May 18, 2013
Regular Season Game 1 - November 25, 2008 CET: 20:05 Local time: 20:05 - RTL SPIROUDOME
Spirou Basket 71 - 65 Crvena Zvezda

Records

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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 Regular Season 0-0
0-0 Overall 0-0

Referees

Crew Chief
MARTIN, JOSE, Spain
Referee
LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT, Germany
Umpire
PEREZ NIZ, MIGUEL ANGEL, Spain

Team Stats

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0 Points 0
0 Rebounds 0
0 O. Rebounds 0
0 D. Rebounds 0
0 Assists 0
0 Steals 0
0 Blocks 0
0 Turnovers 0
0 2PT 0
0 3PT 0
0 FT 0
0 Index 0
Team Stats - Spirou Basket
Team Stats - Crvena Zvezda

Player Stats

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0 Points 0
0 Rebounds 0
0 OR 0
0 DR 0
0 Assists 0
0 Steals 0
0 Blocks 0
0 Turnovers 0
0 2PT 0
0 3PT 0
0 FT 0
0 Index 0
Team Roster - Spirou Basket
Team Roster - Crvena Zvezda

THE TAKE

Spirou Basket faces a stiff challenge in its Eurocup regular season Group F opener at home against BC Red Star. Head coach Drazen Anzulovic is in his first full season with the Belgian club Spirou after leading it to the domestic title last season after coming over mid-season. Charleroi suffered its first loss of the season but still leads the league. And Anzulovic's main weapon has been guard Jerry Johnson, who is averaging nearly 15 points and more than 3 assists. Forward Wes Wilkinson has scored nearly 14 points while grabbing 6 rebounds and hitting over 40% of his threes. Guard Justin Hamilton is also a three-point threat who plays strong defense as is gaurd Jonathan Tabu. Forward Dwayne Broyles meanwhile is not afraid to work inside and has quick hands. Especially helpful for Anzulovic's defense is knowing that center Andre Riddick is behind them ready to swipe away any mistake made and begin fast breaks after rebounds. And the recent addition of forward Matt Walsh will only add another offensive weapon. Anzulovic will need them all against Red Star, who with head coach Svetislav Pesic at the helm can win the tournament. Red Star is co-leader in the Adriatic league and reached the regular season by knocking off Allianz Swans in the second qualifying round. And Red Star fans hope to finally get to the semifinals of this competition after losing in the ULEB Cup quarterfinals in 2006 and 2007. Pesic has a very deep 10-man rotation. Forward Tadija Dragicevic averaged 19 points and 6.5 rebounds against Swans but struggled in the Adriatic League. Guard Marko Marinovic has led the team in scoring away from the Eurocup with nearly 13 points as well as nearly 3 assists. Guard Andre Owens is averaging more than 11 points as well nearly 4 rebounds and 3 assists. And center Elmedin Kikanovic is also scoring in double figures. Forward Lawrence Roberts and center Vladimir Stimac have been a force in the paint, taking up loads of space. Forward Marko Keselj, forward Nemanja Bjelica and guard Boris Bakic also can provide scoring off the bench for Pesic.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

Players

Len Matela - Spirou BasketSpirou Charleroi bounced back from a poor start to down Red Star 71-65 on Tuesday night. The trio of Len Matela, Jerry Johnson and Matt Walsh carried the Belgian champs and staved off Red Star, which closed to within 1 point in the closing minutes. Matela finished with 17 points and 5 steals, Johnson had 12 points and 6 assists and Walsh scored 13 – including 3 important free throws in the final minute. Marko Marinovic scored 17 and Andre Owens added 13 for Red Star, which led 2-10 in the opening minutes, but quickly folded after that. Still the visitors kept it close throughout the game, but didn’t have the firepower to overtake Charleroi. Spirou will visit PGE Turow next week in a battle for the early Group F lead, while Red Star will host Brose Baskets in its home opener.

Despite the fact that Spirou won the opening tip, things started for Red Star just the way it wanted. Lawrence Roberts scored the game's first points in the paint, Marinovic fired in a three-pointer and Owens scored in transition for a 0-7 lead. It took nearly three minutes before Justin Hamilton scored on the offensive glass to register Charleroi's first basket. Elemdin Kikanovic extended Red Star’s lead to 2-10 before Charleroi got its footing. A pair of Wes Wilkinson baskets and a three-pointer by Matela brought the hosts back within a single point as the opening period ended with Red Star up 14-15. Johnson scored top give the hosts their first lead on the opening possession of the second period. The game stayed tight with three ties and four lead changes over the next five minutes until Walsh led a 7-0 charge for a 30-25 Spirou lead. The hosts' advantage would reach 8 on a Walsh free throw before a Kikanovic basket and a Mirko Kovac closed the gap, but Matela’s third triple helped Charleroi to a 38-33 halftime lead.

An Owens triple and a Milan Milosevic basket saw Red Star get within 40-38 early in the third period. Hamilton, Pankracije Barac and Jure Lalic managed to keep the hosts ahead despite the best efforts of Owens and Boris Bakic. But a Wilkinson slam and a Dwayne Broyles basket helped Charleroi head into the fourth quarter with a 54-46 advantage. Marinovic stepped up with 5 straight points to start the fourth quarter and after a Johnson score, Owens hit from downtown to make it 56-54. But Red Star cooled down after that and a basket by Hamilton and Johnson three-point play put the hosts up 7. But just as it seemed Spirou was in control, Tadija Dragicevic and Roberts and Marinovic turned the tables and brought the hosts within 1. Marinovic even had a chance to tie the game from the line, but missed. Walsh answered with a clutch three-pointer that made it 66-62. Marinovic and Matela traded baskets and Walsh made 3 of 4 free throws in the final minute to ice the win.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: MARTIN, JOSE (ESP), LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT (GER), PEREZ NIZ, MIGUEL ANGEL (ESP)
Attendance: 5800
By Quarter1234
Spirou Basket14241617
Crvena Zvezda15181319
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Spirou Basket14385471
Crvena Zvezda15334665
Head coach: ANZULOVIC, DRAZEN
Spirou Basket
# 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 WALSH, MATT 19:56 13 2/2 1/4 6/8   5 5     3     1 5 14
5 JOHNSON, JERRY 31:47 12 5/10 0/2 2/3       6   3 1 1 3 5 9
6 BROYLES, DWAYNE 18:59 2 1/1 0/1   1 1 2 1 1 2     3    
7 HAMILTON, JUSTIN 21:12 7 2/5 1/3   2 2 4 1   1     5   1
8 BARAC, PANKRACIJE 18:49 9 2/5 1/1 2/2   1 1 2 1 4     3 2 5
9 TABU, JONATHAN 10:30 2 1/1 0/1             1       2 2
10 RIDDICK, ANDRE 14:34 1 0/1   1/2 1 1 2   3       3 1 2
11 WILKINSON, WES 19:32 6 3/6 0/2   2 4 6           4 1 4
12 MASSOT, SACHA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 LALIC, JURE 18:23 2 1/2       2 2     2   1 2 1 -1
14 MATELA, LEN 26:18 17 3/4 3/4 2/2 1 4 5 1 5       3 4 27
15 MAJOR, GERRIT DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1 2 3     1         2
Totals 200:00 71 20/37 6/18 13/17 8 22 30 11 10 17 1 2 27 21 65
54.1% 33.3% 76.5%
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: PESIC, SVETISLAV
Crvena Zvezda
# 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 KESELJ, MARKO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 ROBERTS, LAWRENCE 21:43 7 3/9 0/1 1/2 1 5 6 1 1 3     1 1 4
9 KIKANOVIC, ELMEDIN 15:28 5 2/3   1/2   1 1   1 3     4 3 1
10 MILOSEVIC, STEVAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 KOVAC, MIRKO 9:13 3   1/1         1 1   1   4   2
14 MARINOVIC, MARKO 32:36 17 4/5 2/3 3/5 2   2 3 1     1 4 4 18
20 DRAGICEVIC, TADIJA 22:12 7 0/4 1/5 4/6   3 3     4     1 6 1
21 MILOSEVIC, MILAN 15:32 2 1/1 0/1     2 2     3     1 1  
23 OWENS, ANDRE 36:22 13 1/1 3/6 2/4   4 4   2 1 1   1 5 18
30 STIMAC, VLADIMIR 20:37 6 2/4   2/3 2 5 7 1   3     3 3 8
33 BAKIC, BORIS 23:12 4 0/1 0/1 4/4 1 2 3 2 1       2 3 9
44 BJELICA, NEMANJA 3:05 1   0/1 1/2           1       1 -1
Team                     1         -1
Totals 200:00 65 13/28 7/19 18/28 6 22 28 8 7 19 2 1 21 27 59
46.4% 36.8% 64.3%
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Head Coaches

ANZULOVIC, DRAZEN
Spirou Basket
"I am very happy with our success tonight, against a strong team which has many ambitions like us, and against one of the best coaches in Europe. We had pressure before the game because we can’t lose at home, especially the first game, which was very important for us. We won, but I am not totally satisfied. We made some mistakes in a game I expected to be very close. We don't have such opponents in our league and we played at a good level. We have now one week to prepare for Turow."
PESIC, SVETISLAV
Crvena Zvezda
"I congratulate the Belgian team and Drazen. I knew it would not be easy for us to win tonight, and it was indeed a tough game. When we came back a few minutes from the end, we made some bad decisions offensively. That was the key for me. Too many turnovers, too many free throws missed, those are important details in such a game. But we think already about the next games in our league and in the Eurocup against Bamberg."

Players

MATELA, LEN
Spirou Basket
"It's my role to bring energy when I come from the bench. Our beginning was not good, but we were strong in defense, especially in the money time. I took open shots to help the team, with success. And this victory is very important for our confidence. It’s a good reaction after our first defeat in the Belgian league, in Antwerp where we played bad. Red Star is a big team and we’ve given the best tonight, like Barac who brought his experience."
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