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May 26, 2013

Last 16 Game 4 - February 15, 2011 CET: 20:30 Local time: 20:30 - ANTARES

Le Mans 72 - 77 Budivelnik

LAST 16, GAME 4

GROUP I

GROUP J

GROUP K

GROUP L

Records

Ave.		Ave.
0-0	Final	0-0
0-0	Quarter Final	0-0
1-2	Last 16	2-1
4-2	Regular Season	4-2
5-4	Overall	6-3

Referees

Crew Chief

ROCHA, FERNANDO, Portugal

Referee

KALPAKAS, APOSTOLOS, Sweden

Umpire

REITER, MORITZ, Germany

Team Stats

Ave.		Ave.
71.4	Points	66.8
33.0	Rebounds	32.8
10.3	O. Rebounds	7.7
22.7	D. Rebounds	25.1
14.1	Assists	12.2
5.9	Steals	7.1
1.9	Blocks	2.3
14.9	Turnovers	14.0
47.4 %	2PT	54.7 %
31.8 %	3PT	29.2 %
77.6 %	FT	67.1 %
71.2	Index	69.0

Team Stats - Le Mans

Team Stats - Budivelnik

Player Stats

Ave.		Ave.
12.9 / Batista	Points	13.1 / Morley
5.2 / Batista	Rebounds	6.0 / Morley
2.3 / Batista	OR	1.6 / BETTS, ANDREW
2.9 / Batista	DR	5.1 / Morley
3.8 / DIOT, ANTOINE	Assists	3.3 / KEYS, WILLIAM AMAR
1.4 / DEWAR, BENJAMIN	Steals	1.3 / KEYS, WILLIAM AMAR
1.1 / RUPERT, THIERRY	Blocks	0.6 / AGAFONOV, ANDRIY
2.8 / DIOT, ANTOINE	Turnovers	2.4 / KEYS, WILLIAM AMAR
57.1 % / DEWAR, BENJAMIN	2PT	80.0 % / Zabirchenko
42.9 % / KAKIOUZIS, MICHAILIS	3PT	42.0 % / WILSON, LAMAYNE
90.0 % / KAKIOUZIS, MICHAILIS	FT	100.0 % / IKOVLEV, DENIS
12.1 / Acker	Index	15.2 / Morley

Team Roster - Le Mans

Team Roster - Budivelnik

THE TAKE

Le Mans and Budivelnik square off Tuesday night at the Antares Arena in France in a battle to distinguish themselves in Group J of the Eurocup Last 16. Le Mans (1-2) hosts Budivelnik (2-1) with everything still in play in the standings. Budivelnik edged Le Mans 67-61 when they met two weeks ago and another victory for head coach Josep Maria Berrocal’s men could be the end of the road for Le Mans. However Le Mans has been strong all season at home, losing only to potent Unics Kazan in the regular season. With center Joao Paulo Batista to anchor the team at both ends of the court and rising star Antione Diot at point guard, Le Mans has the tools to get the job done. Batista did not play to his full potential in the previous matchup against Budivelnik, but was still able to manufacture 18 points against the accomplished duo of Andy Betts and Michailis Anisimov in the paint. But it’s forward Zach Morley who rules the boards for the visitors, to the tune of 7.7 per game, as Budivelnik likes to let guard Billy Keys and forward Lamayne Wilson run on the break after opponent misses, perhaps opening things up for sharpshooter Andriy Agafonov on the perimeter. Le Mans has a balanced offense that spreads the ball well and can equally spot up shooters like Alex Acker or Ben Dewar for big backcourt scoring numbers. A proven road team in Eurocup play, Budivelnik will try to impose the tempo also away from its home fans in order to take another step closer to the quarterfinals, while Le Mans will need a much-improved performance from beyond the arc to catch up to their rivals in the group standings. Note that even if Le Mans wins, the 6-point difference from their last meeting could come into play as the teams start to think about potential tiebreakers for the playoff race. REFEREES: Fernando Rocha, Apostolos Kalpakas, Moritz Reiter Monday, February 14, 2011 Eurocupbasketball.com

Le Mans and Budivelnik square off Tuesday night at the Antares Arena in France in a battle to distinguish themselves in Group J of the Eurocup Last 16. Le Mans (1-2) hosts Budivelnik (2-1) with everything still in play in the standings. Budivelnik edged Le Mans 67-61 when they met two weeks ago and another victory for head coach Josep Maria Berrocal’s men could be the end of the road for Le Mans. However Le Mans has been strong all season at home, losing only to potent Unics Kazan in the regular season. With center Joao Paulo Batista to anchor the team at both ends of the court and rising star Antione Diot at point guard, Le Mans has the tools to get the job done. Batista did not play to his full potential in the previous matchup against Budivelnik, but was still able to manufacture 18 points against the accomplished duo of Andy Betts and Michailis Anisimov in the paint. But it’s forward Zach Morley who rules the boards for the visitors, to the tune of 7.7 per game, as Budivelnik likes to let guard Billy Keys and forward Lamayne Wilson run on the break after opponent misses, perhaps opening things up for sharpshooter Andriy Agafonov on the perimeter. Le Mans has a balanced offense that spreads the ball well and can equally spot up shooters like Alex Acker or Ben Dewar for big backcourt scoring numbers. A proven road team in Eurocup play, Budivelnik will try to impose the tempo also away from its home fans in order to take another step closer to the quarterfinals, while Le Mans will need a much-improved performance from beyond the arc to catch up to their rivals in the group standings. Note that even if Le Mans wins, the 6-point difference from their last meeting could come into play as the teams start to think about potential tiebreakers for the playoff race.

REFEREES: Fernando Rocha, Apostolos Kalpakas, Moritz Reiter

Monday, February 14, 2011

Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

Players

Budivelnik climbed into first place in Group J with a 72-77 come-from-behind victory at Le Mans. In his first Eurocup game, Dee Spencer scored 18 of his team-high 20 points in the second half to lead Budivelnik, which won its third straight game to improve to 3-1 in the Top 16. Budivelnik will have a chance to qualify for the playoffs next week when it hosts Aris BSA 2003. The game was close throughout. Budivelnik led for much of the first half, but was held scoreless for the first five-plus minutes of the third quarter as Le Mans rallied ahead. The game was close down the stretch, but the visitors were fresher in the closing minutes, outscoring Le Mans 4-12 in the last three minutes to register the win. Michailis Anisimov added 12 points for the winners, Denis Ikolev scored 11 on 3-of-4 three-point shooting, Zach Morley amassed 11 points and 5 assists and Lamayne Wilson posted 10 points and 8 rebounds. Alex Acker starred for Le Mans with a season-high 24 points plus 5 assists, but it wasn’t enough to lift his team. Joao Paulo Batista added 11 for Le Mans, which dropped to 1-3 and must win its remaining two games and have other results go its way to reach the playoffs. Budivelnik got off to the start it wanted getting baskets inside from Dmytro Zabirchenko and Morley on its first two possessions. Alex Acker stepped up for the hosts and flashed his athleticism to lift Le Mans to a 7-6 lead. The lead started to change hands with every basket as the teams battled hard. Michalis Kakiouzis nailed the game’s first three-pointer to make it 12-10 for the hosts only to see Andy Betts tie the score moments later. Lamayne Wilson and Morley came through for the visitors as the Budivelnik attack improved and went on a 2-13 charge that Morley capped with a buzzer-beater to make it 14-23 after 10 minutes. Batista went to work inside with 5 straight points to open the second quarter and Acker soon cut the gap to 23-25 with a three-pointer. Ikolev stepped up with a pair of triples as Budivelnik raced out to a 28-35 edge, but Acker remained red hot and trimmed the gap to three. Billy Keys connected from downtown to lift the edge to 8 only for Charles Kahudi and Thierry Rupert to make it 37-40 at halftime. Le Mans came out firing in the second half, keeping the visitors scoreless for the first five-and-a-half minutes of the second half. Acker was the focal part of the attack, scoring from the line and generating a picture-perfect assists to Antoine Diot for a fast-break layup. A Kahudi triple capped a 9-0 start to the half and gave Le Mans’s a 6-point edge. Spencer finally got Budivelnik going with a three from the corner, but a Brandon Bowman three kept Le Mans in charge. Ikolev and Spencer rallied Budivelnik back to 51-51, but in the last 10 seconds of the third quarter, a Marc-Antoine Pellin triple, a Bowman steal and a Ben Dewar three lifted Le Mans to 57-51. Spencer took the scoring mantle for the guests and cut the lead to 59-56. Acker brought the Le Mans fans to their feet with a big three-pointer, however Morley soon had Budivelnik within 64-63. Le Mans held on until there were just over two minutes remaining and Keys converted a basket-plus-foul to put his team up 68-70. Things then unraveled for the hosts as Acker slipped and lost a ball and Morley rejected a Dewar shot, while at the other end Spencer and Wilson lifted the Budivelnik lead to 5. Dewar and Diot missed hurried threes on Le Mans’s next attack and Spencer effectively iced the victory with a pair of free throws in the final minute. Acker narrowed the gap to 3 with 18 seconds left, but Le Mans was again forced to foul Spencer and he put the game out of reach with another free throw. Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Eurocupbasketball.com

Budivelnik climbed into first place in Group J with a 72-77 come-from-behind victory at Le Mans. In his first Eurocup game, Dee Spencer scored 18 of his team-high 20 points in the second half to lead Budivelnik, which won its third straight game to improve to 3-1 in the Top 16. Budivelnik will have a chance to qualify for the playoffs next week when it hosts Aris BSA 2003. The game was close throughout. Budivelnik led for much of the first half, but was held scoreless for the first five-plus minutes of the third quarter as Le Mans rallied ahead. The game was close down the stretch, but the visitors were fresher in the closing minutes, outscoring Le Mans 4-12 in the last three minutes to register the win. Michailis Anisimov added 12 points for the winners, Denis Ikolev scored 11 on 3-of-4 three-point shooting, Zach Morley amassed 11 points and 5 assists and Lamayne Wilson posted 10 points and 8 rebounds. Alex Acker starred for Le Mans with a season-high 24 points plus 5 assists, but it wasn’t enough to lift his team. Joao Paulo Batista added 11 for Le Mans, which dropped to 1-3 and must win its remaining two games and have other results go its way to reach the playoffs.

Budivelnik got off to the start it wanted getting baskets inside from Dmytro Zabirchenko and Morley on its first two possessions. Alex Acker stepped up for the hosts and flashed his athleticism to lift Le Mans to a 7-6 lead. The lead started to change hands with every basket as the teams battled hard. Michalis Kakiouzis nailed the game’s first three-pointer to make it 12-10 for the hosts only to see Andy Betts tie the score moments later. Lamayne Wilson and Morley came through for the visitors as the Budivelnik attack improved and went on a 2-13 charge that Morley capped with a buzzer-beater to make it 14-23 after 10 minutes. Batista went to work inside with 5 straight points to open the second quarter and Acker soon cut the gap to 23-25 with a three-pointer. Ikolev stepped up with a pair of triples as Budivelnik raced out to a 28-35 edge, but Acker remained red hot and trimmed the gap to three. Billy Keys connected from downtown to lift the edge to 8 only for Charles Kahudi and Thierry Rupert to make it 37-40 at halftime.

Le Mans came out firing in the second half, keeping the visitors scoreless for the first five-and-a-half minutes of the second half. Acker was the focal part of the attack, scoring from the line and generating a picture-perfect assists to Antoine Diot for a fast-break layup. A Kahudi triple capped a 9-0 start to the half and gave Le Mans’s a 6-point edge. Spencer finally got Budivelnik going with a three from the corner, but a Brandon Bowman three kept Le Mans in charge. Ikolev and Spencer rallied Budivelnik back to 51-51, but in the last 10 seconds of the third quarter, a Marc-Antoine Pellin triple, a Bowman steal and a Ben Dewar three lifted Le Mans to 57-51. Spencer took the scoring mantle for the guests and cut the lead to 59-56. Acker brought the Le Mans fans to their feet with a big three-pointer, however Morley soon had Budivelnik within 64-63. Le Mans held on until there were just over two minutes remaining and Keys converted a basket-plus-foul to put his team up 68-70. Things then unraveled for the hosts as Acker slipped and lost a ball and Morley rejected a Dewar shot, while at the other end Spencer and Wilson lifted the Budivelnik lead to 5. Dewar and Diot missed hurried threes on Le Mans’s next attack and Spencer effectively iced the victory with a pair of free throws in the final minute. Acker narrowed the gap to 3 with 18 seconds left, but Le Mans was again forced to foul Spencer and he put the game out of reach with another free throw.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Eurocupbasketball.com

Referees: ROCHA, FERNANDO (POR), KALPAKAS, APOSTOLOS (SWE), REITER, MORITZ (GER)

Attendance: 3850 (Tentative)

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Le Mans	14	23	20	15
Budivelnik	23	17	11	26

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Le Mans	14	37	57	72
Budivelnik	23	40	51	77

Head coach: JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID

Le Mans
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
5	KAHUDI, CHARLES	25:54	6	0/3	2/3		1	5	6			1			2	1	6
6	DIOT, ANTOINE	27:32	4	1/2	0/3	2/3		8	8	4	1	4				2	10
8	BOWMAN, BRANDON	15:05	7	2/3	1/2			1	1	1	1	2		1		2	7
9	ACKER, ALEX	28:04	24	6/8	2/2	6/7	2	1	3	5	2	3			4	5	29
10	DEWAR, BEN	21:23	3	0/2	1/4					5			2		1	1	5
11	PELLIN, MARC-ANTOINE	17:22	7	2/2	1/1			1	1	3					2		9
12	RUPERT, THIERRY	18:08	7	3/7		1/1	1	2	3					1	1	1	5
13	BATISTA, JOAO PAULO	21:31	11	5/10		1/3		1	1		2				4	3	6
15	KAHUDI, HENRI	0:06
17	NIANG, BABACAR	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	KAKIOUZIS, MICHAILIS	24:55	3	0/2	1/1			3	3			2			2
	Team							2	2			2
	Totals	200:00	72	19/39	8/16	10/14	4	24	28	18	6	14	2	2	16	15	77
				48.7%	50%	71.4%

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: BERROCAL, JOSEP MARIA

Budivelnik
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	KEYS, BILLY	33:43	9	1/2	2/6	1/1		2	2	4	1	1			2	3	11
5	MORLEY, ZACH	33:18	11	3/7	1/4	2/4	1	4	5	5	1	2		2	2	2	9
6	KOBZYSTYI, VIKTOR	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	WILSON, LAMAYNE	36:17	10	4/6	0/5	2/4	2	6	8	2	1	1	1		1	2	13
8	IKOVLEV, DENIS	17:45	11	1/1	3/4			4	4	1						1	16
10	STEFANYSHYN, LEONID	0:24													1		-1
11	ZABIRCHENKO, DMYTRO	10:48	2	1/1	0/3					1					2		-2
12	LUKASHOV, DENYS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	SPENCER, DEWARICK	24:18	20	4/6	3/6	3/4		2	2	2	1	1			2	3	19
14	ANISIMOV, MICHAILIS	26:07	12	5/6		2/2	3	2	5	2		4			2	3	15
15	AGAFONOV, ANDRIY	4:59											1		2		-1
16	BETTS, ANDY	12:21	2	1/1			1	4	5			2			1	2	6
	Team
	Totals	200:00	77	20/30	9/28	10/15	7	24	31	17	4	11	2	2	15	16	85
				66.7%	32.1%	66.7%

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Head Coaches

JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID Le Mans "It was a game we needed to win. In the last quarter, we panicked. We didn’t make good shot selection. We lost balls quite simply. We weren’t capable of winning that game. Now we have to hope to win the next two games, one at home and one away."

JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID

Le Mans

"It was a game we needed to win. In the last quarter, we panicked. We didn’t make good shot selection. We lost balls quite simply. We weren’t capable of winning that game. Now we have to hope to win the next two games, one at home and one away."

BERROCAL, JOSEP MARIA Budivelnik "I am very happy with this victory, even though in the third quarter we allowed 6 points in 5 seconds. I believed in this victory. We are in a good position to qualify. This away victory was so important. We can believe in the next round. We know we will be strong at home."

BERROCAL, JOSEP MARIA

Budivelnik

"I am very happy with this victory, even though in the third quarter we allowed 6 points in 5 seconds. I believed in this victory. We are in a good position to qualify. This away victory was so important. We can believe in the next round. We know we will be strong at home."

Players

ACKER, ALEX Le Mans "We lost that game in the last three minutes. Now we know that we have to win both games to qualify and we are going to practice well from tomorrow."

ACKER, ALEX

Le Mans

"We lost that game in the last three minutes. Now we know that we have to win both games to qualify and we are going to practice well from tomorrow."

SPENCER, DEWARICK Budivelnik "It’s unbelievable! I played two years here in Le Mans. I love the fans and I have no words at the moment. I never won here as an opposing player. I feel good after being out three months. I know that I can help this team win."

SPENCER, DEWARICK

Budivelnik

"It’s unbelievable! I played two years here in Le Mans. I love the fans and I have no words at the moment. I never won here as an opposing player. I feel good after being out three months. I know that I can help this team win."

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