May 24, 2013
Regular Season Game 2 - November 22, 2011 CET: 20:30 Local time: 20:30 - ANTARES
Le Mans 65 - 84 KRKA Novo Mesto

Records

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

Referees

Crew Chief
CHIARI, ROBERTO, Italy
Referee
GELLER, RENAUD, Belgium
Umpire
SABETTA, ENRICO, Italy

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
76.0 Points 65.0
33.0 Rebounds 30.0
6.0 O. Rebounds 11.0
27.0 D. Rebounds 19.0
19.0 Assists 12.0
5.0 Steals 9.0
6.0 Blocks 3.0
11.0 Turnovers 22.0
55.0 % 2PT 45.7 %
38.9 % 3PT 0.0 %
84.6 % FT 74.2 %
92.0 Index 59.0
Team Stats - Le Mans
Team Stats - KRKA Novo Mesto

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
16.0 / SOMMERVILLE, MARCELLUS Points 20.0 / JORDAN, JEROME
6.0 / Batista Rebounds 8.0 / JORDAN, JEROME
1.0 / SOMMERVILLE, MARCELLUS OR 3.0 / MURIC, EDO
5.0 / COLEMAN, WILLIAM DR 6.0 / JORDAN, JEROME
6.0 / Acker Assists 4.0 / Ray
2.0 / H. Kahudi Steals 3.0 / Dragic
2.0 / BOUNGOU-COLO, DY Blocks 1.0 / JORDAN, JEROME
3.0 / Rochestie Turnovers 5.0 / KRIVEC, BOJAN
100.0 % / KOUGUERE, MAX 2PT 71.4 % / Ray
100.0 % / KOUGUERE, MAX 3PT 0.0 % / BAXTER, JIMMY
100.0 % / Acker FT 100.0 % / Ray
19.0 / Rochestie Index 26.0 / JORDAN, JEROME
Team Roster - Le Mans
Team Roster - KRKA Novo Mesto

THE TAKE

Le Mans
KRKA Novo Mesto
RECORDS
0-1, Group F
Regular season 2011-12
0-1, Group F

PROBABLE STARTERS
Guard
Guard
Forward
Forward
Center

THE STAKES

Two losing teams in the first week battle to stay on track or risk falling farther behind. Le Mans has the home court advantage and a big crowd following them. This is not only the first-ever matchup on the European stage for these teams, but both are themselves newly formed, with late additions and a still-developing chemistry.

THE TAKE

The point guard matchup between Le Mans’s Rochestie Taylor against Allan Ray is one to watch, along with the battle under the boards between JP Batista, the Le Mans big man from Brazil, and Jerome Jordan, his Novo Mesto counterpart from Jamaica. Defensive focus will be on the top scorers for the two sides – Le Man’s Alex Acker and Novo Mesto’s Jimmy Baxter. Novo Mesto will be looking to reverse a poor opening performance that featured 22 turnovers and 0-5 shooting from beyond the arc.

REFEREES
Crew Chief
Referee
Umpire
Roberto Chiari
Roberto Chiari
Italy
Renaud Geller
Renaud Geller
Belgium
Enrico Sabetta
Enrico Sabetta
Italy




Le Mans
Min Pts 2FG
M-A
 3FG
M-A
 FT
M-A
 Rebounds As St To Blocks Fouls Rkg
O D T Fv Ag Cm Rv
Totals 200:00 76 22/40 7/18 11/13 6 27 33 19 5 11 6 3 19 17 92
Average 200:00 76.0 55.0% 38.9% 84.6% 06.0 27.0 33.0 19.0 05.0 11.0 06.0 03.0 19.0 17.0 92.0

Totals 200:00 65 21/46 0/5 23/31 11 19 30 12 9 22 3 2 24 26 59
Average 200:00 65.0 45.7% 00.0% 74.2% 11.0 19.0 30.0 12.0 09.0 22.0 03.0 02.0 24.0 26.0 59.0
Krka Novo Mesto
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

TRAJKOVIC, NENAD
KRKA Novo Mesto
"I certainly hope that we will play in Le Mans better than on Sunday in Zagreb against Cedevita. We won’t have time for specific preparation to our opponent. After the journey we will have training on Monday evening then we’ll try to play as good is possible. After the big defeat and a long journey it will not be easy, but in this business we are professionals. We must try to reduce the number of turnovers and to play better in defense."

Players

PETROV, SIMON
KRKA Novo Mesto
"Sunday's defeat against Cedevita in the Adriatic League is certainly not a good legacy before the game in France. We were well prepared to Cedevita, but on the court we failed to show what we had trained for a week. We can only hope that Le Mans doesn't know our team well so that we may be able to surprise them. But we must play much more compact in that game."
Slovenian champ KRKA Novo Mesto made a stand on Tuesday night by thrashing Le Mans in France by 65-84 in a Group F showdown, and getting its first win of the season in the process. Things looked good for KRKA in the first minutes but Le Mans recovered and was back to 30-32 before the break. However, a huge Allan Ray and a 0-11 that started the second half marked the fate of the game early as the guests cruised to victory in the second 20 minutes with a total 30-42 score in the last two quarters. The win allows KRKA to improve its record to 1-1 while Le Mans drops to 0-2. Ray led the winners with 23 points including 6 of 8 threes. Jimmy Baxter added 17 and Jerome Jordan had 12 for KRKA. For Le Mans, William Coleman led the way with 11 points and only Joao Paolo Batista reached double digits with him with his 10 points. A 31-43 in rebounds for KRKA, 15 offensive, and an 11 of 23 from the arc built the win of the guests.

Two threes by Jimmy Baxter made a statement for KRKA in Le Mans as the game started with a 0-6 in the blink of an eye. Baxter was soon up to his eighth point for the 2-8 but the hosts woke up fast as Marcellus Sommerville seemed to be chasing the guests with consectutive baskets for the 9-11. Newcomer Allan Ray then woke up for KRKA and hit seven fast points that, together with Edo Muric's layup, allowed the guests to build a double-digit lead of 14-24 that closed the first period. Le Mans was at 4 of 13 two-pointers and KRKA dominated the rebounds, 6-10. Joao Paolo Batista and Alex Acker teamed up in the second period to try putting Le Mans back on track. KRKA tried to resist, but the defense of the hosts worked better now and soon Acker hit free throws for 24-28. Baxter wanted to make sure that KRKA stayed in a safe place but Batista was relentless as the score stayed at a 28-32. The 7 turnovers at that point were hurting the guests' previous work while the hosts were improving the two-pointer percentage. Charles Kahudi's free throws made it 30-32 but Ray hit it from downtown to keep the five-point lead for KRKA. Things didn't change much in the remaining plays of the period with KRKA leading by 35-42 after 20 minutes.

The second half started with a commanding 0-11 burst for KRKA that had six points by Ray, ons triple and a basket-plus-foul for a quick 35-53. Hneri Kahudi gave some signs of life for Le Mans with his own three, but the battle for rebounds was falling in favor of KRKA's side and that was deciding the game quickly. The deficit for Le Mans went down from almost 20 to 12 points as Dy Bongou and Charles Kahudi hit five points in a row for the hosts to make it 47-59, but Muric appeared in time for the guests to calm things down with a three but Bongou had time for a last layup to put an end to the third period, 49-63 for KRKA. The guests played smart in the start of the last period with baskets by Jerome Jordan in the paint and then Ray outside to make it a 20-point game, 79-59 with five minutes to go. Despite having more turnovers than Le Mans, KRKA's dominance in rebounds, 26-40, and its 10 of 21 from the arc were too much for Le Mans to overcome. The hosts tried it for a last time but the good KRKA defense forced the mistakes as the clock ticked away and the Slovenian champs escaped France with a valuable road win.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: CHIARI, ROBERTO (ITA), GELLER, RENAUD (BEL), SABETTA, ENRICO (ITA)
Attendance: 3873
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Le Mans14211416
KRKA Novo Mesto24182121
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KRKA Novo Mesto24426384
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 SOMMERVILLE, MARCELLUS 24:23 8 3/8 0/2 2/2 2 2 4     3     3 1  
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES 29:36 5 0/3 1/2 2/2   3 3 2 1 1     1 2 7
8 BOUNGOU-COLO, DY 15:20 6 3/4 0/2     1 1 1   4     1    
9 ACKER, ALEX 19:53 4 1/8 0/1 2/2 2 3 5 2       2   2 3
10 ROCHESTIE, TAYLOR 22:13 8 1/5 2/3         2 1 1   1 2 4 6
11 COLEMAN, WILLIAM 23:40 11 4/4   3/6 1 2 3     1 2   3 5 14
12 KOUGUERE, MAX 14:11     0/2   1   1   1       2   -2
13 BATISTA, JOAO PAULO 17:25 10 4/7   2/2 1 1 2 1   1       2 11
15 KAHUDI, HENRI 19:18 7 2/5 1/4   3 3 6 4 1 1   1 2 2 10
18 MENDY, KEVIN 1:59                              
19 BRYANT, TRAVON 12:02 6 3/3 0/1   2   2     1     3   3
Team           1 3 4               4
Totals 200:00 65 21/47 4/17 11/14 13 18 31 12 4 13 2 4 17 18 56
44.7% 23.5% 78.6%
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: TRAJKOVIC, NENAD
KRKA Novo Mesto
# 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 DJURKOVIC, MARKO 7:57 1 0/3   1/2 1   1   1       1 3 1
6 ROJC, MATEJ 4:14               1         1 1 1
7 PETROV, SIMON 4:29 3   1/1                     1 4
8 MURIC, EDO 18:09 7 2/3 1/2   2 1 3 1   1     2   6
9 PAVIC, SMILJAN 18:53 8 4/6   0/4 4 1 5 2   2 2 1 1 2 9
11 DRAGIC, ZORAN 25:58 9 4/4 0/1 1/2 1 6 7 1 1       2 2 16
13 KRIVEC, BOJAN 12:21 4 1/2   2/2       2 2 2   1 2 2 4
14 RAY, ALLAN 26:28 23 1/2 6/8 3/4   2 2 4 1 3     1 4 26
15 BALAZIC, JURE 32:03   0/1 0/4   1 5 6 1   2 1   3   -2
22 BAXTER, JIMMY 28:21 17 4/10 3/7   1 3 4 2   2     2 1 10
44 JORDAN, JEROME 21:07 12 6/9     1 5 6 2   2 1   3 1 14
Team           4 5 9               9
Totals 200:00 84 22/40 11/23 7/14 15 28 43 16 5 14 4 2 18 17 98
55% 47.8% 50%
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Head Coaches

JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID
Le Mans
"After a big win against Nancy this weekend, we were not concentrated on this match and paid for it. Novo Mesto played well but our intensity was extremely low and we are now in a very difficult situation in our group."
TRAJKOVIC, NENAD
KRKA Novo Mesto
"Congratulations to my team. They gave their best. Today our tactic was to stop the point guard, Taylor Rochestie and control the rebound. Also we had the advantage inside with two big guys, we put the balls inside and it paid off."

Players

COLEMAN, WILLIAM
Le Mans
"I'm disapointed. I'm a player of the branch, I always make sure to be ready to play, But tonight, we were very short without energy."
PAVIC, SMILJAN
KRKA Novo Mesto
"I want to congratulate our team all together. We played very good. We wanted to control the rebound and we did it but we didn't except to win by so much. It was an important game for this competition."
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