The 9 teams of the men’s National 2 have played one round of the regular season so far. It is time to take a look at the scoring list of the league.
Compared to the previous 2022/23 season, more JICL players score more than 6 points per game on average in the National 2. While only 13 players were listed last season after the first round, a total of 19 players is listed this season after 8 games. 17-year old Angelos Caruso of Telstar Hesper leads all JICL scorers with nearly 16 points per game, Telstar has not a game so far this season, the promoted team has not added a professional player to its roster. Thierry Schaaf from the surprising co-leader Schieren and Philippe Arendt of the second co-leader Heffingen are tied for second place.
JICL PLAYERS
Angelo Caruso (Hesper) – 15.8 points per game
Thierry Schaaf (Schieren) – 13.5
Philippe Arendt (Heffingen) – 13.5
Daniel Freichel (Schieren) – 11.8
Jordan Kreps (Zolwer) – 11.4
Tom Schomer (Heffingen) – 10.6
Mathieu Lafontaine (Zolwer) – 10.3
Yvan Neves (Zolwer) – 10.0
Max Hilger (Racing) – 9.9
Louis Soragna (Racing) – 9.5
Tim Schomer (Heffingen) – 8.9
Francis Kneip (Schieren) – 8.6
Steve Kuhlmann (Mondorf) – 8.0
Roberto Pavan (Bascharage) – 7.7
Tom Roden (Hesper) – 7.3
Denis Pleimling (Hesper) – 6.6
Tom Martin (Mess) – 6.6
Sven Bartholomey (Mondorf) – 6.0
Christophe Laures (Racing) – 6.0
The NON-JICL category is led by Mondorf’s Jackson Meshanic who averages 30+ points per game as the only player in the league.
NON JICL PLAYERS
Jackson Meshanic (Mondorf) – 31.3 points per game
Tylik Evans (Zolwer) – 28.3
Marquavian Stephens (Mersch) – 27.9
Jeremiah Culver (Mersch) – 27.1
Jonathan Janssen (Heffingen) – 25.4
Flenar Whitfield (Racing) – 25.1
Eddie Davis (Racing) – 24.6
Luke Harper (Mondorf) – 24.4
Jeffrey Perkins (Mess) – 23.9
Joshua Reynolds (Schieren) – 23.8
Alan Bedirhanoglu (Bascharage) – 23.8
Ky Howard (Mess) – 22.4
John Burkholder (Heffingen) – 21.0
Maurice Gordon (Zolwer) – 17.6
Desean Hampton (Schieren) – 15.1
Ahmed Bjelak (Mess) – 11.3
Badara Faye (Bascharage) – 10.6
Notes:
– Players need to have played at least 5 games in order to be listed. Non-JICL players are listed with 10+ points per game, JICL players are listed with 6+ points per game.
In 36 games, the home team won 19 times and the road team was able to win 17 games this season.
The standings:
| Team | Record | Points |
| Schieren | 7:1 | 15 |
| Heffingen | 7:1 | 15 |
| Mondorf | 5:3 | 13 |
| Racing | 5:3 | 13 |
| Black Star | 4:4 | 12 |
| Zolwer | 4:4 | 12 |
| BC Mess | 3:5 | 11 |
| Bascharage | 1:7 | 9 |
| Telstar | 0:8 | 8 |
