2018–19 Círculo Gijón season

TeslaCard Círculo Gijón
2018–19 season
Chairman	Iván Menéndez
Head coach	Nacho Galán
Arena	Palacio de Deportes
LEB Plata	19th (relegated)
PIR leader	Shane Osayande 18.4
Scoring leader	Saúl Blanco 15.3
Rebounding leader	Shane Osayande 9.4
Assists leader	Saúl Blanco 2.9
Highest home attendance	1,600; Círculo 57–58 Juaristi ISB; (30 December 2018)
Lowest home attendance	600; Círculo 63–59 Clavijo; (14 November 2018)
Average home attendance	1,075
Home	Away
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Círculo Gijón season was their second in existence and their debut in professional basketball, after achieving one of the vacant places in LEB Plata, third division, after the expansion. The club was called TeslaCard Círculo Gijón for sponsorship reasons.

Overview[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

After failing to promote to Liga EBA in the club's first season, Círculo Gijón achieved one of the eight places created after the expansion of the LEB Plata from 16 to 24 teams.^[1]

Despite the sporting failure, Nacho Galán, owner, decided to continue as head coach and only former NBA player Robert Swift and Junior Johnson continued in the club. With the aim to promote Asturian players, Círculo Gijón signed four of them: former ACB and EuroLeague player Saúl Blanco, former LEB Plata Javier Menéndez, Alejandro Rubiera from local Liga EBA team Gijón Basket and Ángel Moro, who played two years ago also at Gijón Basket.

First stage[edit]

On 6 October 2018, Círculo Gijón beat Ávila Auténtica Carrefour "El Bulevar" in their debut in the professional basketball by 75–67.^[2] Four days later, the team lost their first match by wasting the work made in the first half against Quesería La Antigua CB Tormes with a disastrous third quarter, lost by 8–25. Osayande was the best player by performing 18 points and 12 rebounds and Nelson Yengue made his debut with the team. The week ended with the first home loss, against Basket Navarra Club. Despite winning the first quarter by 16 points, with nine three-points shots made, Navarra won the match thanks to a shot of Carles Marzo with only nine-tenths of a second left.

The bad streak continued on 21 October, at Azpeitia, with a 74–72 loss against Juaristi ISB after an overtime. With this third loss, Círculo Gijón was dropped to the last position of the Group West.

On 12 December, Círculo Gijón announced the come back of former Gijón Baloncesto point guard Rubén Suárez, that played with the club in the previous season. Subsequently, Junior Johnson was waived. In his first match, Círculo Gijón beat Quesería La Antigua CB Tormes by 78–66, continuing the team's good streak at home, with three consecutive wins. On 30 December, Círculo Gijón lost in the last second against Juaristi ISB in a match where point guard Ángel Moro was injured for the rest of the season. This was the first match of South African Pieter Prinsloo that, despite being signed in August, could not play with the club due to bureaucratic problems.

On 19 January, Círculo Gijón lost a very controversial home match against Aquimisa Laboratorios Queso Zamorano. After being losing by 14 points at the end of the third quarter, the Geometrics took the lead of the game when, with 1:30 left, Saúl Blanco was disqualified as being called an unsportsmanlike foul to him and a technical foul to Zamora player Anthony Libroia, thus meaning the visitors having one more free shot and recovering the possession.

One week later, despite losing at Bodegas Rioja Vega, Shane Osayande was named MVP of the week with a Performance Index Rating of 30.^[3]

Círculo Gijón ended the first stage with three consecutive wins for reaching the ninth position with nine wins and 13 losses. The club would start the group for avoiding the relegation with six wins and four losses.

Second stage[edit]

Círculo Gijón started the second stage with a huge home win against Arcos Albacete Basket by 79–62. Osayande, with 19 points 20 rebounds and four blocks, was chosen MVP of the week.^[4] However, the injury of Saúl Blanco, which only played a couple of minutes in the win against Albacete, dropped the team to the relegation positions after six consecutive losses.

Point guard Davy Baltus was fired in the week previous to the match of the seventh round against Torrons Vicens CB L'Hospitalet, that meant the come back of Saúl Blanco and a new win by beating the Catalans by a huge 86–52. However, despite winning four of the last five games, Círculo Gijón could not avoid relegation.

Saúl Blanco was named member of the team of the season.^[5]

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

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

TeslaCard Círculo Gijón roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	6	Baltus, Davy	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	32 – (1991-10-22)22 October 1991
SF	21	Blanco, Saúl	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	38 – (1985-05-16)16 May 1985
C	11	Đorđević, Nemanja	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	28 – (1995-05-10)10 May 1995
PG	0	Johnson, Junior	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	34 – (1989-09-05)5 September 1989
SG	14	Kimbrough, Martyce	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	28 – (1996-01-08)8 January 1996
PF	12	Menéndez, Javier	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	26 – (1997-08-05)5 August 1997
PG	3	Moro, Ángel	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	30 – (1993-10-11)11 October 1993
PF	22	Osayande, Shane	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	31 – (1993-01-20)20 January 1993
C	34	Prinsloo, Pieter	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	32 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992
SG	7	Rubiera, Alejandro	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	26 – (1998-04-17)17 April 1998
PG	10	Suárez, Rubén (C)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	46 – (1978-01-14)14 January 1978
C	31	Swift, Robert	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	38 – (1985-12-03)3 December 1985
SF	23	Yengue, Nelson	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	32 – (1992-03-01)1 March 1992

Head coach

Nacho Galán

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

In[edit]

From the previous season, only Robert Swift and Junior Johnson continued in the club. Rubén Suárez came back during the season after his retirement.

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Date
PG	Ángel Moro	24	Cazorla Jaén Paraíso Interior	23 July 2018
SG	Alejandro Rubiera	20	Gijón Basket	27 July 2018
PF	Javier Menéndez	21	NM Highlands Cowboys	10 August 2018
SG	Martyce Kimbrough	22	Findlay Oilers	15 August 2018
SF	Nelson Yengue	26	Laurentian Voyageurs	22 August 2018
SF	Saúl Blanco	33	Prat	27 August 2018
PF	Shane Osayande	25	Saskatchewan Huskies	29 August 2018
PF	Nemanja Đorđević	23	Tamiš	4 September 2018
C	Pieter Prinsloo	26	Toros de Aragua	4 October 2018
PG	Rubén Suárez	40	Free agent	11 December 2018
PG	Davy Baltus	27	Uppsala	24 January 2019

Out[edit]

As a result of promoting two divisions, Círculo Gijón changed all its roster before the season. During the season, Davy Baltus was fired due to disciplinary issues.

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Date	Source
PG		Davy Baltus	27	Free agent		12 April 2019

Club[edit]

Technical staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Nacho Galán
Assistant coach	Óscar Moro
Assistant coach	Emilio Pérez
Physical trainer	Jonás Vigil

Source: Círculo Gijón

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

9 September 2018 Trofeo Virgen de Valencia	Pas Piélagos	52–60	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Renedo de Piélagos
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 10–18, 16–17, 15–11
		Boxscore		Arena: Fernando Expósito

15 September 2018 Trofeo Concello de Chantada	Ucoga Seguros CB Chantada	52–75	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Chantada
19:30
			Pts: Osayande 26	Arena: Municipal

22 September 2018 Friendly	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	64–70	Liberbank Oviedo Baloncesto	Gijón
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 17–16, 16–13, 11–23
	Pts: Blanco 17	Boxscore	Pts: Puerto 14	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,100

25 September 2018 Friendly	Liberbank Oviedo Baloncesto	108–69	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Oviedo
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 32–17, 24–6, 19–21, 33–25
	Pts: Ahonen 21	Boxscore	Pts: Blanco 21	Arena: Pumarín

29 September 2018 Trofeo Principado de Asturias	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	80–73	Huniko Gijón Basket	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 23–11, 20–17, 19–22
	Pts: Swift 18	Boxscore	Pts: R. Ejim 27	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 910

LEB Plata[edit]

First stage[edit]

League table (Group West)[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
7	Bodegas Rioja Vega	22	12	10	1696	1657	+39	34	Qualification to Group A2
8	CB Extremadura Plasencia	22	10	12	1637	1576	+61	32
9	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	22	9	13	1640	1637	+3	31
10	Ávila Auténtica Carrefour "El Bulevar"	22	9	13	1563	1651	−88	31
11	Grupo Eleyco Baskonia B	22	7	15	1587	1696	−109	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
22	9	13	1640	1637	+3	7	4	822	752	+70	2	9	818	885	−67

Source: FEB.es

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W
Position	4	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9

Source: FEB.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

29 September 2018 1	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	75–67	Ávila Auténtica Carrefour "El Bulevar"	Gijón
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 24–11, 21–24, 14–16
	Pts: Moro 19 Rebs: Swift 8 Asts: Moro, Osayande 4 PIR: Moro, Osayande 21	Boxscore	Pts: Faye 14 Rebs: Faye 7 Asts: Cazorla 5 PIR: Faye, García 18	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 780 Referees: Sánchez Benito, Piñeiro Amondaray

11 October 2018 2	Quesería La Antigua CB Tormes	80–64	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Salamanca
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 23–16, 25–8, 15–15
	Pts: Round 16 Rebs: Moreno 8 Asts: Round 6 PIR: Moreno 19	Boxscore	Pts: Kimbrough 19 Rebs: Osayande 12 Asts: Blanco 6 PIR: Osayande 32	Arena: Würzburg Referees: Gallego Rodríguez, Del Val Nuño

14 October 2018 3	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	77–79	Basket Navarra	Gijón
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 34–18, 18–28, 6–17, 19–16
	Pts: Kimbrough 16 Rebs: Swift 9 Asts: Kimbrough 6 PIR: Swift 21	Boxscore	Pts: Hernández-Sonseca 20 Rebs: Hernández-Sonseca 8 Asts: Marzo 4 PIR: Hernández-Sonseca 16	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Pazos Pazos, Martín Vázquez

21 October 2018 4	Juaristi ISB	74–720(OT)	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Azpeitia
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 8–19, 16–17, 19–10, Overtime: 14–12
	Pts: Powell 26 Rebs: Salazar 17 Asts: Powell 7 PIR: Salazar 24	Boxscore	Pts: Blanco 27 Rebs: Osayande 11 Asts: Osayande 4 PIR: Blanco 21	Arena: Pabellón Municipal Referees: Murillo Khon, Báez Batista

27 October 2018 5	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	61–65	Igualatorio Cantabria Estela	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 15–16, 10–11, 19–22
	Pts: Kimbrough 14 Rebs: Menéndez 8 Asts: Moro 3 PIR: Osayande 16	Boxscore	Pts: Norris, Nadikjim 12 Rebs: Nadikjim 10 Asts: Kearse, Thomas 2 PIR: Kearse 15	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Lema Parga, Piñero Amondaray

3 November 2018 6	Zornotza Saskibaloi Taldea	87–82	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Amorebieta-Etxano
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 14–24, 28–18, 23–25
	Pts: Mazaira 24 Rebs: Bercy 7 Asts: Nimley 8 PIR: Nimley 29	Boxscore	Pts: Swift 22 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Blanco 5 PIR: Swift 25	Arena: Larrea Referees: Munar Bañón, Cortés Payá

10 November 2018 7	Aquimisa Laboratorios Queso Zamorano	94–83	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Zamora
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 27–24, 22–19, 22–17
	Pts: Libroia 26 Rebs: Iza 9 Asts: three players 3 PIR: Libroia 32	Boxscore	Pts: Kimbrough 25 Rebs: Đorđević 8 Asts: Đorđević 3 PIR: Đorđević 21	Arena: Ángel Nieto Referees: López Lecuona, Escartí Castañeda

14 November 2018 8	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	63–59	Bodegas Rioja Vega	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 19–8, 18–23, 18–6
	Pts: Blanco 24 Rebs: Menéndez, Yengue 10 Asts: Rubiera 2 PIR: Blanco 26	Boxscore	Pts: Niessen 14 Rebs: Niessen 8 Asts: Noguerol 6 PIR: Niessen 17	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 600 Referees: Carpallo Miguélez, González Morán

18 November 2018 9	CB Extremadura Plasencia	86–68	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Plasencia
12:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 29–15, 18–17, 18–15
	Pts: Morgan 17 Rebs: Morgan 8 Asts: Medina 8 PIR: Morgan 26	Boxscore	Pts: Blanco 18 Rebs: Blanco 8 Asts: Blanco 7 PIR: Blanco 24	Arena: Ciudad de Plasencia Referees: Marcos Gómez, Garvín Domingo

24 November 2018 10	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	87–73	Grupo Eleyco Baskonia B	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 19–15, 26–19, 15–23
	Pts: Osayande 22 Rebs: Osayande 13 Asts: Blanco 5 PIR: Osayande 34	Boxscore	Pts: González 22 Rebs: González 11 Asts: López 6 PIR: González 27	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,200 Referees: García Parejo, Martín Vázquez

1 December 2018 11	Marín Ence Peixe Galego	82–68	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Marín
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 16–18, 25–20, 23–11
	Pts: Gregory 20 Rebs: Badmus 17 Asts: Gregory, Romero 3 PIR: Badmus 30	Boxscore	Pts: Swift 16 Rebs: Osayande 12 Asts: Yengue 8 PIR: Osayande 15	Arena: A Raña Referees: Lucas Martínez, Lema Parga

8 December 2018 12	Ávila Auténtica Carrefour "El Bulevar"	77–73	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Ávila
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 17–20, 22–22, 21–17
	Pts: Lawrence-Ricks 18 Rebs: Faye, Santana 9 Asts: García 6 PIR: Santana 17	Boxscore	Pts: Menéndez 20 Rebs: Menéndez 20 Asts: Kimbrough, Blanco 2 PIR: Menéndez 27	Arena: Carlos Sastre Referees: Bravo Loroño, Báez Batista

12 December 2018 13	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	78–66	Quesería La Antigua CB Tormes	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 23–10, 17–21, 19–19
	Pts: Yengue 23 Rebs: Osayande 10 Asts: Moro 5 PIR: Yengue 27	Boxscore	Pts: Ehigitor 19 Rebs: Rivas 7 Asts: Moreno 4 PIR: Ehigitor 18	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 900 Referees: Carpallo Miguélez, González Cuervo

16 December 2018 14	Basket Navarra	78–70	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Pamplona
12:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 23–12, 17–14, 22–22
	Pts: Hernández-Sonseca 11 Rebs: Hernández-Sonseca 7 Asts: three players 3 PIR: Fuentes 18	Boxscore	Pts: Blanco, Đorđević 14 Rebs: Osayande 16 Asts: Kimbrough, Moro 3 PIR: Osayande 19	Arena: Arrosadia Referees: Alcázar Moreno, Garrido Tornero

30 December 2018 15	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	57–58	Juaristi ISB	Gijón
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 17–4, 13–22, 10–17
	Pts: Blanco 17 Rebs: Menéndez 12 Asts: three players 2 PIR: Menéndez 20	Boxscore	Pts: Beraza 15 Rebs: Beraza 14 Asts: Powell 5 PIR: Beraza 26	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Langa de Martín, Garvín Domingo

5 January 2019 16	Igualatorio Cantabria Estela	62–71	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Santander
13:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 17–15, 24–15, 2–23
	Pts: Atewe 13 Rebs: Atewe 15 Asts: Atewe 19 PIR: Menéndez 20	Boxscore	Pts: Swift 16 Rebs: Osayande 12 Asts: Blanco 7 PIR: Blanco 19	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Referees: Terreros San Miguel, Esteve Malmierca

12 January 2019 17	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	70–56	Zornotza Saskibaloi Taldea	Gijón
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 16–18, 14–9, 11–15
	Pts: Kimbrough 17 Rebs: Osayande 10 Asts: Kimbrough 3 PIR: Kimbrough 17	Boxscore	Pts: Champagnie, Sainz de la Maza 12 Rebs: Champagnie 13 Asts: Onwuasor 3 PIR: Sainz de la Maza 15	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Uruñuela Uruñuela, Del Val Nuño

19 January 2019 18	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	75–79	Aquimisa Laboratorios Queso Zamorano	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 15–18, 13–27, 27–17
	Pts: Rubiera 16 Rebs: Osayande 12 Asts: Blanco, Yengue 3 PIR: Osayande 19	Boxscore	Pts: Libroia 23 Rebs: Robinson, Somogyi 6 Asts: four players 3 PIR: Libroia 23	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,200 Referees: García Parejo, Gallego Rodríguez

27 January 2019 19	Bodegas Rioja Vega	88–84	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Logroño
12:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 24–19, 19–26, 20–20
	Pts: Parrado 26 Rebs: Lafuente 6 Asts: Noguerol 5 PIR: Noguerol 24	Boxscore	Pts: Osayande 17 Rebs: Osayande 12 Asts: Blanco, Osayande 2 PIR: Osayande 30	Arena: Palacio de los Deportes Referees: Iglesias Ambrosio, Martínez Estopiñán

2 February 2019 20	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	75–72	CB Plasencia Extremadura	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 18–15, 19–18, 18–18
	Pts: Blanco 27 Rebs: Osayande 10 Asts: Blanco, Menéndez 3 PIR: Blanco 36	Boxscore	Pts: Gallardo, Medina 18 Rebs: Gallardo, Mayot 6 Asts: Medina 9 PIR: Medina 22	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Pinela García, Piñeiro Amondaray

9 February 2019 21	Igualatorio Cantabria Estela	77–83	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Vitoria-Gasteiz
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 18–27, 24–25, 10–22
	Pts: Raieste 20 Rebs: Miller 8 Asts: López 6 PIR: Raieste 21	Boxscore	Pts: Kimbrough 20 Rebs: Swift 13 Asts: Blanco 5 PIR: Swift 26	Arena: Mendizorroza Referees: González Cuervo, Marcos Gómez

16 February 2019 22	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	104–78	Marín Ence Peixe Galego	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 28–18, 23–27, 34–15
	Pts: Kimbrough 19 Rebs: Yengue 9 Asts: Yengue 4 PIR: Yengue 29	Boxscore	Pts: Gregory 22 Rebs: Pantín 7 Asts: Orellano 3 PIR: Gregory 19	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 900 Referees: García Parejo, Villanueva Tena

Second stage[edit]

League table (Group A2)[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Relegation
5	Arcos Albacete Basket	22	13	9	1564	1604	−40	35
6	Grupo Eleyco Baskonia B	22	13	9	1658	1621	+37	35
7	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	22	11	11	1666	1619	+47	33	Relegation to Liga EBA
8	CB Extremadura Plasencia	22	10	12	1565	1513	+52	32
9	Ávila Auténtica Carrefour "El Bulevar"	22	10	12	1591	1601	−10	32

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	874	+45	3	3	484	420	+64	2	4	435	454	−19

Source: FEB.es

Results by round[edit]

Round	S	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Ground	–	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	–	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L
Position	5	3	5	5	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2019. Source: FEB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; = Relegation to Liga EBA

Matches[edit]

27 February 2019 1	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	79–62	Arcos Albacete Basket	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 15–23, 19–7, 23–11
	Pts: Kimbrough 20 Rebs: Osayande 20 Asts: four players 2 PIR: Osayande 36	Boxscore	Pts: Jukic 17 Rebs: Polanco 10 Asts: Polanco, Sanz 3 PIR: Jukic 11	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 700 Referees: Morales García-Alcaide, Villanueva Tena

2 March 2019 2	Torrons Vicens CB L'Hospitalet	74–63	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 17–8, 14–14, 21–16
	Pts: Creus, Diop 13 Rebs: Diop 9 Asts: Diop 4 PIR: García 17	Boxscore	Pts: Kimbrough 19 Rebs: Osayande 11 Asts: Baltus 4 PIR: Kimbrough 12	Arena: Nou Pavelló del Centre Referees: Lema Parga, Martínez Estopiñán

9 March 2019 3	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	72–79	CB Vic Universitat de Vic	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 22–30, 13–12, 22–20
	Pts: Osayande 17 Rebs: Osayande 11 Asts: three players 4 PIR: Osayande 31	Boxscore	Pts: Fornas 24 Rebs: Sabata, Vidal 6 Asts: Garrote 4 PIR: Fornas 26	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Franquesa Vázquez, Del Val Nuño

16 March 2019 4	Jafep Fundación Globalcaja La Roda	88–76	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	La Roda
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 19–23, 14–12, 27–25
	Pts: Adón 27 Rebs: Kougnia 6 Asts: Adón 6 PIR: Adón 34	Boxscore	Pts: Kimbrough 18 Rebs: Osayande 6 Asts: Rubiera 3 PIR: Osayande 21	Arena: Juan José Lozano Jareño Referees: López Córdoba, Checa Nebot

23 March 2019 5	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	74–77	Aceitunas Fragata Morón	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–31, 18–22, 14–13, 22–11
	Pts: Kimbrough 21 Rebs: Osayande 9 Asts: Osayande, Swift 2 PIR: Osayande 22	Boxscore	Pts: Aramburu 20 Rebs: Fall 8 Asts: Marco 5 PIR: Aramburu	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Carpallo Miguélez, Pinela García

30 March 2019 6	Hestia Menorca	92–74	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Mahón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 26–17, 28–17, 17–20
	Pts: Matalí 26 Rebs: Matalí 12 Asts: Jiménez 7 PIR: Matalí 31	Boxscore	Pts: Swift 14 Rebs: Prinsloo 11 Asts: Baltus 3 PIR: Swift 19	Arena: Pavelló Menorca Referees: Langa de Martín, González Zumajo

6 April 2019 7	Arcos Albacete Basket	69–62	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Albacete
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 15–19, 11–19, 24–8
	Pts: Polanco 15 Rebs: Van 10 Asts: Van 4 PIR: Van 23	Boxscore	Pts: Đorđević 14 Rebs: Osayande 10 Asts: Osayande 4 PIR: Đorđević 20	Arena: Pabellón del Parque Referees: Lizana Moreno, Báez Batista

14 April 2019 8	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	86–52	Torrons Vicens CB L'Hospitalet	Gijón
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 26–9, 24–18, 18–9
	Pts: Blanco 19 Rebs: Osayande 12 Asts: Rubiera 4 PIR: Osayande 28	Boxscore	Pts: Covington 17 Rebs: Covington, Gelazonia 5 Asts: four players 2 PIR: Covington 11	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,100 Referees: López Lecuona, Areste Giralt

21 April 2019 9	CB Vic Universitat de Vic	67–72	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Vic
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 20–17, 17–13, 20–25
	Pts: Domínguez, Torrent 12 Rebs: Fornas, Sabata 6 Asts: Campell, Torrent 4 PIR: Fornas, Torrent 14	Boxscore	Pts: Blanco 17 Rebs: Prinsloo 8 Asts: Kimbrough 6 PIR: Blanco 16	Arena: Castell d'en Planes Referees: Uruñuela Uruñuela, Chiva López

25 April 2019 10	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	98–70	Jafep Fundación Globalcaja La Roda	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 30–20, 27–23, 25–12, 16–15
	Pts: Kimbrough 34 Rebs: Prinsloo 10 Asts: three players 4 PIR: Kimbrough 34	Boxscore	Pts: Kougnia 15 Rebs: Kougnia 10 Asts: Herrero, Iroegbu 4 PIR: Kougnia 20	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 800 Referees: Muñoz García, Carrera Rosdevall

4 May 2019 11	Aceitunas Fragata Morón	64–88	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	Morón de la Frontera
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 19–19, 21–23, 10–23
	Pts: Rodríguez 21 Rebs: Fall 8 Asts: Vázquez 7 PIR: Rodríguez 20	Boxscore	Pts: Kimbrough 22 Rebs: Osayande 12 Asts: Kimbrough 6 PIR: Kimbrough 27	Arena: Alameda Referees: García León, Franquesa Vázquez

11 May 2019 12	TeslaCard Círculo Gijón	72–80	Hestia Menorca	Gijón
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 16–21, 26–23, 15–13
	Pts: Blanco 24 Rebs: Osayande, Prinsloo 9 Asts: Kimbrough 4 PIR: Blanco 17	Boxscore	Pts: Pack 20 Rebs: Orfila 7 Asts: three players 3 PIR: Méndez 21	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 1,300 Referees: López Herrada, Marcos Gómez

Statistics[edit]

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3FG%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	PIR per game

Player	GP	MPG	2FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
Davy Baltus	10	19.4	.471	.176	.667	1.8	1.8	0.6	0.1	4.5	1.3
Saúl Blanco	28	32.5	.500	.389	.788	4.1	2.9	1.3	0.2	15.3	16.6
David de la Vega	1	1.2	.000	.000	.000	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Nemanja Đorđević	31	15.9	.536	.375	.774	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	7.1	7.9
Junior Johnson	4	0.5	.143	.000	.000	1.5	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	–1.0
Martyce Kimbrough	34	31.0	.435	.376	.688	3.1	2.2	1.1	0.1	14.2	10.7
Javier Menéndez	28	19.2	.406	.348	.590	5.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	6.3	7.2
Ángel Moro	12	23.7	.545	.323	.526	1.7	2.3	0.8	0.1	6.3	4.7
Shane Osayande	31	27.6	.468	.353	.808	9.4	1.5	0.8	1.8	12.4	18.4
Pieter Prinsloo	20	24.7	.434	.316	.667	5.9	1.1	0.4	0.7	8.4	8.8
Alejandro Rubiera	34	15.3	.327	.307	.697	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.0	4.3	2.1
Rubén Suárez	13	5.4	.500	.000	.000	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.1
Robert Swift	33	22.8	.502	.286	.738	4.8	0.8	0.3	1.0	8.1	9.1
Ignacio Uccello	5	1.6	.000	.000	.000	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nelson Yengue	28	22.1	.496	.231	.653	3.5	1.6	0.7	0.1	5.7	6.4

Source: FEB.es

References[edit]

^ "El Círculo Gijón jugará la próxima temporada en LEB Plata" [Círculo Gijón will play the next season in LEB Plata] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ "El Círculo debuta a lo grande" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ "J.19: Shane Osayande, musculatura canadiense en el MVP de la esperanza" (in Spanish). FEB.es. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
^ "F-2 - J.11: Shane Osayande, dominio físico para el MVP de la estabilidad" (in Spanish). Spanish Basketball Federation.
^ "Quinteto ideal 2018/19: Una temporada de ilusiones y un triple bonus track" (in Spanish). Spanish Basketball Federation. 6 July 2019.

External links[edit]

[1] "El Círculo Gijón jugará la próxima temporada en LEB Plata" [Círculo Gijón will play the next season in LEB Plata] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

[2] "El Círculo debuta a lo grande" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[3] "J.19: Shane Osayande, musculatura canadiense en el MVP de la esperanza" (in Spanish). FEB.es. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

[4] "F-2 - J.11: Shane Osayande, dominio físico para el MVP de la estabilidad" (in Spanish). Spanish Basketball Federation.

[5] "Quinteto ideal 2018/19: Una temporada de ilusiones y un triple bonus track" (in Spanish). Spanish Basketball Federation. 6 July 2019.

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