May 24, 2013
Qualifying Round Game 1 - September 21, 2010 CET: 19:00 Local time: 20:00 - ABDI IPEKÇI SPORTS HALL
Banvit BK 72 - 78 Le Mans Sarthe

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Qualifying Round 0-0
0-0 Overall 0-0

Referees

Crew Chief
BELOSEVIC, ILIJA, Serbia
Referee
TOMOV, MIROSLAV, Bulgaria
Umpire
LO GUZZO, CARMELO, Italy

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 - Banvit BK
Team Stats - Le Mans Sarthe

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 - Banvit BK
Team Roster - Le Mans Sarthe

THE TAKE

Banvit BK takes another impressive step in its rise from the Turkish minor leagues to European prominence when it hosts Le Mans Sarthe Basket in the first leg of the teams’ Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds tie on Tuesday. Banvit stunned many by finishing third in the Turkish League last season and reaching the playoff semifinals. The team turned that success into a spot in the qualifying rounds and now head coach Ene Orhun will try to lead the team further. In preparation for what may be the two most important games yet in club history, Banvit rearmed over the summer, adding players with Euroleague experience, like centers Vladimir Golubovic and Bora Hun Pacun and combo-guard Antonio Graves to the roster. They join a squad that keeps many of its protagonists from last season, including big man Lance Williams, forward Chuck Davis, scorer Keith Simmons and Turkish national team guard Baris Ermis, who won a silver medal at the just completed world championships. Le Mans also has players that took part in the world championships, big men J.P. Batista with Brazil and Alain Koffi from France. That duo teams with Ryvon Covile and veteran Thierry Rupert to give Le Mans a strong frontline. Head coach J.D. Jackson will have to plug a hole at small forward, since planned starter Alex Acker could miss the series with a thigh injury. If he is out, look for shapshooter Ben Dewar and athletic swingman Charles Kahudi to take those minutes. In the backcourt, Marc Antoine Pellin, often the smallest player on the court, will push the offense alongside rising star Antoine Diot. Teenage guard Henri Kahudi could also surprise some people. At face value, Le Mans has a distinct advantage with en entire rotation’s worth of players with Euroleague experience. However Banvit is a team that shoul never be underestimated, especially at home and with Le Mans potentially without a starter. The game should feature some fireworks inside with the likes of Williams, Davis and Golubovic battling Batista, Koffi and Covile. However the matchup that has the greatest impact may be Ermis and Pellin, who will try to control the game and set their team’s up for an important opening leg win.

REFEREES: Ilija Belosevic, Miroslav Tomov, Carmelo Lo Guzzo



Banvit BK BANVIT BK

Le Mans LE MANS
Roster
No. Player Country Pos. Height Born More
4 YILDIRIM, IBRAHIM Turkey Guard 1.88 1990
5 ERMIS, BARIS Turkey Guard 1.94 1985
7 WILLIAMS, LANCE USA Center 2.06 1980
8 DAVIS, CHARLES USA Forward 2.03 1984
9 CINKO, EROL CAN Turkey Guard 1.88 1990
13 SIMMONS, KEITH USA Guard 1.96 1985
- OZCAN, BARIS Turkey Guard 1.89 1980
- PACUN, BORA Turkey Center 2.10 1987
- GRAVES, ANTONIO USA Guard 1.91 1985
- AKPINAR, MUTLU Turkey Forward 2.03 1983
- GOLUBOVIC, V. Montenegro Center 2.13 1986
- TURNA, YIGITCAN Turkey     1987
- EDGE, SAFAK Turkey     1992
- TURKYILMAZ, IZZET Turkey     1990
  Head Coach        
  ORHUN, ENE Turkey    
Roster
No. Player Country Pos. Height Born More
4 COVILE, RYVON USA Center 2.06 1984 More
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES France Guard 1.96 1986
6 DIOT, ANTOINE France Guard 1.92 1989
7 KOFFI, ALAIN France Forward 2.05 1983 More
9 ACKER, ALEX USA Guard 1.95 1983 More
10 DEWAR, BENJAMIN USA Forward 1.96 1981 More
11 PELLIN, MARC ANTOINE France Guard 1.70 1987 More
12 RUPERT, THIERRY France Forward 2.00 1977
13 BATISTA, JOAO PAULO Brazil Center 2.06 1981
15 KAHUDI, HENRI France Guard 1.94 1991
17 NIANG, BABACAR France Forward 2.08 1991
18 DROUALT, PIERRE-ETIENNE France Guard 1.93 1990
  Head Coach        
  JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID France    
Friday, September 17, 2010
Euroleague.net

Quotes Head Coaches

Players

J.P. Batista - Le MansUsing its big men's experience and a nuetral court to its advantage, Le Mans Sarthe Basket opened the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds with a good-as-gold 72-78 road win over BK Banvit in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday. The teams will play a re-match in France on Friday in which Le Mans need only to avoid losing by six or more points in order to reach the second qualifying round. Banvit, which played the game a couple hundred kilometers from its home in Bandirma, fell victim to the veteran big men of Le Mans. The trio of J.P Batista, Thierry Rupert and Alain Koffi had 18, 14 and 10 points respectively while helping Le Mans to a 20-29 advantage in rebounding. Six other Le Mans players scored between 5 and 7 points, while Marc Antoine Pellin came off the bench to dish 7 assists. For Banvit, guard Baris Ermis tallied 15 points and was followed by teenage shooter Safak Edge with 13 and 5 assists. Chuck Davis added 12 points, Mutlu Akpinar and Lance Williams 11 each.

Visiting center Koffi stole the ball and dunked for opening points of the game - and the 2010-11 season. Batista followed him with 6 consecutive points to give Le Mans a quick 4-8 advantage. Henri Kahudi extended the lead of the French side to 6-11 with the game's first three-point shot. Banvit reacted with some zone pressure on defense and used that to spark a 7-0 run dominated by Davis and Ermis. A jumper from the post by Davis gave Banvit its first lead at 13-11, but Le Mans responded with a 6-9 finish to the quarter as Ryvon Covile's layup on the buzzer left the visitors in front again, 17-20 after 10 minutes. Banvit, which had started the game without the key players like Keith Simmons and Baris Ozcan, both injured, also lost new signing Antonio Graves to calf injury in the game's fifth minute. Without his offense, Banvit suffered from the strong inside game of Le Mans, which now added some outside scoring to take control of the scoreboard in the second quarter. Rupert and Batista downed jumpers that pushed the visitors' edge to 9 points, 25-34, after 15 minutes. Banvit stayed alive with a triple by teenage guard Edge to reduce the difference to 33-38 at halftime.

Banvit kept chasing in the third quarter but Le Mans proved too clever to catch. The French side moved the ball fast - with Pellin collecting more and more assists - to stay a step ahead of the hosts. Edge shortened the distance with a layup for Banvit at 41-46, Pellin responded with 5 unanswered points of his pown. The Le Mans lead reached double digits for the second time at 43-53 on a jumper by Antoine Diot. Banvit tried to chip away, getting points from Williams and Bora Hun Pacun in what was left of the third quarter before free throws by Ibrahim Yildirim made it 53-60 after 30 minutes. Chuck Davis opened the last quarter with a layup to get Banvit within 55-60, but again Le Mans reacted, with a 0-6 run that finished with a basket by Alex Acker for a 55-66 scoreboard. The Rupert-Batista duo keep finding easy points in the paint while Banvit tried to stay close with triples by Akpinar and Ermis. With under 4 minutes left, Edge stole and scored for another five-point approach, 67-72, but Le Mans responded again with fastbreak layups by by Kofi and Diot to keep control. Safak made another move with a new triple in the final minute, while Batista's last jumper fixed a 72-78 final for both teams to consider before Friday's re-match.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Gokhan Ture, Istanbul
Referees: BELOSEVIC, ILIJA (SRB), TOMOV, MIROSLAV (BUL), LO GUZZO, CARMELO (ITA)
Attendance: 700 (Tentative)
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Head coach: ENE, ORHUN
Banvit BK
# 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 EDGE, SAFAK 24:21 13 2/2 3/8     2 2 5   4         11
5 YILDIRIM, IBRAHIM 15:19 2 0/1 0/2 2/2       2 2       2 2 3
6 WILLIAMS, LANCE 22:29 11 5/7   1/2   1 1 1   2     2 3 9
7 AKPINAR, MUTLU 27:58 11 0/1 2/6 5/8 1 2 3           1 4 9
8 DAVIS, CHUCK 24:26 12 4/5 1/1 1/1   2 2 2 1 2     3 4 15
9 CINKO, EROL CAN 16:01     0/2             2       1 -3
10 TURNA, YIGITCAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 GOLUBOVIC, VLADIMIR 17:31 4 2/4   0/1   2 2     3     1 2 1
12 TURKYILMAZ, IZZET 2:42   0/1       1 1   1 1          
13 ERMIS, BARIS 29:01 15 3/4 2/3 3/4   1 1 1 3 2   1 3 3 14
14 PACUN, BORA HUN 15:24 4 2/2     1 3 4 3 1 1     2   9
15 GRAVES, ANTONIO 4:48       0/2         2 1       2 1
Team           4   4               4
Totals 200:00 72 18/27 8/22 12/20 6 14 20 14 10 18 0 1 14 21 73
66.7% 36.4% 60%
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: JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID
Le Mans Sarthe
# 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 COVILE, RYVON 7:02 6 3/4       2 2 1 1 2     4   3
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES 17:56 7 2/3 1/3   2 1 3 2   2     1 1 7
6 DIOT, ANTOINE 24:29 6 3/6 0/1   2 3 5 4 2 5     2 1 7
7 KOFFI, ALAIN 18:24 10 5/7   0/2         2 1     3 1 5
9 ACKER, ALEX 16:48 6 2/4   2/2 1 2 3   1 1     2 2 7
10 DEWAR, BEN 30:56 6   2/3     3 3 3   1     3 2 9
11 PELLIN, MARC-ANTOINE 30:18 5 0/1 1/2 2/2 1 3 4 7 1 3     1 2 13
12 RUPERT, THIERRY 24:46 14 6/8   2/3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1   3 3 17
13 BATISTA, JOAO PAULO 29:21 18 9/12       5 5 1   4     2 2 17
15 KAHUDI, HENRI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16 MENDY, KEVIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 78 30/45 4/9 6/9 8 21 29 20 9 20 1 0 21 14 87
66.7% 44.4% 66.7%
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Head Coaches

ENE, ORHUN
Banvit BK
"We didn't play well in offense or defense. We couldn't find our rhythm. We conceded too many easy points, especially at the beginning of the game. We were in panic about the difference and it's because of the lack of experience of this level. But those were not the reason we lost. We will go there to win for sure."
JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID
Le Mans Sarthe
"It was a difficult game for both teams. We were not in the rhythm yet, made a lot of turnovers because we had a lot of guys coming back from injuries, too. Our big guys were very good. They dominated the paint tonight. Even on the perimeter they made some big shots. It was an important win. I think they have great young guys in their rotation. They really impressed me. They had some open shots and made them. We will see. There's a challenge. We will try to make right decisions in the second game. I think both teams need more time to get in shape."

Players

EDGE, SAFAK
Banvit BK
"It was not a good team performance for us. We didn't play the way we could have. It was a good game, but we lost unexpectedly. The injuries were big problem for us in the rotation. Anyway, many thanks to my coach Orhun Ene for giving me the chance to play at this level. This was my first game in a top competition like the Euroleague. I’m proud to be here. And I hope we play better in France to take the revenge."
BATISTA, JOAO PAULO
Le Mans Sarthe
"This was a great win for us. But it's not over yet. This is just a win to take the advantage. We have good shooters and played really strong inside. Banvit also challenged well. But we did small things better then them. We will try to show the same intensity in the second leg to win again and to reach to the second round."
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