BESIKTAS COLA TURKA VS. GALATASARAY CAFE CROWN
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Besiktas Cola Turka vs. Galatasaray Cafe Crown
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Thu., April 10
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18:30 CET
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Sometimes it seems there's nothing that Besiktas Cola Turka center Sandro Nicevic can't do. Nicevic, 31, is the complete package in the low post; on offense he can score or pass out to the open man, on defense he is always a shot-blocking threat and his knack for rebounding is uncanny. His presence on the court simply makes his team better, as opponents always have to respect his abilities and his experience. MORE |
Robert Hite's first season in Europe has been a success on all counts. Despite joining the club relatively late in the summer, the athletic guard found his place at Galatasaray Café Crown quickly and has emerged as a strong scorer and defender, helping the team to its best run in European competition. Hite, 24, made an impact in the regular season, winning the ULEB Cup's Week 7 co-MVP honors and finishing in the top 10 in steals. MORE |
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STATS SUMMARY
Averages for 14 games/Rankings among 54 teams
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Rank=
Ave=
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17th
80.7
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71.0
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17th
54%
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48th
31%
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30th
73%
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16th
32
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12th
11
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4th
12
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Pts-
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2PT%
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3PT%
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FT
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Reb
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St
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TO
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Ave=
Rank=
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80.6
15th
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73.1
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57%
8th
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35%
26th
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68%
47th
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31
21st
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8
29th
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12
5th
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- Besiktas this year became the first team in the ULEB Cup's six editions to complete the 10-game regular season undefeated?
- Christian Dalmau and Rick Apodaca are two of three ULEB Cup Final Eight players who have represented Puerto Rico in international competition? The other one is Andres Rodriguez of PGE Turow.
- Dalmau tied the all-time ULEB Cup record for most assists in a single game? He dished 14 assists against Ovarense on November 27, 2007, and now shares the record with Roko-Leni Ukic.
- Head coach Ergin Ataman has advanced to the Euroleague Basketball Final Four with Efes Pilsen in 2000 and Montepaschi Siena in 2003? He also won the Saporta Cup with Montepaschi in 2002. This is his ULEB Cup debut season.
- Apodaca was last season's Italian League top scorer? He averaged 19.8 points in 33 games playing for Legea Scafati.
- Preston Shumpert was the Last 32 top scorer? He averaged 28 points in the series against Kalise Gran Canaria.
- Predrag Drobnjak helped Yugoslavia to win the gold medal at EuroBasket 2001? Yugoslavia downed Turkey, featuring Drobnak's current Besiktas teammate, Kaya Peker, in the title game in Istanbul.
- Drobnjak also helped Yugoslavia win consecutive World Championships in 1998 and 2002? The only ULEB Cup champion that also won consecutive World titles is Dejan Tomasevic (Yugoslavia 1998, 2002; Pamesa Valencia 2003).
- Sandro Nicevic has played in four different countries in as many season? They are: Greece (AEK), Spain (Unicaja), France (Le Mans) and Turkey (Besiktas). Nicevic has also played in Slovenia (Olimpija) and Croatia (Cibona) this decade.
- Peker and Drobnjak helped Efes Pilsen to make it to the FIBA SuproLeague Final Four in 2001? That team also featured Huseyin Besok, now of Galatasaray Cafe Crown, the team that faces Besiktas in the ULEB Cup quarterfinal.
- Dalmau and Besok were teammates at Prokom Trefl Sopot and won the Polish League last season?
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- Chris Owens is the great nephew of the legendary American track and field star Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin?
- Galatasaray features players from just two countries, Turkey and the United States? No other team in the Final Eight can say the same.
- Huseyin Besok helped Efes Pilsen win the 1996 Korac Cup title? It is still the only European cup trophy lifted by any Turkish team ever - although Besok and Galatasaray now have the chance to rewrite history.
- Besok, Cenk Akyol and Cuneyt Erden played for Efes Pilsen in the past? In fact, Akyol and Erden teamed up together at Efes last season.
- Charles Gaines played for another Final Eight team, DKV Joventut, last season?
- Besok helped the Turkish national team to win the silver medal at EuroBasket 2001?
- Dee Brown is the winningest player in the University of Illinois history? He helped the school to 114 wins in his four years with the Fighting Illini and is tied with James Augustine for the honor.
- In the family traditioni, Brown was an all-around athlete and American football star? He played quarterback for Proviso East High School, throwing for more than 1,800 yards and 16 touchdowns in seven games. Brown was an even better basketball player and was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in his senior high school season.
- Gaines is the only Galatasaray player that had reached the ULEB Cup quarterfinals before? He made it to the 2006 quarterfinals with Adecco Asvel before losing against Aris BSA.
- Erdem Turekten has played the ULEB Cup with three different Turkish teams - Darussafaka, Besiktas JK Cola Turka and now Galatasaray Cafe Crown?
- No other ULEB Cup team draws fewer fouls per game (16.6) than Galatasaray?
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