May 19, 2013
Regular Season Game 4 - November 27, 2007 CET: 18:40 Local time: 19:40 - VENTSPILS OLYMPIC CENTER
BK Ventspils 81 - 71 Elan Chalon

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Semi-Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
0-0 Last 16 0-0
0-0 Last 32 0-0
2-1 Regular Season 2-1
2-1 Overall 2-1

Referees

Crew Chief
ZACHARA, IVAN, Czech Rep.
Referee
JERSAN, ANDREJ, Slovenia
Umpire
KOWALSKI, MARCIN, Poland

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
86.3 Points 93.0
31.7 Rebounds 34.7
8.0 O. Rebounds 7.7
23.7 D. Rebounds 27.0
18.3 Assists 18.0
4.7 Steals 6.7
1.0 Blocks 1.7
16.3 Turnovers 16.0
59.0 % 2PT 53.3 %
47.3 % 3PT 43.6 %
75.4 % FT 87.5 %
90.7 Index 106.3
Team Stats - BK Ventspils
Team Stats - Elan Chalon

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
19.3 / BAXTER, JIMMY Points 19.0 / ROGERS, SHAWNTA
6.0 / BAXTER, JIMMY Rebounds 6.7 / FORD, JOHN GREGORY
2.0 / CIPRUSS, K. OR 2.7 / FORD, JOHN GREGORY
5.7 / BAXTER, JIMMY DR 4.0 / EKANGA, JOACHIM
3.7 / LOVE, J. Assists 4.0 / GUICE, J.
1.3 / BAXTER, JIMMY Steals 2.3 / GUICE, J.
0.3 / BAXTER, JIMMY Blocks 1.0 / FORD, JOHN GREGORY
3.0 / BAXTER, JIMMY Turnovers 3.7 / ROGERS, SHAWNTA
100.0 % / ZAKIS, ROLANDS 2PT 80.0 % / COROSINE, XAVIER
66.7 % / GABRANS, R. 3PT 100.0 % / BADIANE, MOUSSA
100.0 % / BAXTER, JIMMY FT 100.0 % / GUICE, J.
22.3 / LOVE, J. Index 19.7 / ROGERS, SHAWNTA
Team Roster - BK Ventspils
Team Roster - Elan Chalon

THE TAKE

Either BK Ventspils or Elan Chalon will notch its third straight win in Group B as the 2-1 teams battle in Latvia. Head coach Gasper Okorn's team from Ventspils reestablished itself at home, knocking off Köln 99ers. Both teams shot 54% from the field but the Latvians collected the victory by hitting 81% from the foul line compared to 60% by Köln. Four of Okorn's starters scored in double figures with small forward Jimmy Baxter leading the way with 24 points. And shooting guard Justin Love again was a huge spark off the bench with 17 points - he has averaged 18 points in three games as a reserve. Okorn's team also did a good job keeping Köln point guard Immanuel McElroy away from the basket as the Germans' heart and soul scored just three points on three free throws. And Ventspils improved itself even further by adding raising Russian point guard star Artur Urazmanov to its ranks. The Latvians next face Elan Chalon, which used a big second quarter to grab a road victory at Ovarense Aerosoles. Coach Gregor Beugnot's French team hit 55% from the field for the game and 94% from the free throw line as center John Ford led six players in double figures with 22 points and shooting guard Joachim Ekanga tallied 18 points and seven rebounds off the bench. The French did a great job keeping the Portuguese out of the paint, watching Aerosoles launch 42 three-pointers (compared to 32 from inside the arc) in holding them to 42% shooting from the field. Beugnot will not however be happy about his team turning the ball over 19 times. A similar ball-handling showing would not bode well in Latvia.
Monday, November 26, 2007
ULEBCup.com

Quotes Head Coaches

Players

BK Ventspils took its third win of the season by blasting Elan Chalon at home 81-71 on Tuesday night. A 30-19 in the first quarter marked the sign of the game, even though Chalon never surrendered. However, an inspired Aigars Vitols only had to do his thing to keep Ventspils ahead at a safe distance as Jimmy Baxter helped from the arc with a 4 of 5 from thta distance. Now, Ventspils is 3-1 in Group B while Elan Chalon drops to 2-2. Vitols led the winners with his 17 points, Baxter joined in to add 15 and Akin Akingbala tallied 13 and grabbed 10 boards. For Chalon, John Ford had 13 points, Bryan Bracey added 11 and Moussa Badiane hit 10.

Two triples by Jimmy Baxter and Uvis Helmanis launched Ventspils to a starting 6-0 lead but Elan Chalon soon tied at 6-6 after Shawnta Roger's three and three free throws by Rowan Barrett. From this point on, the scoreboard was balanced until Akin Akingbala and Aigars Vitols scored 10 points combined to make it a 24-14 game for Ventspils. Jermaine Guice and Barrett scored five points for Chalon to put an end to the first period, 30-19. Baxter blasted a new three to open the second period for Ventspils and John Ford reacted for Elan Chalon, but a 7-0 burst for the hosts allowed them to climb to 40-23. That difference was also maintained until the halftime break, 46-29. A 10-6 burst to open the second half allowed Ventspils to put a 53-35 on the scoreboard, while Ford tried to do everything in his hands to lift Chalon but Kaspars Cipruss late shot closed the third period with a 62-46 cushion for the hosts. Vitols and Veselovs took the initiative in offense for Ventspils as the scoring run went up to 12-7 for 74-53 in minute 34. Chalon tried for the last time with a timeout. At first it seemed to work as a 0-5 run capped by Bryan Bracey's three made it 74-58 fast but Justin Love broke the spell with free throws to get some more points so that Ventspils could catch some air. A lethal three by Baxter finally broke the game open as the scoreboard showed a 81-63 entering minute 39, allowing the hosts to get their third win of the season despite a late 0-8 run by Chalon.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
ULEBCup.com
Referees: ZACHARA, IVAN (CZE), JERSAN, ANDREJ (SLO), KOWALSKI, MARCIN (POL)
Attendance: 2000
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BK Ventspils30161619
Elan Chalon19101725
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BK Ventspils30466281
Elan Chalon19294671
Head coach: OKORN, GASPER
BK Ventspils
# 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 VESELOVS, PAVELS 20:01 9 4/5 0/4 1/2 3 1 4   1       4 3 7
5 VITOLS, AIGARS 26:01 17 1/2 5/7         2   4     3 1 10
7 GABRANS, RAIMONDS 31:33 4 2/2 0/2     2 2 4 1       3   6
8 AKINGBALA, AKIN 17:53 13 5/9   3/4 2 8 10     2 2 1 4 3 16
10 URAZMANOV, ARTUR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 LOVE, JUSTIN 25:01 7 1/3 1/2 2/2   4 4 2 1 3     2 2 8
14 CIPRUSS, KASPARS 22:07 8 3/5   2/4 2 6 8   1 2     3 2 10
22 BAXTER, JIMMY 24:43 15 0/1 4/5 3/5   4 4 4         3 2 18
30 ZAKIS, ROLANDS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
32 STRELNIEKS, JANIS 8:27   0/1 0/1     1 1               -1
33 VAIROGS, AKSELIS 4:15   0/1                         -1
35 HELMANIS, UVIS 19:59 8 1/2 2/6     2 2 4         2 1 8
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 81 17/31 12/27 11/17 8 29 37 16 4 11 2 1 24 14 83
54.8% 44.4% 64.7%
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: BEUGNOT, GREGOR
Elan Chalon
# 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 BRACEY, BRYAN 21:15 14 2/5 2/3 4/6   4 4   1         4 17
5 BRAUD, PHILIPPE 22:22 4 1/2 0/1 2/2       1   1     2 1 1
7 EKANGA, JOACHIM 31:28 8 2/6 1/3 1/2 1 2 3   1 1   1 3 2 2
8 BARRETT, ROWAN 17:38 8 1/5 1/4 3/3   2 2 1 1 1   1 2 1 2
9 COROSINE, XAVIER 22:37 4 0/3 1/2 1/2   2 2 3           2 6
10 BADIANE, MOUSSA 21:19 10 4/7   2/2 2 5 7 1   1     2 3 15
11 GUICE, JERMAINE 23:08 3 1/4   1/1   6 6 2 2 1     1 5 13
12 ROGERS, SHAWNTA 17:23 7 1/3 1/2 2/2 2   2 2   1     2 3 8
14 FORD, JOHN 22:50 13 4/6   5/7 2 3 5       1   2 3 16
16 NAJI, ABDELMAJID DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1   1               1
Totals 200:00 71 16/41 6/15 21/27 8 24 32 10 5 6 1 2 14 24 81
39% 40% 77.8%
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Head Coaches

OKORN, GASPER
BK Ventspils
"Congratulations to my team for the effort they showed today. I am satisfied with the game. OK, our opponents came back to minus-0 during the last five minutes, but everyone saw that we controlled the game from whistle to whistle. We won today because we were very well prepared, for Elan Chalon was the best offensive team in the ULEB Cup until this game, averaging more than 90 points per game and attempting about 27 three-point shots per game with a good percentage. But today we were able to stop them. We had seen the game in which they suffered a loss by 95-99.Their offensive power is self-evident but allowing opponents to make 99 points without going into overtime shows problems in defense and today we made use of them. If you take a look at the boxscore, then you will see that their leaders had a poor game. Our defense took out of the game both Roger and Barrett. We fought hard for rebounds as well, and that also made the difference. I would like to thank our fans for their support and we hope to win at least one of the next two games, which will be a hard task."
BEUGNOT, GREGOR
Elan Chalon
"Today we faced the same problem we have in the French League: we have too many injured players, to be more specific - the big guys. Badiane, for example, can't see properly with his left eye because he injured it in Friday's game. We will definitely look for some additional player to our team in order to increase our power under the basket. In essence that was the main reason why we couldn't stop their big guys. I even had to play with four forwards on the court during the game. We tried to break the game, but made a few mistakes and again went minus-10. Ventspils is a team which makes use of opponents' mistakes. As we were not able to be aggressive under the basket, Ventspils had many open shots behind the arc and were able to convert them into points. Nevertheless we managed to close the game with only minus-10, but in the end, Ventspils made a couple of dunks and drove the ball under the basket, which proves that we were not able to stop them."
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