May 25, 2013
Qualifying Round Game 4 - October 01, 2010 CET: 20:30 Local time: 20:30 - ASTROBALLE
Asvel Basket 71 - 63 Le Mans Sarthe

Records

Ave.   Ave.
1-2 Qualifying Round 3-0
1-2 Overall 3-0

Referees

Crew Chief
ARTEAGA, JUAN CARLOS, Spain
Referee
CONDE, ANTONIO, Spain
Umpire
SAHIN, TOLGA, Italy

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
74.7 Points 80.3
29.3 Rebounds 28.7
7.7 O. Rebounds 9.3
21.7 D. Rebounds 19.3
14.0 Assists 19.7
7.7 Steals 8.7
3.0 Blocks 1.7
18.3 Turnovers 14.7
55.0 % 2PT 64.6 %
35.5 % 3PT 31.8 %
77.0 % FT 77.8 %
76.3 Index 92.0
Team Stats - Asvel Basket
Team Stats - Le Mans Sarthe

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
22.3 / VASSALLO, ANGEL DANIEL Points 14.7 / Batista
6.7 / Zizic Rebounds 4.0 / RUPERT, THIERRY
2.3 / JEFFERSON, JERRY DAVON OR 1.3 / Koffi
5.3 / Zizic DR 3.0 / Batista
4.3 / HAMMONDS, CLIFFORD DANIEL Assists 6.0 / Pellin
2.3 / HAMMONDS, CLIFFORD DANIEL Steals 2.7 / DIOT, ANTOINE
1.0 / HAMMONDS, CLIFFORD DANIEL Blocks 1.0 / RUPERT, THIERRY
4.0 / HAMMONDS, CLIFFORD DANIEL Turnovers 3.7 / Pellin
68.8 % / JEFFERSON, JERRY DAVON 2PT 100.0 % / DEWAR, BENJAMIN
75.0 % / Gelabale 3PT 41.7 % / DIOT, ANTOINE
100.0 % / Gelabale FT 100.0 % / Acker
20.0 / VASSALLO, ANGEL DANIEL Index 13.7 / Koffi
Team Roster - Asvel Basket
Team Roster - Le Mans Sarthe

THE TAKE

One of France's signature clubs will have a chance to reach the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season, but it's up to Asvel Basket and Le Mans to settle between them which team that will be. Their two-game qualifying series ends Friday in Lyon-Villeurbanne with Asvel ejoying home-court advantage but Le Mans holding a 10-point lead. Le Mans won their opener at home on Tuesday by 85-75 thanks to great tenacity until the finish of what had been a tie game early in the fourth quarter. Le Mans posted a 15-7 offensive rebounding advantage which, along with 17 turnovers for Asvel, spelled the difference in that game. Most tellingly, five different Le Mans players had 2 or more offensive rebounds, including a game-high 3 by diminutive point guard Marc-Antoine Pellin, which shows they outhustled Asvel as a team. Neither team has relied on deep shooting, so the activity around the basket is likely to tip this series one way or the other. Asvel's major bright spot so far in the qualifying rounds is swingman A.D. Vassalo, who has been a sure scorer and piled up 29 points against Le Mans. His ability to drive strong, shoot deep and draw fouls make Vassallo a true threat. Le Mans will have to limit him if it hopes not to squander its advantage. Vassallo has a co-hort in Mickael Gelabale on the wing and Andrija Zizic in the paint, but Asvel needs big man Davon Jefferson and the backcourt duo of Cliff Hammonds and Paul Lacombe to step up on Friday. Le Mans got a better spread of production in Game 1, when Ryvon Covile didn't miss a shot and led the rebounding charge, while Antoine Diot did a litte of everything. Charles Kahudi, Alex Acker and Ben Dewar will all be asked to help stop Vassallo. Whether they can do that, or he succeeds in motivating his teammates and the Asvel fans, could be a deciding factor in the game and the series. The winner will advance to the third and final qualifying round next week, probably against Khimki Moscow Region, the probable winner over Budivelnik of Ukraine, for a winner-take-all shot at the 2010 regular season!

REFEREES: Juan Carlos Arteaga, Antonio Conde, Tolga Sahin


Asvel Basket ASVEL BASKET

Le Mans LE MANS
Roster
No. Player Country Pos. Height Born More
5 JEFFERSON, DAVON USA Forward 2.03 1986 More
6 LACOMBE, PAUL France Guard 1.95 1990
7 HAMMONDS, CLIFF USA Guard 1.91 1985 More
8 ZIZIC, ANDRIJA Croatia Center 2.06 1980 More
9 WESTERMANN, LEO France Guard 1.98 1992 More
10 FOFANA, BANGALY France Center 2.12 1989
11 VASSALLO, A.D. Puerto Rico Forward 1.98 1986 More
14 TILLIE, KIM France Forward 2.10 1988 More
15 GELABALE, MICKAEL France Forward 2.01 1983 More
17 FOIREST, LAURENT France Forward 1.97 1973
20 JACKSON, EDWIN France Guard 1.90 1989
21 ZAPHA, JEAN CLAUDE France Forward 2.02 1991
  Head Coach        
  COLLET, VINCENT France    
Roster
No. Player Country Pos. Height Born More
4 COVILE, RYVON USA Center 2.06 1984 More
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES France Guard 1.96 1986
6 DIOT, ANTOINE France Guard 1.92 1989
7 KOFFI, ALAIN France Forward 2.05 1983 More
9 ACKER, ALEX USA Guard 1.95 1983 More
10 DEWAR, BENJAMIN USA Forward 1.96 1981 More
11 PELLIN, MARC ANTOINE France Guard 1.70 1987 More
12 RUPERT, THIERRY France Forward 2.00 1977
13 BATISTA, JOAO PAULO Brazil Center 2.06 1981
15 KAHUDI, HENRI France Guard 1.94 1991
17 NIANG, BABACAR France Forward 2.08 1991
18 DROUALT, PIERRE-ETIENNE France Guard 1.93 1990
  Head Coach        
  JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID France    
Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Players

Angel Daniel Vassallo - Asvel Basket (photo asvelbasket.com)Le Mans Sarthe Basket overcame a tough situation and stayed alive in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds despite a 71-63 road loss against Asvel Basket in Game 2 on their Round 2 two-way series on Friday. Le Mans had registered a 85-75 home win in Game 1 and reached Round 3 due to points differential. As such, Le Mans faces BC Khimki in Round 3 in a direct fight for a Euroleague regular season spot while Asvel will play the 2010-11 Eurocup. Antoine Diot paced Le Mans with 18 points. He had 10 of those in the final 5 minutes to lead the guests to the next round. Charles Kahudi added 11 while Ben Dewar had 10 for Le Mans. Davon Jefferson led Asvel with 18 points and 13 rebounds. AD Vassallo added 17 points while Cliff Hammonds had 11 for the hosts, that led 54-42 midway through the fourth quarter. Diot struck twice from downtown and had 9 points in a 5-14 run that put Le Mans ahead in the series for good, 59-56. Asvel managed to get a 68-59 lead in the final seconds but Marc-Antoine Pellin and Alex Acker were ice cold from the foul line to lead Le Mans to the next round.

Dewar got Le Mans going with back-to-back baskets and Diot dunked it off a steal for a 0-6 Le Mans lead. Asvel went scoreless for almost 4 minutes until Jefferson stepped up with a layup. Andrija Zizic added a put-back basket that Diot erased with a jumper. Asvel had adjusted its defense and Jefferson shined with 5 unanswered points - including a dunk - that gave the hosts their first lead, 9-8. Acker nailed a jumper but Vassallo bettered that with his first triple and Paul Lacombe added a layup for a 14-10 score. Free throws by Acker got Le Mans within 14-12 after 10 minutes. Edwin Jackson sank a jumper early in the second quarter but Alain Koffi followed a dunk with a mid-range jumper to put Le Mans back ahead, 16-17. Hammonds stepped up with a layup, igniting a 7-0 run in which Kim Tillie shined with consecutive baskets, good for a 23-17 Asvel lead. Le Mans struggled to score for 3 long minutes until Kahudi sank free throws. Asvel kept controlling the game with good defense. Meanwhile, Vassallo scored again and a dunk by Tillie made Le Mans call timeout at 28-19. A three-pointer by Dewar and free throws by Hammonds fixed the halftime score at 30-22.

Kahudi scored down low immediately after the break but Jefferson and Hammonds fueled a 6-0 run that allowed Asvel to get the lead in the series, 36-24, for the first time tonight. Kahudi sank free throws and fed Dewar for a three-pointer that brought Le Mans within 38-29. Jefferson scored again and a layup by Mickael Gelabale made it a 13-point game, 42-29. JP Batista had 4 points in a 0-6 Le Mans run but Asvel did not panic. Jefferson and Hammonds kept pacing Asvel and free throws by Vassallo allowed the hosts to get a 49-35 margin after 30 minutes. A three-point play by Acker and a jumper by Diot put Le Mans back ahead in the series, 49-40. Pellin soon added a jumper but Gelabale struck from downtown and a layup by Vassallo send the crowd to their feet at 54-42. Kahudi made free throws and Diot followed a triple with a layup to bring Le Mans back to life, 55-49, with under 4 minutes left. Vassallo sank free throws that an outstanding Diot bettered with a three-pointer. Kahudi also struck from downtown and a foul shot by Diot seemed to seal the outcome, 59-56. An outstanding Jefferson shined in the final minute to give Asvel some hope at 68-59. Pellin and Acker combined for 4-of-4 free throws in the final seconds to seal the outcome down the stretch, allowing all Le Mans to dream on in the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds!
Friday, October 01, 2010
Euroleague.net
Referees: ARTEAGA, JUAN CARLOS (ESP), CONDE, ANTONIO (ESP), SAHIN, TOLGA (ITA)
Attendance: 4237 (Tentative)
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Head coach: COLLET, VINCENT
Asvel Basket
# Player Min Pts 2FG
M-A
 3FG
M-A
 FT
M-A
 Rebounds As St To Bl Fouls PIR
O D T Fv Ag Cm Rv
5 JEFFERSON, DAVON 35:31 18 7/13 1/2 1/2 3 10 13 1 2 1     3 3 25
6 LACOMBE, PAUL 9:55 2 1/1 0/1     3 3 1 2 3 1   1   4
7 HAMMONDS, CLIFF 33:31 11 3/4 1/4 2/2 1   1 6   5     4 1 6
8 ZIZIC, ANDRIJA 31:46 7 3/5   1/2 3 5 8   2       1 4 17
9 WESTERMANN, LEO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 FOFANA, BANGALY 5:11   0/1       1 1                
11 VASSALLO, ANGEL DANIEL 34:34 17 3/3 1/8 8/9   3 3     1 1   3 7 16
14 TILLIE, KIM 6:39 6 3/4 0/1 0/1 1 1 2             1 6
15 GELABALE, MICKAEL 29:02 8 1/3 1/3 3/6 2 2 4 2 2 2     3 4 8
19 LEON, THEO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 JACKSON, EDWIN 13:51 2 1/2 0/1     2 2     1     5 2 -2
22 DEAL, RUDY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           2 2 4     2         2
Totals 200:00 71 22/36 4/20 15/22 12 29 41 10 8 15 2 0 20 22 82
61.1% 20% 68.2%
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Head coach: JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID
Le Mans Sarthe
# Player Min Pts 2FG
M-A
 3FG
M-A
 FT
M-A
 Rebounds As St To Bl Fouls PIR
O D T Fv Ag Cm Rv
4 COVILE, RYVON 15:23 1 0/2   1/2       1 1 1     3 3 -1
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES 23:57 11 1/2 1/3 6/6 1 2 3 1         4 4 12
6 DIOT, ANTOINE 32:16 18 4/5 2/6 4/6   2 2 2 4 5     3 4 15
7 KOFFI, ALAIN 25:35 8 4/4     1 3 4           3   9
9 ACKER, ALEX 17:05 7 1/6 0/2 5/7 1 1 2 1         3 3 1
10 DEWAR, BEN 30:03 10 2/3 2/6     5 5 2 2 3   1 2 1 9
11 PELLIN, MARC-ANTOINE 19:14 4 1/2 0/2 2/4   1 1 2 1     1 1 4 5
12 RUPERT, THIERRY 15:29   0/3     1 2 3 1   2     1 1 -1
13 BATISTA, JOAO PAULO 20:58 4 2/4       3 3 2   1     2   4
15 KAHUDI, HENRI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1 2 3     1         2
Totals 200:00 63 15/31 5/19 18/25 5 21 26 12 8 13 0 2 22 20 55
48.4% 26.3% 72%
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Head Coaches

COLLET, VINCENT
Asvel Basket
"The first game and the 10-point defeat made it difficult to change the trend. At 14 points ahead, Le Mans could have let go and set us free. Eventually, we didn't score and Le Mans immediately came back. So we stressed out. We were tired, too. Antoine Diot and Charles Kahudi played great and made the difference in the last minutes."

Players

GELABALE, MICKAEL
Asvel Basket
"I think we should have calmed the game down to let time go and keep our advantage. Unfortunately we couldn't and we paid immediately. Of course, we're disappointed. Our first goal was to qualify for the Euroleague. We 've had some problems to manage the last minute of the games in the qualifying rounds. We haven't been playing together for long, we have to work more to erase these mistakes. We need to use this experience for the championship games."
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