Brian Beshara

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Brian Beshara
Personal information
Born (1977-12-30) 30 December 1977 (age 46)
Dallas, Texas
NationalityLebanese / American
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Highland Park
(University Park, Texas)
College Rice (1996–1997)
LSU (1998–2001)
NBA draft 2001: undrafted
Playing career2001–2010
Position Forward
Career history
2001–2004 Hekmeh BC
2004–2005 Blue Stars
2005–2006 Champville SC
2006–2007 Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2007–2008 Al Mouttahed
2008–2009 Hekmeh BC
2009 Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2009–2010 Hekmeh BC
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
FIBA Asia Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Doha Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Tokushima Team

Brian Anthony Beshara (Feghali) (born 30 December 1977) is a former Lebanese basketball player. Beshara was also a member of the Lebanese national basketball team. At 6'8", he was Lebanon's starting forward and played an important role on both the offensive and defensive sides. His former LSU coach John Brady describes him as follows:"Brian Beshara is a good basketball player. He's tough. He's competitive. He believes in what he's doing." [1]

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College and Club Basketball

After graduating from Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas, Beshara played college basketball first for one year at Rice and then three years with the LSU Tigers.

In 2001, he joined Lebanese Champions and Arab and Asian Club Champions Sagesse Beirut (Hekmeh), where he teamed up with local stars such as Fadi El Khatib and Elie Mechantaf and played under National Coach Ghassan Sarkis.

Following a two-year spell at Hekmeh BC (also known as Sagesse), Beshara left for the recently formed Lebanese club, Blue Stars, where he played for a couple of years during which he was limited with various injuries. After Blue Stars, Beshara rejoined his former coach, Sarkis, for the 2005/2006 season, with his new team, Champville SC.

Following a disagreement with the club's management[ citation needed ], Beshara left Champville and found himself without a team for the 2006/2007 season, as Champville refused to free him from his contract and let him join league champions Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut. Later on, he played for a short period in Al Mouttahed, then spent some time between Hekmeh BC and Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut.

National Team Basketball

Brian Beshara was an important asset for Lebanese national basketball team. He played part in the qualification to both the 2002 and 2006 world championships in Indianapolis and Japan, respectively.

Below are some statistics [2] for his performance with the national team.

CompetitionPPGRPGAPG
FIBA Asia Championship for Men 20078.15.40.3
FIBA World Championship 20069.84.62

One of the highest achievements realized by the Lebanese national basketball team was their 74–73 victory over the French national basketball team on August 23, 2006 during the 2006 World Championship in Sendai, Japan. In the game, Beshara scored 11 points and led the team with 8 rebounds. [3]

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