Regular Season Game 9 - January 15, 2008 CET: 17:00 Local time: 19:00 - "TRIUMPH" SPORTS PALACE

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
7-1 Regular Season 3-5
7-1 Overall 3-5

Referees

Crew Chief
DRABIKOVSKY, VOLODYMR, Ukraine
Referee
BACHANSKI, GRZEGORZ, Poland
Umpire
LUCIS, OSKARS, Latvia

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
80.3 Points 74.0
34.3 Rebounds 30.8
11.8 O. Rebounds 7.1
22.5 D. Rebounds 23.6
14.9 Assists 11.8
11.6 Steals 8.3
2.3 Blocks 4.3
14.8 Turnovers 15.5
57.6 % 2PT 48.1 %
35.4 % 3PT 34.3 %
58.6 % FT 72.1 %
92.6 Index 73.9

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
13.0 / Chatman Points 13.4 / ESTERKAMP, D.
7.1 / ASKRABIC, O. Rebounds 8.0 / JOHNSON, KENYETTA
2.1 / ASKRABIC, O. OR 2.0 / SLOAN, MARCUS
5.0 / ASKRABIC, O. DR 6.6 / JOHNSON, KENYETTA
3.9 / Chatman Assists 5.1 / PERRIER-DAVID, PASCAL
2.6 / Chatman Steals 1.7 / SLOAN, MARCUS
0.9 / ASKRABIC, O. Blocks 3.9 / JOHNSON, KENYETTA
3.6 / Chatman Turnovers 2.9 / PERRIER-DAVID, PASCAL
64.5 % / SLOKAR, UROS 2PT 61.5 % / JOHNSON, KENYETTA
54.2 % / Lyday 3PT 100.0 % / JOHNSON, KENYETTA
100.0 % / Vyaltsev FT 75.0 % / TSHOMBA, DOUGLAS
19.1 / ASKRABIC, O. Index 22.1 / JOHNSON, KENYETTA

THE TAKE

Triumph Lyubertsy can clinch first place in Group E with a victory at home over Benetton Fribourg. Head coach Stanislav Eremin's Triumph improved to 7-1 with a hard-fought home win over Swans Gmunden. The Russian team won despite committing 17 turnovers, shooting just 6-of-25 (24%) from long range and making just 16-of-33 (48%) foul shots. But Triumph out-rebounded the Swans 37-30 and forced 18 turnovers. Playmaker Mire Chatman led the way with 21 points, 4, rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. And center Fedor Likholitov collected 15 points and 11 rebounds while small forward Sergey Toporov chipped in 17 points. Eremin's team is not just looking to clinch first place. Lyubertsy is also out for revenge for its only loss of the competition as Fribourg won at home against Eremin's men by just one point in Week Four. Lyubertsy was out-shot 47%-52% and Pascal Perrier-David knocked down a buzzer for the win. Benetton Fribourg meanwhile is looking to shake off a three-game losing streak and remain alive in the race for the elimination round. Head coach Damien Leyrolles's Fribourg lost on the road against Buducnost to drop to 3-5 - one game behind third placed Swans and even with Antwerp Giants. The Swiss champs shot just 37% and allowed Buducnost to hit 49% from the floor. Fribourg also made just 8-of-12 foul shots to 21-of-30 for Buducnost. Playmaker Pascal Perrier-David collected 17 points, 6 assists and 4 steals and small forward Damon Thorton added 12 points and 8 rebounds. But it was not enough for Leyrolles's team. It will be a very difficult fight for Fribourg to knock off Triumph yet again.
Monday, January 14, 2008
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Players

Terrell Lyday collected 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists to Triumph Lyubertsy to clinch first place in Group E by downing Benetton Olympic Fribourg 76-61 on Tuesday at home in Moscow. Triumph, already advanced to the elimination rounds, raised its record to 8-1 while Benetton Olympic Fribourg dropped to 3-6. Sergey Toporov had 14 points, Fedor Likholitov added 10 with 8 boards and Mire Chatman 9 for Triumph. David Esterkamp led Benetton Olympic Fribourg with 18 points, Tresore Quidom nailed 15, Pascal David Perrier 10, while Marcus Sloan had a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds.

Esterkamp and Quidomoe fueled Fribourg early in the match, to get a 8-12 cushion. Fedor Likholitov put in front Triumph Lyubertsy 15-13, and Toporov psuhed them from downtown to the first double digit margin, 28-17 with two minutes left in the first quarter. There was just one more basket, nailed from the three points land by Quidome to finish the first quarter on 28-20 for the hosts. Igor Zamanskiy highlighted with two mid range jumpers a 8-0 run for Triumph to start the second quarter and reach a 36-20 advantage, then Terrell Lyday extended the cushion to 39-22before the defenses prevailed and Lyday again fixed the final 43-28 at halftime, after Esterkamp scored a pair form the foul line. Back from the lockers, Quidome from downtown kept Friboug close and Pascal Perrier-David cut the difference to 45-37, before a three-point play converted by Lyday gave another outsized 59-43 margin to Triumph. Back-to-back baskets from downtown nailed by Oliver Vogt and Quidome reduced the difference to 59-49 at the end of the third quarter. Perrier-David again fueled Fribourg's hopes,, scoring from beyond the arc to be on 59-52, then Ognjen Askrabic hit a mid-range jumper to have again a double-figure cushion, 64-54 at the midway point of the quarter. Mire Chatman scored 5 consecutive points late in the last quarter to seal the contest by giving Triumph a 72-58 margin with less than 2minutes left and with 2 free throws Likholitov fixed the final 76-61.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Referees: DRABIKOVSKY, VOLODYMR (UKR), BACHANSKI, GRZEGORZ (POL), LUCIS, OSKARS (LAT)
Attendance: 3000
By Quarter1234
Triumph Lyubertsy28151617
Benetton Fribourg2082112
End of Quarter1234
Triumph Lyubertsy28435976
Benetton Fribourg20284961
Head coach: EREMIN, STANISLAV
Triumph Lyubertsy
# 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
6 LYDAY, TERRELL 27:24 16 5/6 1/3 3/5 1 7 8 3 2 1     1 5 27
7 ZAMANSKIY, IGOR 25:27 6 2/7 0/1 2/2 3 1 4 3 2     1 3 2 7
8 KOMAROVSKIY, ANDREY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 VYALTSEV, EGOR 5:34 3   1/3                   1 1 1
11 KHLOPONIN, DENIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 DMITRIEV, FEDOR 17:48 7 1/5 1/3 2/2 1 2 3 3   3       1 5
14 ASKRABIC, OGNJEN 28:12 5 2/4 0/2 1/1   6 6 5 5 2     2 1 14
15 TOPOROV, SERGEY 26:04 14 2/7 3/8 1/1   1 1 2 1 1     4 2 5
20 KROTENKOV, IGOR 9:05   0/2     1 1 2                
21 LIKHOLITOV, FEDOR 20:26 10 4/6   2/3 2 6 8     5 1     2 13
31 VALTERS, KRISTAPS 18:57 6   2/5     2 2   1 1     2 1 4
32 CHATMAN, MIRE 21:03 9 3/4 1/2     1 1 2   2     1 1 8
Team           1 1 2   4           6
Totals 200:00 76 19/41 9/27 11/14 9 28 37 18 15 15 1 1 14 16 90
46.3% 33.3% 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: LEYROLLES, DAMIEN
Benetton Fribourg
# 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 KAZADI, JONATHAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 SLOAN, MARCUS 36:57 13 6/9   1/2 5 8 13 2 2 6 1 1 2 5 23
6 PERRIER-DAVID, PASCAL 32:46 10 2/6 2/5     2 2 5 1 5     1 2 7
7 LAASS, MALTE 4:57   0/1             1       1   -1
8 QUIDOME, TRESOR 37:55 15 0/1 5/9     3 3 2 3 2     2 2 16
9 CHIQUET, QUENTIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 ESTERKAMP, DAVID 33:12 18 2/5 3/10 5/6   8 8 2   3     3 4 15
13 BING, ERROYL 4:16   0/3 0/2             1         -6
14 TSHOMBA, DOUGLAS 16:07   0/3     1 3 4     3     3   -5
15 VOGT, OLIVER 33:50 5 1/4 1/3   1 6 7   3 4     4 1 3
Team           1 1 2   3           5
Totals 200:00 61 11/32 11/29 6/8 8 31 39 11 13 24 1 1 16 14 57
34.4% 37.9% 75%
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Head Coaches

EREMIN, STANISLAV
Triumph Lyubertsy
"Benetton Fribourg showed good play today even without two important players. They were fighting very well up to the end. And even in the end of the game they still had a chance to win. David Esterkamp played well. As for Triumph, I’d divide the game in two parts. In the first one we had good defenses and attacks. The second part was not so good. In general, I am satisfied with the game, but the quality of playing is not high enough for top level teams."
LEYROLLES, DAMIEN
Benetton Fribourg
"We knew that Triumph is a strong team and that we would have a very difficult game even without Vasic and Slokar, who didn't play. We also didn't have two players for this game – one of them had problems with visa and the second one had trauma. And our position in the ULEB cup influenced the game. We tried to do our best and played as we could. But unfortunately we have the result as it is."

Players

VALTERS, KRISTAPS
Triumph Lyubertsy
"It was a difficult game. We played well in defense but I think that we could have played better in offense."
SLOAN, MARCUS
Benetton Fribourg
"We played against a strong team. We tried to play well in defense but Triumph was able to win this game."
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