May 22, 2013
Last 16 Game 4 - February 23, 2010 CET: 20:45 Local time: 20:45 - PALAU OLÍMPIC DE BADALONA
DKV Joventut 80 - 73 Le Mans

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
2-1 Last 16 1-2
5-1 Regular Season 3-3
7-2 Overall 4-5

Referees

Crew Chief
DRABIKOVSKY, VOLODYMR, Ukraine
Referee
LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT, Germany
Umpire
MANTYLA, PETRI, Finland

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
77.4 Points 75.4
33.1 Rebounds 35.1
10.6 O. Rebounds 9.9
22.6 D. Rebounds 25.2
16.8 Assists 15.6
5.4 Steals 6.6
2.6 Blocks 1.4
13.6 Turnovers 14.1
49.5 % 2PT 49.3 %
38.3 % 3PT 39.5 %
75.5 % FT 74.4 %
79.3 Index 81.0
Team Stats - DKV Joventut
Team Stats - Le Mans

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
13.4 / TUCKER, CLAY Points 18.4 / SPENCER, DEWARICK
4.4 / Koffi Rebounds 6.0 / Wright
1.8 / Koffi OR 2.0 / SALYERS, MARC
3.0 / Bogdanovic DR 4.4 / Wright
5.1 / Valters Assists 3.8 / DIOT, ANTOINE
1.6 / TUCKER, CLAY Steals 1.7 / Wright
0.8 / HERNANDEZ-SONSECA, EDU Blocks 0.4 / RUPERT, THIERRY
2.4 / TUCKER, CLAY Turnovers 2.8 / SPENCER, DEWARICK
77.8 % / FERNANDEZ, MARIO 2PT 65.5 % / RUPERT, THIERRY
100.0 % / BUENO, ANTONIO 3PT 50.0 % / Batista
100.0 % / Valters FT 93.3 % / SPENCER, DEWARICK
11.7 / TUCKER, CLAY Index 15.8 / SPENCER, DEWARICK
Team Roster - DKV Joventut
Team Roster - Le Mans

THE TAKE

DKV Joventut looks to remain at least tied for the Group I lead when it hosts Le Mans in Badalona, Spain, on Tuesday. The 2008 competition champs are tied with Alba Berlin for first in the group at 2-1 following a 62-70 road win at Le Mans before the break. Luka Bogdanovic came off the bench for 13 points, leading five Joventut scorers in double figures, while Clay Tucker made up for a poor shooting night by dishing 7 assists. Dee Spencer led Le Mans with 17 points in defeat. A win for DKV and accordingly a sweep of Le Mans would greatly increase Joventut’s chances and decrease Le Mans’s chances of reaching the quarterfinals. However a Le Mans win would keep the fight for the next round wide open. One major difference between the teams is that Joventut features a deep bench and can rely on more options that Le Mans. The fact that the Joventut reserves outscores the Le Mans bench 20-54 in their last meeting was a major reason for the result. Accordingly, Le Mans must keep its best players out of foul trouble and get more out of its top two reserves, Antoine Diot and Thierry Rupert, to have a strong chance of winning in Spain. The key matchups start in the backcourt, where Zach Wright, Spencer and Diot face Tucker, Kristaps Valters, Mario Fernandez and Uros Tripkovic. Pere Thomas and Bogdanovic give Joventut different looks at small forward, where they will face off with both Maleye Ndoye and Marc Salyers. Antonio Bueno, Alain Koffi, Edu Hernandez-Sonseca and Henk Norel are Joventut’s top weapons inside, while Le Mans counters with Joao Paulo Batista and Rupert. The most interesting matchup inside could be between former teammates Koffi and Batista, who started alongside one another last season for Le Mans in the Euroleague. Joventut’s home-court advantage, depth and the fact that it just beat Le Mans on the road are all reasons to expect it to win again, however Le Mans’s will to win will surely be high knowing that a loss could end its chances of reaching the next stage. Accordingly, expect an intense contest on the floor in Badalona.

REFEREES: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi, Robert Lottermoser, Petri Mäntylä
Monday, February 22, 2010
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

ALONSO, SITO
DKV Joventut
"The team arrives to this game knowing that it is improving, but we carry on having bad luck regarding injuries. Uros Tripkovic and Henk Norel will be unavailable while Antonio Bueno slowly improves his physical condition. Norel was back in our lineup but has some gastric problems that forces him to sit out today and tomorrow. The game against Le Mans will be complicated, but we would take a giant step towards making it to the Eurocup Quarterfinals with a win tomorrow. We are very motivated to play against them and will try to overcame our injuries with the same attitude and effort that we had against Real Madrid in the Spanish King's Cup quarterfinals. Apart from its physical power, Le Mans has a very good shooter in Spencer, a good floor general in Wright and a tremendous scorer at power forward like Saluers. Players like Diot or Batista also do a good work. It is a team able to beat anyone on the road, just like they already did against Aris in Thessaloniki."

Players

FERNANDEZ, MARIO
DKV Joventut
"This game is decisive for us. If it was already important to win there in France in the previous leg, this home game will be even more important because if we win, that would mean that we would be three wins away from them with only two games to be played. Meaning that with one more week either at Aris or at home against Alba we would advance to the next phase. Spencer is a gret scorer, he showed it in the game at Le Mans. Wright is also a great guard. He played a good first half against us and he grabbed six rebounds, which is something we have to keep in mind. And of course, we also have to keep an eye on Salyers, who in the first game only shot 1 of 5 threes, but he is still a dangerous player. I think our team has a different mentality. In the Spanish League we have five straight losses, but after the cup this weekend, I think we changed our mentality. Our fans showed their loyalty by following us to Bilbao to support us, and I am sure that we will bond again for these next games to come, starting with this one against Le Mans."
Clay Tucker - DKV JoventutWith just two games left in the Last 16, DKV Joventut became the exclusive leader of Group I when it outlasted visiting Le Mans 80-73 on Tuesday in Badalona, Spain. Joventut now has a 3-1 record, one victory more than both Aris BSA and Alba Berlin, while Le Mans is at the bottom of the table with a 1-3 record. After an even first half ended with Joventut getting a slim 48-46 advantage, the third quarter was all defense as the teams split only 15 points between them. The fourth quarter was all suspense as Dewarick Spencer tied 68-68 for Le Mans, but Joventut reacted with a 12-5 run to decide the outcome. Clay Tucker led the winners with 17 points, 8 of them posted in the last quarter. Pere Tomas added 12 and David Jelinek had 10. Spencer led all the scorers with 22 points but he went 0 for 5 from three-point distance. JP Batista amassed a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds for Le Mans, while Maleye Ndoye contributed 12 points and Anotine Diot 10.

Luka Bogdanovic opened the fire from beyond the arc for Joventut before Batista answered with 5 points in a row for Le Mans. Mario Fernandez gave a new 7-5 advantage to Joventut, but the teams exchanged leads until David Jelinek tied at 16-16 with a rocket from long distance. Thierry Rupert put Le Mans in front again and Diot kept the guests there with a triple worth a 21-23 lead after 10 minutes. Jelinek remained on fire with another triple to start the second quarter, but Maleye Ndoye showed all his skills scoring 8 consecutive points as Le Mans led 28-30. The game remained balanced with Christian Eyenga tying again on 30-30, Tucker and Kristaps Valters with 3 shots from downtown returned a 39-36 edge to Joventut, while Batista kept his side on track from the free throw line. Spencer put Le Mans in front again 39-40 after scoring 4 free throws, then the lead changed hands seven times in the last 3 minutes of the second quarter before Tucker's free throw fixed a 48-46 halftime score in Joventut's favor.

Back from the lockers, Tomas ended 3 scoreless minutes from long distance to raise Joventut's margin to 51-46, Batista scored free throws for Le Mans, but the defenses remained dominant on both sides for several minutes. Edu Hernandez-Sonseca finally scored in the paint for the hosts, then Alain Koffi nailed a free throws for the game's biggest lead yet, 54-48. A three-pointer of Charles Kahudi and two easy points for Josep Franch moved the score before Rupert made it 56-53 after 30 minutes. Zack Wright slammed in the ball early in the last quarter to get Le Mans within 56-55. Tomas with another dunk and Tucker with a three-pointer restored a six-point Joventut difference, 65-59, with 5 minutes left. Batista pushed Le Mans with a three-point-play, Franch answered on the break and Spencer put Le Mans closer still at 67-66, forcing a Joventut timeout. Spencer completed the Le Mans surge by forging a 68-68 tie with free throws, but then Tucker matched him and added a triple in a 6-0 run that gave Joventut a 74-68 advantage entering in the last minute. After that, Fernandez was perfect scoring 4 of 4 free throw tries before Tomas sealed Joventut's first-place takeover win with a dunk on the buzzer that promised the home fans more big games ahead.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: DRABIKOVSKY, VOLODYMR (UKR), LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT (GER), MANTYLA, PETRI (FIN)
Attendance: 3067
By Quarter1234
DKV Joventut2127824
Le Mans2323720
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DKV Joventut21485680
Le Mans23465373
Head coach: ALONSO, SITO
DKV Joventut
# 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
9 VALTERS, KRISTAPS 6:29 5   1/1 2/2   1 1 1   1     2 3 7
10 BOGDANOVIC, LUKA 23:14 6 0/2 1/4 3/4 1 2 3 2 1       1 3 8
11 BUENO, ANTONIO 15:20 6 3/6     1 2 3   1 2 2 1 2 2 6
14 FRANCH, JOSEP 9:56 7 2/2 1/2         3 1 1     3 2 8
15 JELINEK, DAVID 12:37 10 2/5 2/5   1 1 2 1       2 1   4
16 HERNANDEZ-SONSECA, EDU 16:22 4 1/5   2/2 1 2 3         1 4 1 -1
17 NOREL, HENK DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 TOMAS, PERE 27:49 12 4/5 1/4 1/2   1 1 3 1 2     2 2 10
21 KOFFI, ALAIN 25:04 5 2/3   1/2 2 4 6   1   3   2 1 12
23 EYENGA, CHRISTIAN 7:25 2 1/1   0/1       1           1 3
24 TUCKER, CLAY 32:09 17 1/6 4/7 3/4   1 1 4 1 2   1 4 5 12
34 FERNANDEZ, MARIO 23:35 6 1/1 0/2 4/4 1 5 6 4 2 3       3 16
Team           5 1 6               6
Totals 200:00 80 17/36 10/25 16/21 12 20 32 19 8 11 5 5 21 23 91
47.2% 40% 76.2%
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
# 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 WRIGHT, ZACH 21:57 4 2/5 0/1   1 3 4 3   3 2   2 2 6
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES 18:38 3 0/1 1/1     4 4 1 1   1   2   7
6 SPENCER, DEWARICK 32:20 22 6/11 0/5 10/10 2 3 5 3 1 1     4 6 22
7 KAHUDI, HENRI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 DIOT, ANTOINE 26:02 10 2/4 2/4   1 1 2 2 1 5 1   2 3 8
9 NDOYE, MALEYE 21:03 12 2/3 2/4 2/2 1   1 1   1     3 1 8
11 YANGO, GUILLAUME 12:28 2 1/3     1   1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 -1
12 RUPERT, THIERRY 20:50 4 2/10     3 4 7     1     1 1 2
13 BATISTA, JOAO PAULO 25:23 16 4/10 1/1 5/5 4 6 10 1 1 1   2 2 7 24
15 SALYERS, MARC 21:19   0/2       1 1         1 4   -6
Team           4 2 6     2         4
Totals 200:00 73 19/49 6/16 17/17 17 24 41 12 5 15 5 5 23 21 74
38.8% 37.5% 100%
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Head Coaches

ALONSO, SITO
DKV Joventut
"I'm happy with the victory. Every game now is a final, and at times that makes us anxious. For that reason, sometimes players who normally shoot good percentages, like Bogdanovic, don't see the ball go in as comfortably now. The third quarter tonight we controlled thanks to defense. Our young players gave us fresh legs and it helped us. Mario Fernandez directed the team well. Little by little we are feeling better and that translates into more confidence and gets our spirits up. Le Mans still has chances for the Quarterfinals, and today they created lots of problems for us."
JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID
Le Mans
"I have been a lucky spectator for a game in which my players have given their best until the end against a team that plays in a great league. I am very proud of my players for having defended well against DKV and today we played without complexes. The young players on DKV surprised us and I liked them a lot. We were in the game until the end, and only their good shooting at the right moments has beaten us. DKV certainly showed its class."

Players

FRANCH, JOSEP
DKV Joventut
"It has been an intense game in which we were nervous and anxious at some point due to our desire to seal the outcome as soon as possible. This win will allow us to get confidence for future games. We need to get back our spirit and morale. Le Mans was not an easy opponent for us and made it tough for us until the very end of the game. Our effort and will stood out tonight."
DIOT, ANTOINE
Le Mans
"We are leaving with a good taste in our mouths. We were better than Joventut in the first quarter, and the first half was a back-and-forth battle in which both teams played really well. I think we played in a good game and DKV Joventut won it in the end because they were better than us."
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