The Drake University men's basketball program has a long and storied tradition of preparing players for long and prosperous basketball careers overseas in international competition. Currently, nearly a dozen Bulldogs are competing across the globe. Here are some of the top performances by former Drake standouts in the last week courtesy of Eurobasket.com

 • Josh Young (Germany) led Rasta Vechta to a 1-point victory against the closely-ranked Giessen 46ers (6-4) 84-83 in the German BBL in Saturday night's game. He recorded 14 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 24 minutes. Rasta Vechta (6-4) is placed sixth in the BBL. It was his team's third consecutive victory in a row. But this is still an early stage of the season and everything may happen. Young has relatively good stats this year 12.0ppg, 2.1rpg and 2.7apg in seven games he played so far. 

• Reed Timmer (Germany) led Walter Tigers Tuebingen to a victory over the closely-ranked Artland Dragons (5-8) crushing them 99-79 in the German ProA (second division) last Saturday. Timmer was MVP of the game. He recorded a double-double by scoring 23 points and making 10 passes. Timmer also added 5 rebounds; quite an impressive performance considering it's only his first season in pro basketball. Walter Tigers Tuebingen (6-7) is placed tenth in the ProA. It's Timmer's first year with the team. Timmer has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages 17.6ppg, 3.2rpg and 2.9apg. 

• Ben Simons (Spain) contributed to a Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro CAB's surprising victory against the sixth-ranked Zaragoza (6-5) 86-78 in the Spanish Liga Endesa on Saturday night. He scored 14 points in a mere 18 minutes. Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro CAB (4-7) is placed 13th in the Liga Endesa. It was his team's first victory after three consecutive loses. But the season just started, so everything may happen. This year Simons averages 9.8ppg, 2.6rpg and 1.8apg in five games. 

• Gary Ricks (Mexico) helped Abejas de Guanajuato win their game against the fourth-ranked Laguneros (9-9) 103-84 in the Mexican LNBP (second division) in Thursday night's game. Ricks recorded 16 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Abejas de Guanajuato (7-11) is placed fifth in South group. Ricks has relatively good stats this season 11.1ppg, 3.1rpg and 2.1apg. 

• Jacob Enevold Jensen (Denmark). Jensen could not help Svendborg (8-2) to beat Horsens IC (2-3) in the Danish BasketLigaen. He recorded 8 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in 28 minutes. The second-placed Svendborg (8-2) was crushed 105-78 on the road by the lower-ranked (#6) Horsens IC in the ProA group. This year Jensen averages 10.0ppg, 6.4rpg and 1.3bpg in 10 games. 

• AJ Calvin (Germany), plays in the German ProB (third division) but was not able to help ETB Wohnbau (2-10) in their last game on Saturday. Despite his good performance the 12th-placed ETB Wohnbau was defeated 82-76 at home by the much higher-ranked Muenster (#4) in the North group. Calvin was the top scorer with 14 points. He also added 5 rebounds. This season Calvin has very high stats. He averages 16.5ppg, 6.2rpg, 1.9apg and 1.4spg.