JL Bourg Basket

Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the LNB Élite, the national top division.^[1] Their home arena is Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3,548 people.

JL Bourg
Nickname	La Jeu La JL
Leagues	LNB Élite EuroCup
Founded	1910; 115 years ago (1910)
Arena	Ekinox
Capacity	3,548
Location	Bourg-en-Bresse, France
President	Julien Desbottes
Head coach	Frederic Fauthoux
Website	jlbourg-basket.com
Home Away

Bourg has also represented France in European competition, including the second level EuroCup.

History

The club was officially founded in 1910 by Henri Mamet, who also became the first president of JL Bourg.^[2] In 1956, the team won its first title when it won the Ain regional championship.

The team joined professional competition in 1996 when it entered the LNB Pro B, the national second division.^[3]

In 2014, JL Bourg adopted its new home arena, Ekinox, with a capacity of 3,500 spectators. This replaced the Salle des Sports^[4] which had a capacity of 2,300. In the same year, the team also promoted to the Pro A after it won the Pro B Playoffs. They relegated back after the 2014–15 season.

In the 2019–20 season, Bourg was in the 5th place until the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2020–21 season, Bourg will make its European debut when it will play in the EuroCup.^[5]

During the 2023–24 season, Bourg had the first pick of the 2024 NBA draft Zaccharie Risacher on its roster which was on a loaned from LDLC ASVEL.^[6] In the EuroCup, Bourg had its most successful European season in club history after reaching the finals following a 2–1 semifinal win over Beşiktaş.^[7] But however, they lost to Paris Basketball in the 2024 EuroCup Finals.

Honours

JL Bourg playing a home game at the Ekinox

Domestic competitions

• LNB Pro A Leaders Cup

Runners-up (3): 2006, 2019, 2023

• Pro B

Champions: 2016–17

• Pro B Leaders Cup

Champions: 2016

European competitions

• EuroCup

Runners-up (1): 2024

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Record	French Cup	Other competitions		European competitions
2011–12	2	Pro B	9th
2012–13	2	Pro B	8th
2013–14	2	Pro B	2nd
2014–15	1	Pro A	18th
2015–16	2	Pro B	5th			Pro B Leaders Cup	C
2016–17	2	Pro B	1st			Pro B Leaders Cup	SF
2017–18	1	Pro A	9th	17–17	Eightfinalist
2018–19	1	Pro A	9th	19–15	Round of 32
2019–20[a]	1	Pro A	5th	16–9	Eightfinalist
2020–21	1	Pro A	5th	22–12				2 EuroCup	R16
2021–22	1	Pro A	11th	15–19	Quarterfinalist			2 EuroCup	RS
2022–23	1	Pro A	4th	19–15	Quarterfinalist	Pro A Leaders Cup	RU	2 EuroCup	EF
2023–24	1	Pro A	4th	25–9	Eightfinalist	Pro A Leaders Cup	SF	2 EuroCup	RU
2024–25	1	Pro A	5th	20–15	Semifinalist	Pro A Leaders Cup	QF	2 EuroCup	RS

1. The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bourg played only 25 games and had a 16–9 record.

Players

Main category: JL Bourg Basket players

Jérome Sanchez wearing the Bourg jersey in 2014

Current roster

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JL Bourg roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 4 Nelson, Adrian 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 25 – (1999-10-05)5 October 1999 F/C 34 Kokila, Kevin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (2001-09-03)3 September 2001 PG McGhee, Darius 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 26 – (1999-06-02)2 June 1999 G/F Mokoka, Adam 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – (1998-07-18)18 July 1998 PF Lindo, Ricky 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (2000-09-23)23 September 2000 SG Gach, Both 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 26 – (1999-02-04)4 February 1999 F/C Mbaya, Yvann 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 24 – (2001-02-23)23 February 2001 G McDowell-White, Will 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 27 – (1998-04-13)13 April 1998 F/C Mitchell, Tre 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 24 – (2000-09-24)24 September 2000 SG Labanca, Antony 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1994-07-30)30 July 1994 F Shumate, JT 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1999-06-28)28 June 1999	Head coach Frederic Fauthoux Assistant coach(es) Boban Savović Jonathan Nebout Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: July 9, 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Kevin Kokila	Tre Mitchell	Yvann Mbaya
PF	Ricky Lindo	Adrian Nelson
SF	JT Shumate	Both Gach
SG	Adam Mokoka	Antony Labanca
PG	William McDowell-White	Darius McGhee	Assemian Moulare

Notable players

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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.

• Antoine Gomis
• Marc-Antoine Pellin
• Zaccharie Risacher
• Jérôme Sanchez
• Arthur Rozenfeld
• Tomáš Kyzlink
• Mathieu Wojciechowski
• Youssou Ndoye
• Kadeem Allen
• Devin Booker
• Rob Gray
• Chris Johnson
• Jalen Jones
• Trey Lewis
• Garrett Sim
• Chase Simon
• Steven Smith
• Jordan Theodore
• LaMonte Ulmer
• Frantz Massenat

Individual awards

• Pro A Most Valuable Player
  • Zachery Peacock – 2018