June 19, 2013
Last 16 Game 3 - January 23, 2013 CET: 19:00 Local time: 19:00 - CENTRUM REKREACYJNO-SPORTOWE
Stelmet Zielona Gora 69 - 89 Spartak St. Petersburg

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Semi-Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
1-1 Last 16 1-1
3-3 Regular Season 6-0
4-4 Overall 7-1

Referees

Crew Chief
LOVSIN, ANDREJ, Slovenia
Referee
KRAUSE, OLIVER, Germany
Umpire
MILOJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR, Macedonia, F.Y.R. Of

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
80.0 Points 77.0
30.3 Rebounds 27.9
10.4 O. Rebounds 7.4
19.9 D. Rebounds 20.5
15.3 Assists 17.9
7.9 Steals 6.8
2.0 Blocks 2.4
13.1 Turnovers 11.9
54.7 % 2PT 60.9 %
35.7 % 3PT 38.1 %
76.9 % FT 72.5 %
83.8 Index 83.4

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
21.6 / Hodge Points 13.1 / Carter
7.9 / Stevic Rebounds 5.3 / Mavrokefalides
3.3 / Stevic OR 1.6 / Wright
4.6 / Stevic DR 4.3 / Mavrokefalides
4.9 / Hodge Assists 5.1 / Wright
1.8 / Hosley Steals 1.1 / Wright
1.5 / Lapeta Blocks 0.8 / Wright
3.8 / Hosley Turnovers 2.3 / Wright
72.7 % / Jones 2PT 81.8 % / Dmitriev
52.9 % / Hodge 3PT 50.0 % / Beverley
100.0 % / Sroka FT 100.0 % / Yakovenko
21.1 / Hodge Index 16.6 / Wright
Team Roster - Stelmet Zielona Gora

THE TAKE

Stelmet Zielona Gora of Poland hosts Spartak St. Petersburg in a critical match in Group K. Both sides have a 1-1 record after two games played, emphasizing the even nature of this encounter. The host will try to push the game at a high pace, while the visitor -averaging 74 points per night in the Last 16 so far- will look to drop the tempo and work its way to the basket with patience. At point guard, Stelmet’s Walter Hodge has been the main contributor for his team, but struggled in the last game with Lokomotiv. He will face Spartak’s Janis Strelnieks and Zach Wright in the backcourt to dictate the speed of the game. Wright dished 8 assists last week, running Spartak’s game from the top of the key. The duels in the paint will also be crucial to kicking off the fast break for the host. Oliver Stevic and Dejan Borovnjak are solid under the defensive glass for Stelmet, who also count on the athleticism of Quinton Hosley for rebounding. Spartak big men Vladimir Dragicevic and Loukas Mavrokefalides are strong enough to compete with anybody, so get set for a battle for boards. The two scoring aces for their respective sides, Hosley and Joshua Carter, will face off in a match in which one eye will always be on the points differential.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

UVALIN, MIHAILO
Stelmet Zielona Gora
"We still don't know what is the matter with Quinton Hosley's health; we're still waiting for information from doctors. But we've had another problem right now, as Oliver Stevic left practice today and we don't know if he'll play tomorrow or not. I'm afraid that the case may be that we will have to play without both of them. Oliver had to leave practice because he had pain in the heel. Spartak is a team that we have analyzed very well. It's a strong team with a huge budget. Until now in the Eurocup, they had 7 wins and only 1 loss. They are playing very good in the Russian championship, too. So, I think that tomorrow we will face a very strong opponent. This game will be one of the crucial games for us. This situation we have in our team right now puts us in a slightly disadvantageous position. We cannot decide nothing on our own, however. We have to wait for the doctor's opinion."

Players

CESNAUKIS, MANTAS
Stelmet Zielona Gora
"Our teammates who left for most of the training session are a very important point to our team; they are our leaders. We need them very much and we do not know at the moment whether they will play or not -- the doctors decide -- but we really need them. At this time, we do not think that we have achieved our plan in the Eurocup competition. We want to surprise people again, and it would be a good way to show that our first round was not an accident. We want to advance, we feel very good and we feel that we can do it. If it turns out that tomorrow we will play without Oliver and Quinton, the task will be difficult. But we will fight, we will give our heart and we will try. Tomorrow's opponent is a tough rival. We know that it is a Russian team with good players. They are strong in all parts of the game and we have to play well on defense and attack well to defeat them."
Loukas Mavrokefalides - EC12 (photo Spartak St. Petersburg)Spartak St. Petersburg improved to 2-1 in Last 16 Group K by thrashing Stelmet Zielona Gora 69-89 in Poland on Wednesday. Spartak registered its second consecutive win in Group K and Zielona Gora dropped to 1-2. Both teams are set to face again in St. Petersburg, Russia next week. Loukas Mavrokefalidis paced the winners with 19 points. Vladimir Dragicevic added 16, Zach Wright had 13, Vasily Zavourev got 11 while Josh Carter contributed 10 for Spartak. Dejan Borovnjak led Zielona Gora with 17 points. Walter Hodge added 13 while Oliver Stevic had 10 for the hosts. Spartak had a strong start but Hodge and Borovnjak kept Zielona Gora within 21-24 early in the second quarter. It didn't last long, however, as Nikita Kurbanov, Zavourev, Mavrokefalidis and Janis Strelnieks led a game-breaking 2-20 run which allowed Spartak to get a 21-point lead, 27-48, at halftime. Nothing changed after the break, as Spartak kept a safe margin all the way until the final buzzer.

Dragicevic got Spartak going with back-to-back baskets but Borovnjak and Stevic quickly tied it at 4-4. Mavrokefalidis struck from downtown and erased Borovnjak's layup with free throws. Dragicevic scored again and Wright soon boosted the guests' lead to 6-13. Hosley rescued Zielona Gora with a three-pointer but Hodge erased Mavrokefalidis's basket with a layup for an 11-15 score. Wright took over with a three-point play that Strelnieks followed with a bomb from downtown. Borovnjak scored twice in the paint, Kurbanov nailed a triple and a jumper by Hodge fixed the score at 19-24 after 10 minutes. Rob Jones hit a jumper early in the second quarter but Kurbanov and Zavourev fueled an 0-9 run that Strelnieks capped with free throws that made it a 12-point game, 21-33. Hodge stepped up with a jumper but back-to-back baskets by Mavrokefalidis and another three-pointer by Zavourev broke the game open, 23-40. A layup by Wright soon capped a 0-11 run to boost Spartak's lead to 23-44. Hodge kept pacing Zielona Gora with a jumper and Stevic scored again but Kurbanov and Mavrokefalidis kept Spartak way ahead, 27-48, at halftime.

Borovnjak scored down low immediately after the break and Stevic added a put-back layup but Carter and Wright allowed Spartak to restore a 31-52 margin. Stevic scored again but he didn't find much help around. Meanwhile, Zavourev made free throws, Kurbanov downed a jumper and Mavrokefalidis soon made it a 24-point game, 36-60. Borovnjak scored in the paint, Zavourev struck from downtown and a an unstoppable Mavrokefalidis boosted Spartak's lead to 38-65. Borovnjak scored again, igniting a 7-0 run highlighted by Lukasz Seweryn's three-pointer. Dragicevic gave Spartak a 47-67 lead after 30 minutes. Wright hit a jumper but free throws by Stevic and a triple by Marcin Sroka brought Zielona Gora a bit closer, 52-69. Spartak did not panic, however, as Carter nailed back-to-back triples and a jumper by Wright sealed the outcome, 52-77, with 7 minutes to go. Nothing changed from that moment, as even when Zielona Gora kept trying, Spartak had cruised to a well-deserved, very convincing road win.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: LOVSIN, ANDREJ (SLO), KRAUSE, OLIVER (GER), MILOJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR (MKD)
Attendance: 3658 (Tentative)
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Head coach: UVALIN, MIHAILO
Stelmet Zielona Gora
# 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
6 JONES, ROB 13:18 9 1/4 1/2 4/6   3 3   1   1   1 3 10
7 STEVIC, OLIVER 29:02 10 4/8   2/4 4 6 10 2   2   3 3 3 11
9 TRUBACZ, RADOSLAW DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 LOPICIC, MILOS 3:43 4 2/2                         4
13 CHANAS, KAMIL 19:32   0/3             2     1 2   -4
14 HOSLEY, QUINTON 18:42 3 0/1 1/2     2 2 4   3 1   1 2 6
15 HODGE, WALTER 33:21 13 5/11 1/1 0/2   3 3 6   5   1 2 10 16
22 CESNAUKIS, MANTAS 14:27 2 1/2 0/1     1 1 3   2     2    
30 SEWERYN, LUKASZ 10:37 3   1/4     1 1     2         -1
31 SROKA, MARCIN 24:56 8 1/1 2/2     2 2   2 1     2 2 11
41 BOROVNJAK, DEJAN 32:22 17 8/12   1/2 3 5 8 1       1 1 2 21
Team             1 1               1
Totals 200:00 69 22/44 6/12 7/14 7 24 31 16 5 15 2 6 14 22 75
50% 50% 50%
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: ZDOVC, JURE
Spartak St. Petersburg
# 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 STRELNIEKS, JANIS 27:36 7 1/2 1/3 2/2   3 3 4 1 1     4 2 9
8 WRIGHT, ZACH 21:06 13 6/8 0/3 1/2   1 1 7 1 1     4 3 14
9 ZAVORUEV, VASILY 30:49 11   3/4 2/2   3 3 8 4 1     3 1 22
11 CARTER, JOSHUA 25:28 10 2/3 2/4   1 3 4 4 1   2     1 19
12 MAVROKEFALIDES, LOUKAS 28:53 19 7/15 1/2 2/2 2 4 6   1 2 1   2 2 16
14 KNIAZIUK, ALEKSANDR 1:58                   1         -1
15 KOROLEV, YAROSLAV 12:08   0/2 0/1     2 2 1 1     1 3 1 -2
19 FIDII, EVGENY 1:58 4 2/2       1 1     1         4
20 DRAGICEVIC, VLADIMIR 25:49 16 8/11       5 5   2 1 2 1 2 1 19
22 DMITRIEV, FEDOR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 VOITIUK, EVGENII 1:08                              
41 KURBANOV, NIKITA 23:07 9 2/2 1/1 2/3 1   1 1 1   1   4 2 10
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 89 28/45 8/18 9/11 5 23 28 25 12 8 6 2 22 13 112
62.2% 44.4% 81.8%
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Head Coaches

UVALIN, MIHAILO
Stelmet Zielona Gora
"Congratulations to Spartak on a good, strong game. For over 95% of the game, we were passive and could not break through the pressure that the visitors used. We had a big problem on defense, and then in the second half came problems with our attack. The second quarter really decided the outcome. To be honest with the fans, I must stress that we had a problem today with Quinton Hosley and Oliver Stevic. Needless to say, Spartak was just better. We cannot live a dream and swing in the clouds. In this duel, these were the realities and facts. Spartak is the toughest opponent of the teams we played so far."
ZDOVC, JURE
Spartak St. Petersburg
"Congratulations on a good game for both teams. I want to praise my players, in particular for the second quarter, in which they were very good in attack. The second quarter was the key to our victory today. We were very nervous because we knew that Zielona Gora players are very good in offense. We knew that if we just had the slightest gap in the defense, they could score and so they did. Therefore, in the third and fourth quarter we further strengthened our defense so not to allow too many points. "
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