asts: Kumelis 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: Echols 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: Brussen 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: Mounce 15 Rebs: Carlson 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: Echols 4 PIR: Bleeker 17	Boxscore	Pts: Caruso 19 Rebs: Caruso 12 Asts: Addison 6 PIR: Caruso 27	Arena: Landstede Sportcentrum Attendance: 500

14 November 2021 8	Donar	vs.	BAL	Groningen
20:00
				Arena: MartiniPlaza

20 November 2021 9	ZZ Leiden	vs.	Donar	Leiden
20:00
				Arena: Vijf Meihal

3 December 2021 9	Donar	vs.	Feyenoord	Groningen
20:00
				Arena: MartiniPlaza

5 December 2021 10	Yoast United	81–87	Donar	Bemmel
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 15–22, 20–25, 18–16
	Pts: Wilson 21 Rebs: N'Guessan 12 Asts: Britt 6 PIR: N'Guessan 16	Boxscore	Pts: Egekeze 21 Rebs: Caruso 12 Asts: Addison 6 PIR: Caruso 25	Arena: De Kooi Attendance: 10

17 December 2021 11	Apollo Amsterdam	vs.	Donar	Amsterdam
20:00
				Arena: Apollohal

19 December 2021 12	Donar	vs.	ZZ Leiden	Groningen
20:00
				Arena: MartiniPlaza

22 December 2021 13	Donar	vs.	Yoast United	Groningen
20:00
				Arena: MartiniPlaza

2 January 2022 14	Feyenoord	vs.	Donar	Rotterdam
20:00
				Arena: Topsportcentrum Rotterdam

5 January 2022 15	Donar	vs.	Aris Leeuwarden	Groningen
20:00
				Arena: MartiniPlaza

7 January 2022 16	Donar	vs.	Den Helder Suns	Groningen
20:00
				Arena: MartiniPlaza

9 January 2022 17	Donar	vs.	The Hague Royals	Groningen
20:00
				Arena: MartiniPlaza

2 January 2022 18	BAL	vs.	Donar	Weeert
20:00
				Arena: Sporthal Boshoven

29 January 2022 19	Heroes Den Bosch	vs.	Donar	Groningen
20:00
				Arena: MartiniPlaza

Basketball Cup

11 December 2021 First Round	CobraNova	vs.	Donar	Voorburg
14:00
				Arena: Forum Kwadraat

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.[15]

29 September 2021 Semifinal	Swans Gmunden	53–80	Donar	Groningen
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 17–14, 15–30, 9–14
	Pts: Blazan 12 Rebs: Aughburns 8 Asts: Anderson PIR: Aughburns, 12	Boxscore	Pts: Nwogbo 22 Rebs: Nwogbo, Ingram 9 Asts: Luke 7 PIR: Nwogbo, 29	Arena: MartiniPlaza

1 October 2021 Final	Donar	73–81	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: Barbosa 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	Medi Bayreuth	6	5	1	516	443	+73	11	Advance to second round
2	London Lions	6	5	1	501	444	+57	11	Advance to second round
3	Donar	6	2	4	426	463	−37	8
4	Kapfenberg Bulls	6	0	6	432	525	−93	6

Source: Groups Standings

13 October 2021 1	Donar	60–79	London Lions	Groningen
	Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 9–26, 22–21, 16–19
	Pts: Nwogbo 13 Rebs: Williams 7 Asts: Addison 8 PIR: Egekeze 13	Boxscore	Pts: Teague 22 Rebs: Washburn 11 Asts: Reese 8 PIR: Teague 25	Arena: MartiniPlaza

19 October 2021 2	Donar	64–71	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	85–890OT	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: Scott 9 PIR: Jamar 23	Boxscore	Pts: Caruso 22 Rebs: Caruso 14 Asts: Koenis 6 PIR: Caruso 33	Arena: Walfersamhalle

3 November 2021 4	London Lions	85–67	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, Addison 19 Rebs: Brandwijk 9 Asts: Williams 10 PIR: Egekeze 20	Arena: Copper Box

10 November 2021 5	Medi Bayreuth	84–61	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, Addison 13 Rebs: Caruso 9 Asts: Williams 5 PIR: Caruso 14	Arena: Oberfrankenhalle

17 November 2021 6	Donar	85–59	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: Briggs 15 Rebs: Briggs 7 Asts: Jamar 4 PIR: Briggs 17	Arena: MartiniPlaza Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis, Hrvoje Ćavar, Polat Parlak

References

"Matthew Otten is de nieuwe coach van Donar". Donar. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
"Donar Contracteert Austin Luke". Retrieved 4 June 2021.
"Donar Contracteert Donte Ingram". Retrieved 12 June 2021.
"Marquis Addison Versterkt Donar/". Retrieved 22 June 2021.
Brink, Adriaan van den (30 June 2021). "Amanze Egekeze nieuwe forward voor Donar". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
Brink, Adriaan van den. "Mark Roorda maakt stap naar Donar 1". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
Brink, Adriaan van den. "Donar compleet met komst Lotanna Nwogbo". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
Knollema, Kim. "Donar versterkt zich met Jimmy Gavin". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
Knollema, Kim. "Donar versterkt zich met Donte Thomas". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
"Damjan Rudez keert niet terug bij Donar". Donar. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
"Nesta Agasi nieuw gezicht bij Yoast United". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
"Bears henter ny point guard | Basketball | Bakken Bears Officielle Website" (in Danish). 10 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
"DO TÍMU PATRIOTOV PRICHÁDZA AMERIČAN DAVONTÉ LACY" (in Slovak). 20 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
"Juwann James (ex Groningen) signs at Massagno". Eurobasket.com. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
"FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season lineup confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

External links

Donar website

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[1] "Matthew Otten is de nieuwe coach van Donar". Donar. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[2] "Donar Contracteert Austin Luke". Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[3] "Donar Contracteert Donte Ingram". Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[4] "Marquis Addison Versterkt Donar/". Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[5] Brink, Adriaan van den (30 June 2021). "Amanze Egekeze nieuwe forward voor Donar". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[6] Brink, Adriaan van den. "Mark Roorda maakt stap naar Donar 1". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[7] Brink, Adriaan van den. "Donar compleet met komst Lotanna Nwogbo". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[8] Knollema, Kim. "Donar versterkt zich met Jimmy Gavin". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[9] Knollema, Kim. "Donar versterkt zich met Donte Thomas". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 November 2021.

[10] "Damjan Rudez keert niet terug bij Donar". Donar. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[11] "Nesta Agasi nieuw gezicht bij Yoast United". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[12] "Bears henter ny point guard | Basketball | Bakken Bears Officielle Website" (in Danish). 10 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[13] "DO TÍMU PATRIOTOV PRICHÁDZA AMERIČAN DAVONTÉ LACY" (in Slovak). 20 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[14] "Juwann James (ex Groningen) signs at Massagno". Eurobasket.com. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

[15] "FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season lineup confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

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