CHAMPAIGN -- Brad Underwood further solidified his Illinois basketball frontcourt Tuesday with the official addition of Belgian big man Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk.
The 6-foot-7, 220-pound forward most recently averaged 16 points, six rebounds and six assists for the KA Pegasus secondary-school program out of Ostend, Belgium. The Lommel, Belgium, native announced via Instagram on Saturday that he'd signed with the Illini.
Also among Bosmans-Verdonk's hoops experience is time representing Belgium in the FIBA U16 European Championship and a role KA Pegasus' fourth-place finish in this year's International School Sport Federation World Schools Championship.
"Benjamin is a young man who we feel fits our system extremely well," Underwood said in a statement.