May 20, 2013
Regular Season Game 1 - November 24, 2009 CET: 19:00 Local time: 19:00 - SPORT CENTAR VISNJIC "KRESIMIR COSIC"
KK Zadar 68 - 73 Aris BSA 2003

Records

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0-0 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
PUKL,SASA, Slovenia
Referee
CHIARI, ROBERTO, Italy
Umpire
NESKOVIC, DRAGAN, Serbia

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 - KK Zadar
Team Stats - Aris BSA 2003

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 - KK Zadar
Team Roster - Aris BSA 2003

THE TAKE

KK Zadar hosts Aris BSA 2003 on the opening day of Group C action with both squads looking to start of the 2009-10 Eurocup regular season with a win. The home team will no doubt depend on its young legs and loyal fans to make the difference against an Aris squad that comes in loaded with veteran talent. Zadar brings back its guard duo of Rok Stipcevic and Damir Rancic from last season’s Final Eight run when the two outside players combined for 20 points a contest. Stipcevic has proven he is a leader on the floor while Rancic comes into new season with the added confidence of having been named the MVP of the 2009 Mediterranean Games. Marko Car is the chief option off the bench. Aris is loaded in the backcourt with playmaker Aaron Miles, newcomer Juan Dixon, former Panathinaikos fixture Nikos Hatzivrettas and Keydren Clark, plus small forward Jeremy Richardson, who will try to wear down the Zadar guards. At forward, Zadar can count on trusty Hrvoje Peric, the experienced Vladimer Boisa and explosive rookie Micah Downs. Peric and co. will have to combat Aris’s Michailis Kakiouzis and Dimos Dikoudis, who have an amazing 17 seasons of Euroleague experience to draw on between them both. The veteran pair of forwards is supported by Nikos Barlos. The battle in the paint will be mainly decided between Zadar’s Tomislav Ruzic and Trent Plaisted and Aris’s Andy Betts. After a disappointing start to the season for Aris, as it failed to advance to the Euroleague via the Qualifying Rounds, the club will be eager to rebound with a strong showing in the Eurocup. However Zadar went 5-1 at home in the Eurocup last season and knows a similar record is essential to long-term success, so the home side will be feisty in protecting its court in this opening night test.

REFEREES: Sasa Pukl, Roberto Chiari, Dragan Neskovic
Monday, November 23, 2009
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

KATSIKARIS, FOTIOS
Aris BSA 2003
"We will have to face a very tough team which bears the seal of their experienced coach, Mr. Zmago Sagadin. Zadar is a disciplined team, which plays very strong in defense and has got big potential, thank to a blend of young guys and experienced players. In addition, they have loyal fan and this adds to their strength at their home games. From our side, we must be absolutely concentrared in defense, reduce the turnovers and try to get the rebounds. It is going to be a match in which we have to show a great deal of patience, in order to have chances of winning."

Players

CLARK, KEYDREN
Aris BSA 2003
"We know that our game against Zadar is going to be a very difficult one. We are expecting to meet a tough opponent, which will try to put pressure on us since the beginning, so w must continue to follow our team principles, both in defense and offense. The defense will be the key, without a doubt. We must be mentally strong and maintain the good elements we showed in our last couple of games. The Eurocup 2009-10 is a great opportunity for us to redeem ourselves for last year’s disappointment, when we started well but finally didn’t qualify to the next phase. We definitely want to go much further this time. I believe we have a great chance to qualify to the Top 16. It's going to depend on us. If we play as a team, I think we’ll be fine."
Keydren Clark - Aris BSAAris BSA 2003 came back from an early double-digit deficit to beat KK Zadar 68-73 on Tuesday night in the teams' Eurocup Group C opener. Keydren Clark scored the go ahead basket late in the third quarter and iced the game with a big triple late in the fourth to give Aris an important road win over a team that reached the Final Eight last season. Aris will try to double its win total when it hosts Hapoel Jerusalem next week. Zadar will seek its first win in Lithuania at BC Siauliai. Zadar looked poised to dominated after a 13-1 start, but Clark and Jeremy Richardson helped Aris come all the way back to tie the game at 37-37 at halftime. The teams traded runs in the third quarter before Clark broke a 53-53 tie and the visitors held on through a tense fourth quarter. Clark was 4 for 4 from downtown en route to 16 points to lead Aris, Nikos Hatzivrettas added 15 points and Richardson scored 12. Marko Car scored 17 and Damir Rancic 14 – going a combined 7 for 8 from downtown – to lead Zadar in defeat.

Juan Dixon picked up a steal and a foul to get to the line for the first point of the game, but it was not a sign of what was to come. Car answered back with a three-pointer and Zadar started to roll, with Rok Stipcevic and Micah Downs adding baskets and Vladimer Boisa a triple before Car capped a 13-0 charge from downtown. Hatzivrettas ended the Aris drought and Richardson added a three-pointer, however Tomislav Ruzic and Stipcevic made sure Zadar kept the upper hand. Patience paid off for the visitors, who played their game, drew fouls and started to chip away at the deficit as Michalis Kakiouzis, Hatzivrettas and Aaron Miles made free throws to get within 17-12. Hatzivrettas further cut the gap to 3 before Hrvoje Peric put Zadar ahead 24-19 after 10 minutes. Things looked good again for the hosts after back-to-back threes by Car and Boisa restored a 32-24 lead, but Aris was not done fighting. Clark hit from downtown and Richardson added a basket as the visitors got back within 1. Car extended the Zadar lead from the line only to see Clark hit another triple and knot the game at 34-34. Rancic came to the rescuer for Zadar with a three-pointer, but Richardson also connected from downtown to tie the game at 37-37 at halftime.

Marko Car - KK ZadarMiles opened the second half with a layup that gave Aris its first lead of the night. Car and Downs put Zadar back on top before Hatzivrettas got hot. After Richardson tied the score at 41-41, Hatzivrettas scored on three straight possessions to help Aris claim control. His hot streak was part of an overall 1-12 run that put Aris in control. Trent Plaisted ended the Zadar dry spell, but Dimos Dikoudis’s first basket pushed the Aris lead to double figure. Plaisted stepped up when needed, scoring on three consecutive possessions to bring his team back. Despite an Aris timeout and Plaisted taking a breather, Peric and Car completed a 10-0 Zadar run to tie the game at 53-53. Clark ended the Zadar run and Dixon came up with a clutch triple as Aris regained control with a 53-58 after three quarters. Damir Rancic revived the Zadar crown with a layup to open the fourth quarter, but Clark drilled another triple as Aris stood tall. Dikoudis stretched the lead to 56-63 midway through the quarter. Ruzic tried to keep Zadar close and Aris made five straight fruitless trips downcourt. Rancic brought Zadar as close as 62-65 before Hatzivrettas took charge with a basket-plus-foul that rescued the visitors. A Rancic triple and a Hatzivrettas miss gave Zadar another chance, but Rancic turned it over and Clark iced the game with a three-pointer and 2 free throws on the next two possessions.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: PUKL,SASA (SLO), CHIARI, ROBERTO (ITA), NESKOVIC, DRAGAN (SRB)
Attendance: 3500
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Head coach: SAGADIN, ZMAGOSLAV
KK Zadar
# 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 RANCIC, DAMIR 22:03 14 1/4 4/5         2   4         8
5 PERIC, HRVOJE 20:06 7 2/2   3/5 1 5 6 2 1 2 1     5 18
6 STIPCEVIC, ROK 33:20 4 2/5 0/4     1 1 2   1     4 2 -3
7 BOISA, VLADIMER 33:06 8 1/5 2/2   2 5 7   2 4 1   2 3 11
8 BATUR, IVAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 MARCINKOVIC, PAVLE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 RUZIC, TOMISLAV 18:50 6 2/2   2/2 2 2 4   2 1 1   5 3 10
22 DOWNS, MICAH 15:35 4 2/4 0/3     2 2     1 1   2   -1
30 MOROVIC, VEDRAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
32 CAR, MARKO 33:43 17 2/5 3/3 4/4 1   1 1 3 1     4 3 17
34 SKIFIC, JURE 4:33                         1   -1
44 PLAISTED, TRENT 18:44 8 3/4   2/6 3 2 5 1 1       3 3 10
Team                                
Totals 200:00 68 15/31 9/17 11/17 9 17 26 8 9 14 4 0 21 19 69
48.4% 52.9% 64.7%
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: KATSIKARIS, FOTIOS
Aris BSA 2003
# 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 CLARK, KEYDREN 21:05 16 1/5 4/4 2/2   1 1   1 1   1 1 1 12
7 BETTS, ANDY 23:20 3 1/5   1/1 4 1 5     3   1 1 5 4
9 RICHARDSON, JEREMY 27:59 12 3/6 2/3   1 2 3           3   8
10 HATZIVRETTAS, NIKOS 27:32 15 6/11   3/3   2 2 1 1       3 3 14
11 DIKOUDIS, DIMOS 18:22 4 2/6   0/2 2 1 3     1     2 1 -1
12 SKORDILIS, GAIOS 6:55 6 2/5   2/2 2   2   1 1   1 2 1 3
13 DIXON, JUAN 24:54 5 0/4 1/3 2/4 2 2 4 2 1 3     2 3 2
14 KAKIOUZIS, MICHAILIS 29:32 3 0/3   3/4 2 3 5   1       3 2 4
17 MILES, AARON 20:21 9 3/5   3/4   2 2     1   1 2 5 9
18 CHRYSIKOPOULOS, LINOS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 MOURTOS, SPYROS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team                                
Totals 200:00 73 18/50 7/10 16/22 13 14 27 3 5 10 0 4 19 21 55
36% 70% 72.7%
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Head Coaches

SAGADIN, ZMAGOSLAV
KK Zadar
"We had very good and very bad minutes in this game. The start was excellent, I expected that we would keep that rhythm, but we failed. Then, we managed to get back in the game with big struggle, and then, in key moments we ruined two offenses and lost a few important balls. Aris is a very good team, their better 3-point shooting and offensive rebounds were the most important things, and because of that they won this game."
KATSIKARIS, FOTIOS
Aris BSA 2003
"For sure, it was great victory for us, for two reasons: first, we started our European obligations with a victory away, and second, a victory against a very good team like Zadar. It is very difficult to beat Zadar on their court. We have a new team, and we are still building, as you are informed, there are a lot of changes in the club, myself, players, for us it is very important to find a key to win the games. Lately, we played very good defense, smart defense, and the players are very dedicated to this, also we have a talent in offense."
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