May 24, 2013
Eighthfinals Game 1 - January 30, 2007 CET: 21:00 Local time: 20:00 - CENTRO INSULAR DE DEPORTES
Gran Canaria 84 - 88 BC FMP
EIGHTHFINALS, GAME 1
GROUP Eliminatory H
GROUP Eliminatory I
GROUP Eliminatory J
GROUP Eliminatory K
GROUP Eliminatory L
GROUP Eliminatory M
GROUP Eliminatory N
GROUP Eliminatory O

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Semi-Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
0-0 Eighthfinals 0-0
0-0 Regular Season 0-0
5-5 Overall 8-2

Referees

Crew Chief
ZACHARA, IVAN, Czech Rep.
Referee
PATERNICO, CARMELO, Italy
Umpire
VIATOR, EDDIE, France

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
69.0 Points 84.6
35.6 Rebounds 28.7
13.3 O. Rebounds 8.8
22.3 D. Rebounds 19.9
12.5 Assists 15.1
10.9 Steals 12.3
3.7 Blocks 2.3
13.8 Turnovers 14.7
43.5 % 2PT 54.4 %
27.7 % 3PT 40.7 %
77.4 % FT 73.0 %
74.5 Index 90.0
Team Stats - Gran Canaria
Team Stats - BC FMP

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
13.1 / VROMAN, JACKSON Points 12.2 / LABOVIC, DRAGAN
7.1 / VROMAN, JACKSON Rebounds 5.4 / Samardziski
3.2 / VROMAN, JACKSON OR 2.4 / Samardziski
3.9 / VROMAN, JACKSON DR 3.1 / LABOVIC, DRAGAN
2.5 / NORRIS, MARCUS Assists 3.5 / Rasic
1.8 / NORRIS, MARCUS Steals 1.7 / LABOVIC, DRAGAN
0.8 / SAVANE, SITAPHA Blocks 0.7 / Samardziski
2.1 / VROMAN, JACKSON Turnovers 2.5 / Rasic
56.7 % / VROMAN, JACKSON 2PT 75.0 % / Teodosic
52.0 % / MORAN, JIM 3PT 87.5 % / MICIC, DJORDJE
100.0 % / BALDO, V. FT 100.0 % / POPOVIC, S.
15.5 / VROMAN, JACKSON Index 13.4 / LABOVIC, DRAGAN
Team Roster - Gran Canaria
Team Roster - BC FMP

THE TAKE

Gran Canaria hosts FMP Zeleznik on Tuesday in the opening leg of the teams' ULEB Cup eighthfinals series in the Canary Islands. Although Gran Canaria is naturally the underdog against FMP, the team with the best regular season record in the competition, it can always consider itself a favorite at home. Gran Canaria is 15-1 at home all-time in the ULEB Cup. The hosts are a difficult team to prepare for. Coach Salvador Maldonado's squad goes 11 players deep and nine of those have started at least three games for the team. Moreover, they were last in the ULEB Cup in scoring (69 ppg.) and three-point shooting (27.7% 3FG), but first in offensive rebounds (13.3 orpg.) and fewest points allowed (70 ppg.). Center Jackson Vroman (13.1 ppg., 7.1 rpg.) and shooter Jim Moran (9.2 ppg.) are the team's top offensive weapons, while veteran forwards Kornel David (8.7 ppg.) and Sitapha Savane (8.9 ppg., 4.6 rpg.) add experience. FMP is one of the youngest teams in the ULEB Cup, with a pair of teenagers in the rotation and no player born before 1980. The Group B winners are also blesses with depth, boasting 12 players who averaged at least 11 minutes per game during the regular season. Guard Branko Cvetkovic (14.4 ppg., 50% 3FG) and forward Dragan Labovic (12.2 ppg.) are the team's top scorers, with Aleksandar Rasic (9.9 ppg., 3.5 apg.) pushing the ball up from behind. FMP uses its roster to the fullest, leading the competition in fouls committed (26.1 fpg.). Its only statistical weakness is offensive rebounding (8.8 orpg.). A telling mathcup in this game could take place at power forward, when David lines up against Zoran Erceg (9.9 ppg.). If the visiting team can handle Gran Canaria's savvy veteran, the young guns could walk away with the series. But if David can set the tough tone for Gran Canaria, the hosts' tough players like Mario Fernandez and Roberto Guerra may make this into a dog fight.
Monday, January 29, 2007
ULEBCup.com

Quotes Head Coaches

MALDONADO, SALVA
Gran Canaria
"My team will face the series with ambition, but it will be complicated for sure. They are a similar team to Hemofarm, which we met in the regulsr season group. They do not have big names or American help, but they blasted through the regular season with 8 wins. We have to find a good result that allows us to play the last 40 minutes with tranquility. We reached our goal making the elimination rounds, but we do not want to stop here. Let's see how far we get."
VUKOICIC, VLADA
BC FMP
"We believe in ourselves but the real danger is the trip to the Canary islands. We have to travel outside the continent to an island near Africa and the result could be our weariness. That road game is so important and could be decisive. FMP is a young team and my players have no fear or complex but there are many ups and downs in our play, which is normal. If we stick together and play well on the road, I am sure we can reach the quarterfinals. In our arena we are able to beat even better teams than Gran Canaria."

Players

Aleksandar Rasic - FMP FMP took a big step towards the ULEB Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday with an 84-88 road win over Gran Canaria. The visitors used a hot shooting night from downtown – making 11-of-21 three-pointer (52.4%) – to hold on for the win in a close game that went down to the wire. Branko Cvetkovic led the FMP effort with 21 points, Zoran Erceg added 18 with 7 rebounds, Milos Teodosic was 4-for-4 from beyond the arc for 14 points and Aleksandar Rasic finished with 14 points and 6 assists. Jackson Vroman drew 10 fouls and went 8-for-9 from the line on his way to 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks to lead the hosts. Jimmie Hunter added 13, Jim Moran and Marcus Norris scored 11 each and Sergio Perez posted 10. Rasic and Erceg helped FMP out to a 5-11 lead, but Hunter helped Gran Canaria tied the score at 22-22 after 10 minutes. It remained close at halftime (41-42) and Kornel David netted a clutch three to close the gap to 66-68. Cvetkovic and Teodosic helped bring the FMP lead to 10 before Vroman and Hunter cut the gap to 4 in the end, setting up a difficult road to climb for the second leg in two weeks in Serbia.

FMP started strong with jumpers from Ivan Zigeranovic and Rasic giving the visitors a 0-4 lead. Norris put Gran Canaria on the board with a foul-line jumper after 2 minutes. Moran's triple carried the hosts to within 5-6, but Rasic added another jumper and Erceg scored from the line to make it 5-11. Norris continued to produce points and then Mario Fernandez came off the bench for a steal and a layup to make it 16-17. Vroman tied the game at 20-20 with a slam and Hunter erased Teodosic's free throws with a jumper to end the first period with the score tied 22-22. Perez drilled a triple to start the second period and give the hosts their first lead of the game. Perez then added two free throws to make it 27-22. Back-to-back three-pointers by Teodosic and Cvetkovic restored the FMP advantage as the lead started to swing back-and-forth. Teodosic drilled two more triples to keep FMP rolling, while Victor Balbo's jumper made it 37-38. David traded points with Erceg and Ivan Todorovic to deal the halftime score at 41-42.

Jackson Vroman - Gran CanariaSlobodan Popovic opened the second half for FMP with a triple only for layups by Hunter and Moran to tie the score at 45-45. Erceg came right back with a triple and a layup, but Vroman's three-point play kept it tight. Rasic rifled in a triple at the midway point of the period and then made a layup for a 50-57 lead. Moran scored from the line and then his a jumper to close the gap only for Cvetkovic to restore FMP's lead to 58-64 with 10 minutes to go. Vroman continued to draw fouls from the FMP big men and made three free throws at the start of the fourth quarter before Roberto Guerra's steal led to a Vroman layup that made it 63-66. Cvetkovic went to the line for two free throws, but David stepped up with a three to bring the hosts within 2. Vroman matched Todorovic's free throws with a basket in the paint, but Cvetkovic answered with a triple and David committed an offensive foul on the ensuing possession. After Erceg's free throws, FMP led 68-75 midway through the final period. Fernandez missed from downtown for Gran Canaria and Erceg rifled in a three on the other end for the visitors' first double-digit lead. Perez hit a three and soon after a layup that made it 75-80, however Teodosic's triple meant more bad news for the hosts. Vroman and Hunter managed to get Gran Canaria to 81-86, however Erceg scored for FMP and Norris and Hunter came up empty on the other end as time started ticking away. Hunter added one last three for the hosts, but they will still have a 4-point deficit to climb in the return leg in two weeks if they fancy a spot in the quarterfinals.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
ULEBcup.com
Referees: ZACHARA, IVAN (CZE), PATERNICO, CARMELO (ITA), VIATOR, EDDIE (FRA)
Attendance: 3300
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BC FMP22202224
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BC FMP22426488
Head coach: MALDONADO, SALVA
Gran Canaria
# 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 VROMAN, JACKSON 27:00 16 4/10   8/9 5 4 9 3 1 1 3 3 2 10 29
7 SAVANE, SITAPHA 23:15 6 3/3     2 2 4 1   1 2   2 1 11
9 DAVID, KORNEL 21:45 9 2/5 1/3 2/2 1 3 4 1   1 1   4 2 7
10 HUNTER, JIMMIE 21:45 13 4/9 1/4 2/2   2 2 1         4 1 5
11 GUERRA, ROBERTO 20:00   0/1 0/2     1 1   1       2 1 -2
13 NORRIS, MARCUS 23:30 11 3/4 1/4 2/2 2   2 3 2 2     2 2 12
14 PEREZ, SERGIO 16:00 10 1/1 2/4 2/2   1 1           1 2 10
19 FREELAND, JOEL DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 MORAN, JIM 22:45 11 3/5 1/3 2/3 1 1 2   1       2 1 8
25 BALDO, VICTOR 7:30 4 1/1 0/1 2/2         1       1 2 5
34 FERNANDEZ, MARIO 16:30 4 1/3 0/5 2/2 1 1 2 3 5 1     1 2 7
Team           2 2 4     1         3
Totals 200:00 84 22/42 6/26 22/24 14 17 31 12 11 7 6 3 21 24 95
52.4% 23.1% 91.7%
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: VUKOICIC, VLADA
BC FMP
# 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 TEODOSIC, MILOS 19:30 14   4/4 2/2       1 1       3 2 15
5 CVETKOVIC, BRANKO 27:30 21 2/4 3/6 8/8 1 1 2   1 2   1 1 4 19
6 DJERASIMOVIC, MARKO 9:30     0/1     2 2     1     3   -3
7 ERCEG, ZORAN 36:00 18 4/8 2/4 4/4   7 7     3 1 3 1 6 19
9 LABOVIC, DRAGAN 8:30   0/1           1   1     4   -5
10 POPOVIC, SLOBODAN 12:30 4 0/1 1/2 1/2 1 1 2             2 5
11 KRSTOVIC, BOJAN 24:15 7 2/3 0/1 3/5 1 2 3 2 1 2   1 1 3 8
12 MICIC, DJORDJE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 TODOROVIC, IVAN 16:15 6 2/4   2/2 3 1 4 2   1     4 1 6
19 RASIC, ALEKSANDAR 27:15 14 5/6 1/3 1/2   4 4 6 1 4 1   1 3 20
20 ZIGERANOVIC, IVAN 7:45 2 1/5     2 1 3 1       1 2   -1
21 SAMARDZISKI, PREDRAG 11:00 2 1/2     1 4 5   1 1 1   4   3
Team           1 2 3   1           4
Totals 200:00 88 17/34 11/21 21/25 10 25 35 13 6 15 3 6 24 21 90
50% 52.4% 84%
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Head Coaches

MALDONADO, SALVA
Gran Canaria
"FMP was better in the most basic aspect of the game, which is putting the ball in the basket. They played with a lot of self-confidence in this first game. They were very sure and accurate with their outside shots. Every time we made a mistake, they punished it and were always ahead on the scoreboard. We were not very accurate shooting against the defense they put on the floor. The result is what it is, and it's not a really bad one considering what we saw on the court. We will travel to Belgrade to fight, despite the difficulties we will find at their court, but four points is not an unsalvageable difference."
VUKOICIC, VLADA
BC FMP
"It has been a tough game in which Gran Canaria played really well in front of their fans, with a high-pressure defense. It has been very important winning here. On defense, we pressured the ball, and that is what stopped Gran Canaria's three-point shots. We played intelligently and with far-sightedness, knowing how to find our best options. Going back to Belgrade with just four points of difference means the series is open. I want to thank Gran Canaria for the treatment we received on our visit and their fans for the good atmosphere they created during the game."
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