# 2019–20 Brescia Leonessa season

The 2019–20 season is Brescia Leonessa's 11th in existence and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

## Overview

Brescia writes the club's history in Europe by achieving the Top16 of the EuroCup Basketball for the first time since its foundation. They were eliminated in the very last match against Reyer Venezia.
The 2019-20 season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone. Brescia ended the championship in 3rd position.

## Kit

Supplier: Errea / Sponsor: Germani
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## Players
### Current roster

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Tyler Cain | Andrea Zerini | Tommaso Guariglia |
| PF | Ken Horton | Brian Sacchetti | |
| SF | Awudu Abass | David Moss | |
| SG | DeAndre Lansdowne | Marco Ceron | |
| PG | Luca Vitali | Tommaso Laquintana | Travis Trice |
5+5 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 6 | C | Tyler Cain | 30 | Pallacanestro Varese | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 18 June 2019 |
| 30 | F | Ken Horton | 29 | Astana | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 24 June 2019 |
| 9 | SG | DeAndre Lansdowne | 30 | Braunschweig | 1 years | June 2020 | Free | 27 June 2019 |
| 18 | C | Tommaso Guariglia | 21 | Fortitudo Agrigento | 2 + 1 + 1 years | June 2021 | Free | 15 July 2019 |
| 1 | G | Angelo Warner | 27 | Soproni KC | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 30 September 2019 |
| 15 | F | Ojārs Siliņš | 26 | Scandone Avellino | 2 months | January 2020 | Free | 4 December 2019 |
| 2 | PG | Travis Trice | 26 | SIG Strasbourg | end of season | June 2020 | Undisclosed | 15 January 2020 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 1 | SG | Jordan Hamilton | 28 | Metros de Santiago | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 9 | SG | Jared Cunningham | 28 | Santa Cruz Warriors | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 10 | G/F | Matteo Caroli | 28 | Pallacanestro Senigallia | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 18 | C | Gerald Beverly | 25 | Amatori Udine | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 15 | F | Ojārs Siliņš | 26 | Gravelines-Dunkerque | mutual consent | Free | 29 January 2020 |
| 1 | G | Angelo Warner | 28 | Scafati Basket | transfer | Undisclosed | 18 February 2020 |

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 34 | SF | David Moss | 36 | Olimpia Milano | 1 + 1 + 2 year | June 2020 | Free | 21 March 2016 |
| 7 | PG | Luca Vitali | 33 | Vanoli Cremona | 1 + 1 + 4 years | June 2022 | Free | 16 July 2016 |
| 41 | PF | Brian Sacchetti | 33 | Dinamo Sassari | 2 + 3 year | June 2021 | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| 8 | PG | Tommaso Laquintana | 24 | Pistoia Basket | 1 + 1 years | June 2020 | Free | 21 June 2018 |
| 0 | F/C | Andrea Zerini | 30 | Scandone Avellino | 1 + 1 years | June 2020 | Free | 25 June 2018 |
| 4 | SG | Marco Ceron | 27 | V.L. Pesaro | 2 years | June 2020 | Free | 11 July 2018 |
| 5 | SF | Awudu Abass | 26 | Olimpia Milano | 2 years | June 2020 | Free | 19 July 2018 |

#### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Replaces | Replaces | Date | Type |
| | Vincenzo Esposito | 50 | Dinamo Sassari | | 2 | 2021 | 26 May 2019 | | Andrea Diana | 17 May 2019 | mutual consent |

#### Unsuccessful deals

The following deal never activated and the player's contract was withdrawn before the beginning of the season.
| Signing date | Withdrawal date | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Moved to | Moved to |
| 19 July 2019 | 24 September 2019 | G | | Bronson Koenig | 24 | Mornar Bar | | 1 year | Erie BayHawks | |

## Competitions
### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1719 | 1500 | +219 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 2 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1703 | 1506 | +197 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Germani Basket Brescia | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1707 | 1554 | +153 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 4 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1687 | 1555 | +132 | Already qualified for EuroLeague |
| 5 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1776 | 1696 | +80 | Qualification for Champions League |

### EuroCup
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | UNICS | 10 | 6 | 4 | 783 | 775 | +8 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Germani Brescia Leonessa | 10 | 6 | 4 | 705 | 725 | −20 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 3 | Darüşşafaka Tekfen | 10 | 5 | 5 | 746 | 708 | +38 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 4 | Joventut | 10 | 5 | 5 | 838 | 834 | +4 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 5 | Nanterre 92 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 792 | 809 | −17 | |
| 6 | Cedevita Olimpija | 10 | 4 | 6 | 799 | 812 | −13 | |

#### Top 16

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Promitheas | 6 | 4 | 2 | 440 | 383 | +57 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 452 | 462 | −10 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 3 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 6 | 2 | 4 | 474 | 501 | −27 | |
| 4 | Germani Brescia Leonessa | 6 | 2 | 4 | 421 | 441 | −20 | |

### Italian Cup

Brescia qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 3rd place. They lost the first match in the quarter-finals against Pompea Fortitudo Bologna.