May 26, 2013
Regular Season Game 9 - January 06, 2010 CET: 18:30 Local time: 18:30 - PALAESTRA
Montepaschi Siena 101 - 58 Fenerbahce Ulker

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Playoffs 0-0
0-0 Top 16 0-0
7-1 Regular Season 3-5
7-1 Overall 3-5

Referees

Crew Chief
ZIEMBLICKI, GRZEGORZ, Poland
Referee
BELOSEVIC, ILIJA, Serbia
Umpire
VIATOR, EDDIE, France

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
82.4 Points 70.5
30.3 Rebounds 31.5
9.0 O. Rebounds 8.8
21.3 D. Rebounds 22.8
15.4 Assists 11.5
9.9 Steals 4.9
1.4 Blocks 2.9
11.1 Turnovers 14.9
51.2 % 2PT 53.2 %
44.2 % 3PT 30.4 %
79.0 % FT 68.4 %
93.0 Index 69.4
Team Stats - Montepaschi Siena
Team Stats - Fenerbahce Ulker

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
14.6 / Sato Points 10.8 / KINSEY, TARENCE
4.6 / Sato Rebounds 6.0 / ASIK, OMER
1.8 / Eze OR 2.0 / ASIK, OMER
4.8 / Lavrinovic, K. DR 4.0 / ASIK, OMER
5.9 / MCINTYRE, TERRELL Assists 2.3 / Preldzic
1.9 / MCINTYRE, TERRELL Steals 1.1 / KINSEY, TARENCE
0.6 / Eze Blocks 1.4 / ASIK, OMER
2.9 / MCINTYRE, TERRELL Turnovers 2.7 / ASIK, OMER
65.2 % / Sato 2PT 100.0 % / MRSIC, DAMIR
60.0 % / Ress 3PT 50.0 % / KINSEY, TARENCE
100.0 % / Domercant FT 100.0 % / MRSIC, DAMIR
17.9 / Sato Index 11.8 / KINSEY, TARENCE
Team Roster - Montepaschi Siena
Team Roster - Fenerbahce Ulker

THE TAKE

A pivotal game in Group A will take place in Siena, Italy, where Montepaschi hosts Fenerbahce Ulker on Wednesday evening. Montepaschi is second in Group A with a 7-1 record and has already wrapped up a spot in the Top 16. Fenerbahce is tied for third place with Asvel Basket, each with a 3-5 record. It will seal its ticket to the Top 16 with a victory in Siena and a Cibona loss against Zalgiris in Kaunas. Fans in Siena will have the chance to witness a battle between two of the best point guards in the competition, Terrell McIntyre of Montepaschi and Lynn Greer of FB Ulker. McIntyre, a back-to-back All-Euroleague First Team selection, brings leadership, scoring, passing and defense to the table, but Greer is ready for the challenge. Nikos Zisis provides experience and smarts off the hosts' bench, but Fenerbahce counts on veteran playmaker Damir Mrsic to change the game rhythm with his shots from downtown. Montepaschi will be concerned with stopping Emir Preldzic, a tough mismatch due to his ball-handling skills, basketball IQ and size. Romain Sato could be the right man to guard him, as he can also put him into trouble with his physical game and strength. Preldzic will get help from off-guard Tarence Kinsey, defensive ace Omer Onan, sharp shooter Gordan Giricek and Serhan Cetin. Kinsey is ready to test his skills against the explosive David Hawkins. Meanwhile, Onan could see some minutes against Montepaschi bomber Henry Domercant. Marco Carrareto will come off the bench to offer defense and the occasional three-pointer. With Omer Asik sidelined long-term and Mirsad Turkcan not ready to face his former team, Oguz Savas and Semih Erden will see most of the minutes at center. Rasin Basak offers toughness and intensity at power forward, while head coach Bogdan Tanjevic may try to open the floor using Preldzic with either Savas or Erden. Erden must be ready to stop Ksistof Lavrinovic, a great outside shooter and rebounder. Savas must use his size and post skills against Ben Eze, but the X-factor for Montepaschi may well be captain Shaun Stonerook, who always takes care of all the small details that lead Montepaschi to win important games. Montepaschi must be its usual self in offense, with great ball circulation, opening the floor and running its game through McIntyre. FB Ulker must stop him, close the passing lines and find Savas and Erden down low to create more space for its shooters. Montepaschi must win to keep its chances of winning the group alive, while FB Ulker is desperate to get to the Top 16. Accordingly, expect an intense contest between two very talented teams.

REFEREES: Grzegorz Ziemblicki, Ilija Belosevic, Eddie Viator


GAME NOTES

Montepaschi Siena

All-Euroleague point guard Terrell McIntyre matched his career high with 6 three-pointers against Fenerbahce Ulker last season. He finished with 24 points and 6 assists in Montepaschi’s 87-79 Top 16 win in February.

McIntyre scored a season-high 25 points and made a season-high 5 three-pointers against FB Ulker when they met in Week 4.

McIntyre has drilled at least one three-pointer in 24 consecutive Euroleague games.

Henry Domercant has made 39 consecutive free throws dating back to last season.

Ben Eze scored a career-high16 points on 8-for-11 shooting in Montepaschi’s 87-79 win over Fenerbahce Ulker in the Top 16 last season. He also had 5 rebounds and 4 steals en route to a career-best 21 index.

Ben Eze needs just 1 more block to crack the top 10 on the Euroleague’s career shot-blocking charts. He is now tied with Real Madrid’s Jorge Garbajosa for 11th place with 79 career blocks. Marcus Haislip sits in 10th place.

Fenerbahce Ulker

Gordan Giricek swiped a career-high 5 steals in an 87-79 loss at Montepaschi Siena in the Top 16 last season.

Giricek scored a season-high 15 points against Cibona in his last Euroleague appearance.

Power forward Mirsad Turkcan played for Montepaschi Siena in the 2002-03 season. He helped the club reach the Final Four in Barcelona and was named the 2002-03 Euroleague Top 16 MVP and to the 2002-03 All-Euroleague Second Team. He was the MVP of the week in six out of the 21 games he played for Montepaschi that season and picked up 11 double-doubles.

Turkcan, Lynn Greer and Montepaschi big man Ksistof Lavrinovic were teammates at Dynamo Moscow during the 2004-05 season.

Turkcan has scored in double figures in eight consecutive Euroleague games. He has made at least one three-pointer in each of those games.

Oguz Savas has averaged 12 points and 5.3 rebounds per game at home this season, but just 2.3 points and 3.3 rebounds on the road.

Semih Erden set season highs with 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks against Cibona in his last Euroleague appearance.

Tarence Kinsey matched his career-high with 21 points against Cibona in his last Euroleague appearance.

Emir Preldzic scored a career-high 18 points against Cibona in his last Euroleague appearance.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Euroleague.net

Quotes Head Coaches

PIANIGIANI, SIMONE
Montepaschi Siena
"This type of game has an important meaning for us. Fenerbahce is a tough team, with a great coach and great players. We need to face games like this to start to breathe the Top 16 atmosphere. Even the result is very important for us: actually we are already qualified and sure of the second place in the group. Besides, beating Fenerbahce we could close the Regular Season next week in Barcelona and, even in case of loss, ending the first round defeated only by the team who has expressed the best basketball in Europe so far. This could give us a big confidence for the Top 16."
TANJEVIC, BOGDAN
Fenerbahce Ulker
"It will be a very, very tough start for us after the new year break. Montepaschi Siena is the unbeaten leader of the Italian league and they just lost once in the Euroleague until now. So it means that we will play against a kind of opponent that is familiar with winning all the games that it plays. We lost the game in Istanbul unluckily and will be missing our big guy Omer Asik at the same time that we were preparing to celebrate for getting back Mirsad Turkcan from long-term injury. It will be harder than in Istanbul, but we will try to play our best to create a chance to win the game."

Players

STONEROOK, SHAUN
Montepaschi Siena
"Our approach will be the same of the other games, we know that it will be tough, but we want to continue to win and improve. We know that they are a very talented team, and a strong team, but we will try to win to get the first place in the group. Next week in Barcelona we will need something special, but before we have to win this game with Fenerbahce."
ONAN, OMER
Fenerbahce Ulker
"Unfortunately the injuries are the main thing to stop our journey to destination of Final Four for a couple of years already. We suffered back-to-back injuries that have damaged our rotation. Now we have to fight and dig in to fill the absence of Omer Asik. Hopefully we will have Mirsad Turkcan back in the team, but it’s still hard to beat Montepaschi Siena in Siena. Anyway, we will try to do everything we can in the possible way to make a surprise."
David Hawkins - Montepaschi SienaMontepaschi Siena crushed Fenerbahce Ulker 101-58 on Wednesday to remain in the running for first place in Group A, while dealing FB Ulker's Top 16 chances a blow. The Italian champs won their fourth straight game to improve to 8-1 and next head to Barcelona for a head-to-head showdown for the top spot in the group and a top seed in the Top 16 Draw. FB Ulker fell to 3-6 and hosts Zalgiris next week in a game that may determine its fate. Montepaschi had a magical three-point shooting night, making 15 of 24 from downtown (62.5%) as nine different players sank triples including veteran center Denis Marconato, who made his fifth career three in his 173rd Euroleague appearance. The hosts recorded 13 steals and forced 19 Fenerbahce turnovers, which also doomed the visitors. Ksistof Lavrinovic scored 8 points in an 18-0 second quarter run as Montepaschi surged ahead 37-16 and led 50-25 by halftime. The lead continued to grow throughout the second half, peaking at 47 late as Montepaschi recorded a big win. Lavrinovic led the winners with 20 points, David Hawkins added 17 and four different players added 9 apiece, including Henry Domercant, who sank 4 free throws to stretch his run of consecutive free throws made to 43. Lynn Greer paced FB ulker with 18 points and Oguz Savas added 13 in defeat.

The visitors struck first through Savas in the paint before Romain Sato drilled a jumper for Montepaschi. Hawkins corrected his own miss and was fouled before Ben Eze also added a basket on the offensive glass as the host took control at 7-2. Siena’s defense did not allow FB Ulker any good looks, but the hosts also failed to capitalize by missing several close shots. Savas proved to be Fener’s go-to guy with a short jumper and a trip to the line on consecutive possessions to make it 9-5. Terrell McIntyre drilled a triple, but Semih Erden kept pace for the visitors with a slam and foul. A Sato triple kept the hosts cruising. Greer netted a pair of free throws and Emir Preldzic used a nifty move to get his team within 3. Greer went to the line again and narrowed the gap to 15-14. Lavrinovic responded with 2 foul shots for Montepaschi and Sato was fouled on the break and sank 2 free throws as well to make it 19-14 after 10 minutes.

Oguz Savas - Fenerbahce UlkerGreer's penetration started the quarter and Nikos Zisis matched him at the other end. Lavrinovic drilled a long jumper and then a triple to extend the lead to double figures. The big man finished a fast break to wrap a run of 7 straight individual points before Domercant went to the line and extended the Montepaschi lead to 14. After a Fenerbahce timeout, Zisis made a three-pointer and Hawkins did the same to complete an 18-0 run for a 37-16 lead. Greer finally ended a six-plus-minute scoring drought with a short jumper, but Domercant and Mcintyre sandwiched triples around a Kinsey basket and Hawkins fed Domercant on the break as the lead hit 25. Gordan Giricek connected from downtown and Preldzic scored in the paint, but Tomas Ress became the seventh Montepaschi player to make a three in the first half, giving his team a 50-25 lead at the break.

FB Ulker broke the Montepaschi press for a Giricek jumper, but Eze hit a mid-range jumper at the other end. McIntrye added a three-pointer and then fed Shaun Stonerook inside to take the hosts’ lead to 30. Kinsey scored only to see Hawkins, Eze with a two-handed jam and Sato off a dish from McIntyre all score on successive possessions to take the lead to new heights. Hawkins added a steal and slam before draining a three that capped an 11-0 burst that made it 69-30. Erden’s slam was canceled by another Hawkins basket. Lorenzo D’Ercole hit from downtown to become the eighth Montepaschi player to score a three and take the hosts’ lead over the 40-point mark. Damis Mrsic countered with a three and Savas scored inside Marco Carraretto’s long jumper made it 78-39 at the end of the quarter.

Savas scored down low to open the fourth quarter, but Lavrinovic countered with a layup-plus-foul. Denis Marconato made his first Euroleague three since March 2007 and D’Ercole added another as the three-point display continued. By this point, the outcome was clear and the teams traded baskets waiting for the clock to run out. The lead peaked at 99-52 on a Ress jumper as the local fans enjoyed the show and another impressive win.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Euroleague.net
Referees: ZIEMBLICKI, GRZEGORZ (POL), BELOSEVIC, ILIJA (SRB), VIATOR, EDDIE (FRA)
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Head coach: PIANIGIANI, SIMONE
Montepaschi Siena
# 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 DOMERCANT, HENRY 11:41 9 1/1 1/2 4/4   1 1 2 1         2 14
5 MCINTYRE, TERRELL 17:55 9 0/1 3/5   1 2 3 4 1       1   13
6 ZISIS, NIKOS 19:30 9 2/4 1/2 2/2 1 1 2 4 1 2     1 1 11
7 D'ERCOLE, LORENZO 14:24 6   2/4                   1   3
8 EZE, BENJAMIN 19:34 6 3/5     2 3 5     3     2   4
9 CARRARETTO, MARCO 14:28 2 1/4       1 1   1       2   -1
10 SATO, ROMAIN 18:11 9 2/3 1/1 2/2   2 2 1 1 1     3 3 11
12 LAVRINOVIC, KSISTOF 20:10 20 5/6 2/3 4/5   6 6 1 2 1 1   1 7 32
14 RESS, TOMAS 15:37 8 1/3 2/2   1 1 2   1       1   8
18 MARCONATO, DENIS 8:47 3 0/1 1/1     2 2           3   1
20 STONEROOK, SHAUN 15:33 3 1/2 0/2 1/2   2 2 1 2 1     2 3 4
34 HAWKINS, DAVID 24:10 17 5/6 2/2 1/1 1 1 2 5 3 2     3 1 22
Team           1 2 3               3
Totals 200:00 101 21/36 15/24 14/16 7 24 31 18 13 10 1 0 20 17 125
58.3% 62.5% 87.5%
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: TANJEVIC, BOGDAN
Fenerbahce Ulker
# 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
7 ONAN, OMER 21:08   0/3       2 2 1 1     1      
8 BASAK, RASIM 11:38   0/2       2 2           1 2 1
9 ERDEN, SEMIH 26:43 9 3/6   3/7   4 4           4 4 6
10 GIRICEK, GORDAN 17:53 5 1/2 1/2   1   1 1 1 4     2    
12 MRSIC, DAMIR 8:46 3   1/1                   1   2
14 GREER, LYNN 22:08 18 5/8 0/4 8/8       1 1       1 5 17
18 HOTIC, KEREM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 SAVAS, OGUZ 23:39 13 6/8 0/1 1/2 3 2 5 1   2     3 2 12
22 KINSEY, TARENCE 22:00 4 2/7 0/1   1 3 4 1 1 2     2 4 4
33 CETIN, SERHAT 13:41     0/3     1 1     3     1   -6
55 PRELDZIC, EMIR 32:24 6 2/3   2/2 1 3 4 3 1 5     2 3 9
Team           1   1     3         -2
Totals 200:00 58 19/39 2/12 14/19 7 17 24 8 5 19 0 1 17 20 43
48.7% 16.7% 73.7%
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Head Coaches

PIANIGIANI, SIMONE
Montepaschi Siena
"We did really well tonight and I think it’s only right that I give credit to my players for what they did on court. I think that playing a game like this against Fenerbahce is an important sign of all the good work we do every day. For us, being in the Top 16 having lost only one game - against Barcelona - is the zillionth demonstration of consistency. We handled various technical situations on offense and defense well today too, and there’s a lot of positive feedback. One such point is how we were able to amplify our rotations by sending in 12 players – that’s really important in this phase of the season."
TANJEVIC, BOGDAN
Fenerbahce Ulker
"We've shown that we are not fighters. After a good first quarter, Siena made a big run in the second quarter and we were discouraged and no longer able to come back. I am really very disappointed."

Players

RESS, TOMAS
Montepaschi Siena
"We dominated this game, in part thanks to the reserves. Our defense was huge, we were very aggressive. They were without Turkcan. We managed to press put Lynn Greer in a difficult spot. In short, we played a great game with great sacrifice by all. Now it is important to go and play in Barcelona with the right mindset. They are a power and we know it, but we want to play and win."
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