May 22, 2013
Last 16 Game 6 - February 20, 2013 CET: 18:00 Local time: 18:00 - CENTRUM REKREACYJNO-SPORTOWE
Stelmet Zielona Gora 94 - 88 PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Semi-Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
2-3 Last 16 5-0
3-3 Regular Season 4-2
5-6 Overall 9-2

Referees

Crew Chief
HERCEG, SINISA, Croatia
Referee
PILOIDIS, ANASTASIOS, Greece
Umpire
CHEBYSHEV, SERGIY, Ukraine

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
77.1 Points 81.6
29.9 Rebounds 32.2
9.7 O. Rebounds 7.7
20.2 D. Rebounds 24.5
14.6 Assists 17.1
7.5 Steals 6.1
1.7 Blocks 1.3
13.1 Turnovers 12.6
53.0 % 2PT 59.4 %
35.9 % 3PT 40.7 %
75.0 % FT 65.0 %
80.5 Index 92.5

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
20.5 / Hodge Points 15.7 / Brown
7.6 / Stevic Rebounds 7.8 / Maric
3.1 / Stevic OR 2.1 / Maric
4.5 / Stevic DR 5.7 / Maric
5.0 / Hodge Assists 6.9 / Calathes
1.6 / Hosley Steals 1.5 / Calathes
1.5 / Lapeta Blocks 0.4 / Brown
3.7 / Hosley Turnovers 2.5 / Maric
62.5 % / Jones 2PT 69.7 % / Kalnietis
50.0 % / Hodge 3PT 66.7 % / Brown
100.0 % / Sroka FT 100.0 % / Baron
20.9 / Hodge Index 18.5 / Calathes
Team Roster - Stelmet Zielona Gora

THE TAKE

In the last game of its first, impressive Eurocup season, Stelmet Zielona Gora (2-3) of Poland will say goodbye with a home game against Lokomotiv Kuban (5-0) of Russia, which has already clinched first place in Group K. With a victory, Lokomotiv could become just the third unbeaten Last 16 teams of the last five seasons as is awaits the name of its quarterfinals opponent, the second-place team in Group I. Stelmet’s Last 16 Week 5 MVP Walter Hodge, the season's top scorer with an average of 20.45 points per game, will lead his team. His matchup with Lovomotiv’s Mantas Kalnietis will be crucial for the outcome of the game and very interesting for the fans. It's speed against size in a duel between two of the top players in the competition so far. Another big fight will come in the paint, with the home team's big men, Oliver Stevic and Dejan Borovniak, challenging Lovomotiv's Aleks Maric and Derrick Brown. It's a game without pressure in terms of qualification, but there is plenty of motivation to win as Zielona Gora fans get to see their team measure itself against the Last 16's best so far.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

UVALIN, MIHAILO
Stelmet Zielona Gora
"Lokomotiv is a strong and very good team. I see our chances for a victory in this game, but - as I repeated many times - we have to live in the reality. Eurocup is about meeting with teams that are strong, serious rivals. Definitely we want to give our maximum, we think all the time about it, and for that we strive for. We can not guarantee anything, but for one we are absolutelly sure: we would not step down even for a moment. Our players are upset and a bit disappointed after Saturday's game in polish league, but I'm sure we forge this anger in a good game on the floor. We believe in our quality, we believe that our maximum, which we will present in this match, will be enough to win."

Players

HOSLEY, QUINTON
Stelmet Zielona Gora
"I do not feel 100% in form yet, but I worked hard to return to it as soon as possible. Tomorrow's match is a great opportunity to prove it. I am sure that I will present tomorrow better than in the match against Polpharma. None of us is going to let go in tomorrow's game. The whole idea of the Eurocup competition was to show our best side to get as far as possible, to face the best teams in Europe. This was Stelmet Zielona Góra's first year in the European floors and we are pleased that we have managed to get this far. We are among the best 12 teams of the tournament, this is not a small achievement."
Walter Hodge - Stelmet Zielona Gora (Photo: Zielona Gora)Stelmet Zielona Gora bowed out of the Eurocup on a high-note with an impressive come-from-behind victory, 94-88, over Lokomotiv Kuban. The hosts used a 13-0 fourth-quarter run into the last minute to stun Lokomotiv and snatch a win that seemed unlikely when Kuban led by double-digits for much of the first half. Zielona Gora finished third in Group K with a 3-3 record, only missing a spot in the quarterfinals on a tiebreaker. The loss for Lokomotiv denied it a chance to be the only team to run the table in the Last 16. Nevertheless it won the group and will Buducnost in the quarterfinals. Walter Hodge starred once more for Zielona Gora with 29 points and 10 assists. Dejan Borovnjak added 23 points and 12 rebounds – both season highs. Marcin Sroka scored 13, Oliver Stevic 11 and Mantas Cesnaukis 10 for the winners. Richard Hendrix paced Lokomotiv with 20 points and 10 rebounds, Derrick Brown scored 19, Mantas Kalnietis amassed 14 points and 7 assists and Nick Calathes 13 points and 11 assists.

Lokomotiov got off to an ideal start with Hendrix scoring twice around a Calathes three-point play to make it 0-7 after just over one minute. Quinton Hosley netted Zielona Gora’s first points from the line and soon after Hodge scored the hosts’ first basket, but Hendrix kept Lokomotiv in total control, 6-17 midway through the first quarter. After the teams traded baskets for a few minutes, a Hodge triple and Sroka bucket trimmed the deficit to 6. Milos Lopicic’s first points made it 21-27 after 10 minutes. Sroka and Hodge got the hosts within 28-29 early in the second quarter, but Calathes found Andrey Zubkov and Aleksey Savarasenko for baskets on consecutive possessions to rescue the visitors. A pair of Valery Likhodey triples extended the lead to 30-39 and a Maxin Grigoryev three-pointer restored a double-digit advantage. Stevic made it 38-48 at the break.

Baskets by Borovnjak and Sroka to open the second half brought Zielona Gora back. Brown and Hendrix kept Lokomotiv ahead, but the hosts kept battling. Hodge buried a triple and added free throws on the next possession to draw his team within 53-56. Neither team flinched as baskets continued to flow until Hodge made it 64-68 at the end of the quarter. A Cesnaukis three-pointer early in the fourth gave Zielona Gora its first lead, 69-68. Zubkov made 3 free throws over two possessions as Lokomotiv regained the lead, 71-73, but before long Hodge’s steal and assist to Stevic knotted the score once more. A pair of Kalnietis layups put Lokomotiv up 79-83, but Zielona Gora didn’t stay down for long. Sroka responded with a three-pointer, Hodge added 2 free throws and Cesnaukis nailed a triple. Borovnjak added a free throw for an 88-83 lead with less than a minute remaining. Cesnaukis and Hodge each added 2 free throws to cap a game-winning 13-0 run and seal the victory.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: HERCEG, SINISA (CRO), PILOIDIS, ANASTASIOS (GRE), CHEBYSHEV, SERGIY (UKR)
Attendance: 2553 (Tentative)
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PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar27212020
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PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar27486888
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
7 STEVIC, OLIVER 28:21 11 5/6 0/1 1/2 1 4 5 1 2   2   5 3 16
9 TRUBACZ, RADOSLAW DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 LOPICIC, MILOS 19:45 2 1/1       2 2       1   3   2
13 CHANAS, KAMIL 18:19 2 1/3 0/1     1 1 3 2 1     2   2
14 HOSLEY, QUINTON 13:31 4 1/3 0/2 2/2       2 1 3       3 3
15 HODGE, WALTER 36:38 29 7/12 3/6 6/6   2 2 10 3 3     3 9 39
22 CESNAUKIS, MANTAS 15:41 10 0/1 2/3 4/4 2 2 4 2 2 1     2 3 16
30 SEWERYN, LUKASZ 13:07     0/1         1              
31 SROKA, MARCIN 23:01 13 2/2 3/3         1   2     1   11
41 BOROVNJAK, DEJAN 31:37 23 11/18   1/2 3 9 12 2 1 1   1   2 30
Team             2 2     1         1
Totals 200:00 94 28/46 8/17 14/16 6 22 28 22 11 12 3 1 16 20 120
60.9% 47.1% 87.5%
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: PASHUTIN, EVGENY
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
# 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 GRIGORYEV, MAXIM 5:41 3   1/2                       2
5 BROWN, DERRICK 30:03 19 7/10 1/1 2/4 5 2 7 2 3 1     4 2 23
7 HENDRIX, RICHARD 27:08 20 10/15     6 4 10 1 1 1 1 2 4   21
8 SAVRASENKO, ALEKSEY 8:03 2 1/1       1 1 1   1         3
9 KALNIETIS, MANTAS 33:59 14 7/11 0/5         7   2   1 2   7
10 BYKOV, SERGEY 6:13           1 1     2       1  
11 LIKHODEY, VALERY 19:09 6   2/3     4 4 1 3         1 14
12 ZUBKOV, ANDREY 14:46 5 1/2 0/1 3/4 1 1 2           4 3 3
13 JASAITIS, SIMAS 20:21 6 1/1 1/5 1/2   2 2 1   2     2 1 1
33 CALATHES, NICK 34:37 13 4/7 1/5 2/4 1 4 5 11 2 5     4 8 21
45 SHELEKETO, MAXIM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team                                
Totals 200:00 88 31/47 6/22 8/14 13 19 32 24 9 14 1 3 20 16 95
66% 27.3% 57.1%
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