June 20, 2013
Regular Season Game 8 - December 13, 2007 CET: 20:30 Local time: 20:30 - ANTARES
Le Mans 91 - 99 Maccabi Elite

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Playoffs 0-0
0-0 Top 16 0-0
0-7 Regular Season 4-2
0-7 Overall 5-2

Referees

Crew Chief
ARTEAGA, JUAN CARLOS, Spain
Referee
BELOSEVIC, ILIJA, Serbia
Umpire
RADOVIC, SRETEN, Croatia

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
69.3 Points 76.9
29.0 Rebounds 29.6
8.6 O. Rebounds 7.4
20.4 D. Rebounds 22.1
15.7 Assists 17.0
7.4 Steals 11.9
2.7 Blocks 2.6
14.0 Turnovers 14.1
52.7 % 2PT 59.9 %
31.7 % 3PT 34.2 %
67.0 % FT 55.9 %
70.9 Index 85.1
Team Stats - Le Mans
Team Stats - Maccabi Elite

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
14.6 / CLANCY, SAMUEL Points 9.6 / MORRIS, TERENCE
6.9 / Koffi Rebounds 5.6 / MORRIS, TERENCE
2.7 / CLANCY, SAMUEL OR 2.0 / MORRIS, TERENCE
5.1 / Koffi DR 3.6 / MORRIS, TERENCE
4.0 / Limonad Assists 3.8 / BYNUM, W.
1.6 / BATUM, NICOLAS Steals 1.4 / SHARP, DERRICK
1.6 / Koffi Blocks 1.4 / MORRIS, TERENCE
2.3 / CLANCY, SAMUEL Turnovers 3.3 / BYNUM, W.
60.0 % / DIOT, ANTOINE 2PT 75.0 % / CASSPI, OMRI
45.0 % / Limonad 3PT 57.1 % / GARCIA, A
100.0 % / BOGAVAC, NEBOJSA FT 100.0 % / SHARP, DERRICK
16.7 / CLANCY, SAMUEL Index 12.7 / MORRIS, TERENCE
Team Roster - Le Mans
Team Roster - Maccabi Elite

THE TAKE

The last winless team in the Euroleague this season, Le Mans Sarthe Basket hosts Group B co-leader Macabi Elite Tel Aviv on Thursday. Despite the two teams being on polar opposites of the standings, Le Mans will look to take advantage of Macabi Elite Tel Aviv’s recent woes to score a big win. Le Mans has played better than its record would indicate – only one has it lost by double figures. The team fought to the final seconds before falling to Maccabi 74-71 on opening night. Yotam Halperin shined bright for the hosts with 18 points and 9 assists in that game. Maccabi has won three in a row – including an impressive performance against Aris TT Bank last week – to improve to 5-2 and earn a share of first place in the group. However recent losses in its domestic league have created some turmoil for the perennial Israeli champs and young head coach Oded Kattash. The game in France will go a long way towards relieving the situation or seeing the pressure on the club grow. On paper, Le Mans matches up well with Maccabi, bringing a skilled, athletic squad. One of the more interesting head –to-head matchups see Le Mans’s Israeli point guard Raviv Limonad, who only recently cracked the starting lineup, go against his former Israeli national team mate Halperin. Meanwhile both teams have big low-post presences, with Sam Clancy controlling the paint for the hosts and Marcus Fizer countering for Maccabi. Sharpshooter David Bluthenthal, coming of his best game of the season for the visitors, will challenge Le Mans sniper Luka Bogdanovic. Perhaps the most important contributions will come from the role players. Maccabi point guards Vonteego Cummings and Will Bynum have been inconsistent all season, and they will try to make an impact against Limonad and Yannick Bokolo. Meanwhile Le Mans swingman Nicolas Batum will try to make his presence felt on defense and in the open court. The Maccabi mindset will play a major role in the team’s attempts to continue its recent Euroleague form and to remain atop the group standings. If the visitors lack focus, a hungry and athletic Le Mans side could punish Maccabi and perhaps even mount a late season charge for a spot in the Top 16. However if Maccabi plays determined and to its potential, Kattash’s squad has too much depth for Le Mans and would be the favorite to win its second straight road game.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Euroleague.net

Quotes Head Coaches

COLLET, VINCENT
Le Mans
"First game of the second leg. No need to repeat that we strongly wish to win. In Tel Aviv we should have won but we really missed the end of the game. Our problems to finish a game in Euroleague came from that important first game. On Thursday, if we are still in the game at the end, we'll have to remember not to commit the same mistakes and keep on playing until the game is over."
KATTASH, ODED
Maccabi Elite
"We had less time to prepare for this game because we played our domestic competition on Monday and the trip to Le Mans is a little bit longer than the usual, but we'll be ready for this game. It's not an excuse. We don't under estimate Le Mans, despite that they didn't win so far. Maybe that’s what makes them a little bit more dangerous. We're not in the best shape ourselves, and we're not used to being in this situation after two losses in a row in the Israeli League. We’ll sit, analyze and think how to improve the team. We know what we need to do, and we have a very skilled team, so we can do it, but that might take a little time, also because Nikola Vujcic and Tal Burstein are still injured."

Players

LIMONAD, RAVIV
Le Mans
"Obviously it will be a tough game but we have to win it. We are hungry for a win and we have to prove ourselves that we are able to make it. Our fans deserve to see us winning in Euroleague! As for any Israeli player, for me it's always a big moment to play against Maccabi."
FIZER, MARCUS
Maccabi Elite
"We need to get a win in Le Mans, but it's going to be another hard game. Everybody won in that court so far, so we can't miss this game. In the last road game it was a tough battle and we won just by 1 point in the last seconds. We know how dangerous teams like that play at home, and we must come ready to play the Maccabi basketball the way we played it last week against Aris. That's how we got a big win, and that's what will win us this game."
Terence Morris - Maccabi Elite Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv trounced Le Mans Sarthe Basket 91-99 for its fourth consecutive Euroleague win on Thursday night at Antares Arena in Le Mans, France. Maccabi led from start to finish to improve to 6-2 and remain in a three-way tie for first place in Group B. Next week the Israeli champs host Lietuvos Rytyas Vilnius in a top-of-the-table clash. Meanwhile Le Mans dropped to 0-8 and is the only winless team left in the competition. A superb first half from Nicolas Batum, which saw the teenage forward score a career-high 18 points, kept Le Mans in the picture. But David Bluthenthal scored 16 third-quarter points as Maccabi pulled away. The lead peaked at 22 early in the fourth quarter, but Raviv Limonad and Batum fueled a 15-2 Le Mans run to get within 4 in the final minute. However Maccabi awoke just in time to wrap up the win. Bluthenthal led Maccabi for the second straight week with 20 points and Marcus Fizer added a season-high 18. Terence Morris started for just the second time this season and responded with 16, Esteban Batista and Vonteego Cummings scored 10 points apiece and Yotam Halperin dished 7 assists. Batum finished with a career-high 24 points, Limonad had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists - all season-highs - Phil Ricci added 17 and Sam Clancy posted 11 points and 8 rebounds.

Maccabi won the opening tip and went straight to the basket, with Batista converting a three-point play. Batista added a second basket in the paint before Clancy’s mid-range jumper got Le Mans on the board. Maccabi tried to push the pace and Morris’s three from the top of the key made it 2-10. Clancy fed Alain Koffi for a pretty basket and then Batum cut for a slam to keep Le Mans in the picture. Koffi cut the gap to 12-14 when he threw down an alley-oop from Limonad, causing Maccabi head coach Oded Kattash to take a timeout. Afterwards, David Bluthenthal missed from three and Batum tied the score in transition. The teams began trading baskets until Limonad capped the first period with a layup to put the hosts up 25-24.

Nicolas Batum - Le MansBatum started the second period with a slam as the fast pace continued. Fizer heated up for the visitors, but Ricci was his equal in the paint on the other end. Derrick Sharp drilled a three-pointer to put Maccabi ahead 31-33, but Ricci immediately tied it on the offensive glass. Fizer stepped up with a basket-plus-foul and Alex Garcia put the visitors up 5 with a fast-break layup. Batum countered with a three-point play, giving him a career-high 16 points in just 16 minutes of action. Batum then fired a pass to Yannick Bokolo, but Maccabi answered with a Batista basket inside followed by a Garcia triple to give Maccabi an 8-point lead. Batum’s pretty offensive rebound and dunk cut the gap to 4 only for Morris to correct a Will Bynum airball to make it 44-50 at halftime.

After a scoreless opening minute to the second half, back-to-back Bluthenthal threes gave Maccabi its first double-digit lead. Clany showed force with an aggressive two-handed jam and after Bynum committed an unsportsmanlike foul on Clancy, Koffi scored inside as Le Mans got within 6 again. However Maccabi got fired up with 9 straight points as Bluthenthal hit a fade-away, Sharp followed with a steal and layup, Bynum converted a basket along with an unsportsmanlike foul and Fizer added another basket. Limonad tried to get Le Mans going, but Bluthenthal was red-hot and answered practically every home basket with a three. Cummings and Bluthenthal made it 79-60 after three periods.

Luka Bogdanovic’s free throws started the fourth quarter, but Halperin answered with a three-pointer and a basket in transition as Maccabi went ahead 62-84 to put its stamp on the outcome. Clancy converted a three-point play with an unsportsmanlike foul from Cummings and Batum drilled a three to get within 16, but a pair of Cummings baskets kept Maccabi firmly in control. The visitors seemed to tire down the stretch and Limonad and Batum helped Le Mans get within 85-95 with two-and-a-half minutes to go. A confused Maccabi attack led to a Le Mans fast break and Ricci slam, giving the hosts hope. Then Limonad capped a 13-2 charge as Maccabi used a timeout to regroup. A Halperin miss led to a Ricci basket and a 4-point deficit with 40 seconds to go. But Bynum fed Morris inside for a big basket and Sharp iced the game from the line allowing Maccabi to return home with a smile.

Thursday, December 13, 2007
Euroleague.net
Referees: ARTEAGA, JUAN CARLOS (ESP), BELOSEVIC, ILIJA (SRB), RADOVIC, SRETEN (CRO)
Attendance: 4200
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Head coach: COLLET, VINCENT
Le Mans
# 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
5 BATUM, NICOLAS 33:40 24 7/7 3/3 1/1 2 2 4 4 1 3 2   3 4 33
6 DIOT, ANTOINE 20:22 3 0/1 1/2     1 1 5 1 3     2   3
7 KOFFI, ALAIN 20:11 7 3/5   1/2   1 1     1   1 1 2 4
8 LIMONAD, RAVIV 30:16 21 8/11 1/3 2/2   7 7 5   2     2 2 26
9 BOKOLO, YANNICK 17:46 4 2/4 0/1     1 1 2 1 3   1 2 2 1
10 LELOUP, JEREMY 8:07     0/1         1 1       1    
11 BOGDANOVIC, LUKA 22:09 4 0/1 0/3 4/4   2 2 1     1   1 2 5
13 RICCI, PHIL 21:59 17 6/8 0/1 5/6 2 1 3 2 1 1     3 3 18
15 CLANCY, SAM 25:30 11 3/7   5/6 3 5 8 4 1 2 1 1 2 6 21
17 ALLERME, CLEMENT DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1   1               1
Totals 200:00 91 29/44 5/14 18/21 8 20 28 24 6 15 4 3 17 21 112
65.9% 35.7% 85.7%
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: KATTASH, ODED
Maccabi Elite
# 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 BYNUM, WILL 20:20 8 2/4 1/6 1/2   1 1 4 1 1   1 3 3 4
5 FIZER, MARCUS 20:06 18 8/9 0/1 2/2 1 3 4 3 3 1   1 2 4 26
6 SHARP, DERRICK 24:44 7 1/3 1/3 2/2   3 3 3 1 3   1 1 1 6
8 ELIYAHU, LIOR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 MORRIS, TERENCE 31:21 16 5/6 2/3   1 3 4 1 1 2 2   2   18
10 SKVERER, EZEQUIEL DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 CASSPI, OMRI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 GARCIA, ALEX 18:53 5 1/1 1/2         2 1       3   4
13 BLU, DAVID 30:11 20 3/4 4/7 2/2 2 3 5         1 2 1 19
14 CUMMINGS, VONTEEGO 11:49 10 3/5 1/1 1/1   2 2 2 2       5 1 10
15 BATISTA, ESTEBAN 15:27 10 3/5   4/5 4 2 6   1 3 1   2 5 15
21 HALPERIN, YOTAM 27:09 5 1/1 1/4         7   2     1 2 8
Team                                
Totals 200:00 99 27/38 11/27 12/14 8 17 25 22 10 12 3 4 21 17 110
71.1% 40.7% 85.7%
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Head Coaches

COLLET, VINCENT
Le Mans
"Maccabi is a team that forced us to play their rhythm. I think that my team is tired. Many players of Le Mans played a lot in these last weeks, and Koffi was ill this week. In offense we played well, but we had to be more present on defense. I like the reaction of my players in the fourth quarter. Batum was amazing, but quality of the game of Maccabi was there with Fizer and Batista. We lost energy, but I'm sure that we made progress."
KATTASH, ODED
Maccabi Elite
"First of all, I'm very happy with this win. It's good for the following of the competition. We want to find a good position for the qualification. Everybody knows that it won't be easy. We played positive basketball in offense and we played much better than at the beginning of the season. I wish good luck to Le Mans, they have good players and also a good coach."

Players

RICCI, PHIL
Le Mans
"Tonight we were good in offense, but we were a little bit tired. Nicolas Batum was very good. For sure we will win games in the Euroleague."
FIZER, MARCUS
Maccabi Elite
"We needed this victory. I'm not happy the way we finished the game. We lost concentration. We have to continue to improve, to practice to qualify for the Top 16."
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