BK Jēkabpils | |||
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Nickname | Lūši (Lynxes) | ||
Leagues |
LBL Baltic League |
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Founded | 2012 | ||
Arena | Jēkabpils Sporta nams | ||
Location | Jēkabpils, Latvia | ||
Team colors |
White and Red |
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President | Leonīds Salcevičs | ||
Head coach | Rūdolfs Rozītis | ||
Website | bkjekabpils.lv | ||
Uniforms | |||
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BK Jēkabpils is a professional basketball club based in Jēkabpils, Latvia, playing in the Latvian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. It was founded in 2012 and since then the club is playing in LBL higher division. The club's home arena is the Jēkabpils Sporta nams.
In its first season the club entered the Latvian Basketball League playoff quarterfinals, which they lost to Barons kvartāls team. Already in the next 2013–2014th season the club had even greater success with their coach Igors Miglinieks to win LBL bronze medals. In their third season Jēkabpils outplayed Liepāja/Triobet and the second year in a row obtained LBL bronze.