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(Top) 1 History 1.1 Move to Mechelen 2 Arenas 3 Names 4 Honours 5 Season by season 6 Players 6.1 Current roster 6.2 Notable players 6.3 Individual awards 7 Head coaches 8 Women's basketball 8.1 Current roster 9 References 10 External links

Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen

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Kangoeroes Mechelen

Leagues

BNXT League

Founded

2009; 15 years ago

History

BBC Kangoeroes Boom
(2009–2013)
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek
(2013–2018)
Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen
(2018–present)

Arena

Winketkaai

Capacity

1,500

Location

Mechelen, Belgium

Team manager

Paul de Peuter

Head coach

Kristof Michiels

Championships

1 Belgian Second Division

Website

kangoeroesbasket.be

Home

Away

Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen, also known as KangoeroesorKangoeroes Mechelen, is a basketball club based in Mechelen, Belgium. Founded in 2009, the club plays in the BNXT League. Kangoeroes have been playing in the top tier division in Belgium for 11 years, since 2013.

Previously, the team played in Boom and Willebroek. In 2018, the club moved to Mechelen.

History[edit]

The logo of the club when it was based in Boom

The club was founded in 2009, as a result of a merger between BBC Kangoeroes Willebroek and Boom BBC. The team name was BBC Kangoeroes Boom, but in summer 2013 the team was renamed Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek. In the 2013–14 season, Kangoeroes entered the professional first tier Ethias League. The Kangoeroes received a C-licence from the Belgium Basketball Federation. This license allowed the team to play with a considerably lower budget than other teams.^[1]

Move to Mechelen[edit]

In January 2018, Kangoroes announced it would move the team to the city of Mechelen starting from the 2018–19 season. The arena in Willebroek did not fulfill the needs of the Division I. With its merger the club would merge with Pitzemburg Basket and the new team was Kangoeres Basket Mechelen.^[2]

Since the 2021–22 season, Kangoeroes plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.^[3]

Arenas[edit]

Duration	Arena	Location	Capacity
2013–2018	De Schalk	Willebroek	1,100
2018–present	Winketkaai	Mechelen	1,500

Names[edit]

'BBC Kangoeroes-Boom (2009–2013)
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek (2013–2018)
Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (2018–present)

Honours[edit]

BNXT Belgian Championship

Runners-up (1): 2021–22

Belgian Cup

Runners-up (1): 2020–21

Belgian Second Division

Champions (1): 2010–11
- Runners-up (2): 2009–10, 2012–13

Season by season[edit]

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Belgian Cup
2009–10	2	Second Division	2nd
2010–11	2	Second Division	1st
2011–12	2	Second Division	5th
2012–13	2	Second Division	2nd	Round of 16
2013–14	1	BLB	10th	Quarterfinalist
2014–15	1	BLB	9th	Round of 16
2015–16	1	BLB	9th	Quarterfinalist
2016–17	1	BLB	8th	Round of 16
2017–18	1	BLB	7th	Round of 16
2018–19	1	BLB	8th	Round of 16
2019–20	1	PBL	7th
2020–21	1	PBL	7th	Runners-up

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

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

Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
C	0	Davis, DeAndre	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	29 – (1994-11-23)23 November 1994
PG	3	Loubry, Domien	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	39 – (1985-03-03)3 March 1985
F	4	Mukubu, Wen	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	40 – (1983-08-02)2 August 1983
PF	5	Tshimanga, Godwin	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	23 – (2001-01-25)25 January 2001
PG	6	Van Buggenhout, Jo	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	21 – (2003-06-06)6 June 2003
SG	7	Kotrulja, Luka	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	26 – (1998-06-06)6 June 1998
F	8	Mennes, Joppe	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	21 – (2003-05-20)20 May 2003
SG	11	Fobbs, Brian	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	26 – (1998-02-17)17 February 1998
SF	14	Foerts, Jonas	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	27 – (1996-09-13)13 September 1996
C	15	Palinckx, Mattias	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	27 – (1997-02-17)17 February 1997
PG	24	Thomas, Larry	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	30 – (1993-10-19)19 October 1993
C	34	Aririguzoh, Richmond	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	25 – (1998-09-09)9 September 1998

Head coach

Kristof Michiels

Assistant coach(es)

Wim Van Poucke

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
Injured

Roster

Updated: August 22, 2022

Notable players[edit]

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Toarlyn Fitzpatrick (1 season: 2013–14)
Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca (1 season: 2013–14)
Mohamed Kherrazi (1 season: 2020–21)
Jito Kok (2 seasons: 2019–21)
Domien Loubry (2 seasons: 2020–present)
Wen Mukubu (1 seasons: 2021–present)

Individual awards[edit]

BNXT League Dream Team

Myles Stephens – 2022
Wen Mukubu – 2022

BNXT League Player of the Year

Wen Mukubu – 2022

BNXT League Coach of the Year

Kristof Michiels – 2022

Head coaches[edit]

Yves Defrainge (February–May 2018)
Paul Vervaeck (2018–present)

Women's basketball[edit]

Current roster[edit]

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

Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen Dames roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SG	1	Berkani, Lisa	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	27 – (1997-05-19)19 May 1997
PG	2	Van Gils, Eva	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	21 – (2002-12-15)15 December 2002
PG	4	Denys, Renée	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	19 – (2004-10-13)13 October 2004
F	6	Courthiau, Alicia	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	18 – (2005-12-06)6 December 2005
C	7	Morrison, Ziomara	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	35 – (1989-02-15)15 February 1989
F	8	Kibedi, Annie	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	16 – (2008-05-24)24 May 2008
SF	10	Résimont, Laure	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	26 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998
SG	11	De Vooght, Liese	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	20 – (2003-08-04)4 August 2003
F	12	Nauwelaers, Heleen	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	28 – (1996-03-14)14 March 1996
PF	20	Rembiszewska, Amalia	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	28 – (1996-03-02)2 March 1996
F	22	Bertsch, Morgan	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	27 – (1997-04-20)20 April 1997
F	33	Ibrahim, Tamara	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	19 – (2004-09-26)26 September 2004

Head coach

Arvid Diels

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2022-12-08

References[edit]

^ "C-licentie voor Kangoeroes/Boom, niet voor Brussel". Nieuwsblad.be. 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2014-03-28.

^ "Kangoeroes Willebroek verhuist naar Mechelen" [Kangoeroes Willebroek moves to Mechelen] (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad.be. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

^ "Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 July 2021.