May 25, 2013
Regular Season Game 3 - November 21, 2012 CET: 18:30 Local time: 19:30 - ARENA RIGA
VEF Riga 84 - 91 BC Triumph Lyubertsy

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Semi-Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
0-0 Last 16 0-0
1-1 Regular Season 2-0
1-1 Overall 2-0

Referees

Crew Chief
RYZHYK, BORYS, Ukraine
Referee
JASEVICIUS, TOMAS, Lithuania
Umpire
TRAWICKI, TOMASZ, Poland

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
81.0 Points 80.0
27.5 Rebounds 36.0
6.5 O. Rebounds 11.0
21.0 D. Rebounds 25.0
15.5 Assists 10.0
4.0 Steals 5.0
2.5 Blocks 5.0
13.0 Turnovers 11.5
58.4 % 2PT 41.4 %
43.8 % 3PT 42.4 %
75.0 % FT 74.2 %
84.0 Index 84.0
Team Stats - VEF Riga

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
17.0 / Bertans Points 21.0 / Karasev
5.5 / Berzins Rebounds 7.0 / Landry
1.5 / Berzins OR 2.0 / Valiev
4.0 / Berzins DR 5.5 / Landry
5.0 / Janicenoks Assists 4.0 / McKee
1.0 / Rowland Steals 3.0 / McKee
1.0 / Berzins Blocks 1.0 / Valiev
2.5 / Daniels Turnovers 3.5 / McKee
75.0 % / Daniels 2PT 100.0 % / Kuzyakin
60.0 % / Berzins 3PT 77.8 % / Karasev
100.0 % / Bertans FT 100.0 % / Valiev
17.0 / Berzins Index 26.5 / McKee
Team Roster - VEF Riga
Team Roster - BC Triumph Lyubertsy

THE TAKE

VEF Riga suffered a defeat in Week 2, but is raring to go against unbeaten Group C leader Triumph Lyubertsy of Russia. This will be a meeting of two of the Eurocup’s best three-point shooting teams, while Triumph also ranks fourth overall in rebounding. Riga cannot afford another home loss, but if it should avoid one, would become co-leader of Group C by winning. It’s a tough task for the Latvian side, who will first of all have to stop a top class-visiting backcourt, with Week 2 co-MVP Tywain McKee and Sergey Karasev, who averages 21 points per game. E.J. Rowland and Kristaps Janicenoks have enough experience to contain them in a dual matchup that will be crucial to either team’s success. Triumph has to find the way to stop the size and skills of 2.13 power forward Kaspars Berzins, who starred last game by nailing 23 points.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

BUTAUTAS, RAMUNAS
VEF Riga
"We already have played against them this season, so we kind of know what to expect, although since then they have made some adjustments to their game. We won in last meeting, but it didn’t come easy. I’m sure that it will be the same this time and we will need to give a team effort to win this game."
KARASEV, VASILY
BC Triumph Lyubertsy
"Tomorrow we'll have a very important game against VEF Riga, but this time we'll play against VEF in the Eurocup. The result of this game will be very important for us. First of all, the victory will help us to qualify for the Last 16, and secondly, we would like to take the revenge after our painful defeat in Riga in the VTB League. VEF is a very good team, and during the season this team proves its high level in every game."

Players

BERTANS, DAIRIS
VEF Riga
"We are facing a team that we are very well aware of having played against Triumph earlier in the season. However, I think that this game will be different, so we shouldn’t compare our upcoming match against Triumph with the one we had previously against them. We have been seriously preparing for this game and we are expecting intense battle. Last week we couldn’t come up with a victory against Le Mans, so this game is very important for us. We have to get a win."
Kyle Landry - BC Triumph Lyubertsy - EC12 (photo Mikus Klavins, VEF Riga)BC Triumph Lyubertsy remained undefeated in Group C with a 91-84 victory at VEF Riga thanks to 32 points from Tywain McKee. Lyubertsy improved to 3-0 as McKee also collected 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals for a 42 ranking index. Sergey Karasev added 19 points and Kyle Landry chipped in 17 points and 9 rebounds for the road victors. Riga dropped to 1-2 in the group despite 23 points from Dairis Bertans while Earl Rowland had 14 points and both Kaspars Berzins and Antanas Kavaliauskas scored 10 points.

Riga went ahead 5-2 early but Karasev scored five straight points to start a 2-16 run in which the hosts only made two free throws by Will Daniels in six and a half minutes as Triumph built a 7-18 lead. Gatis Jahovics’ basket stopped the dry spell and Riga trailed 11-20 after one quarter. McKee opened the second quarter with back-to-back baskets and Yuval Naimy’s triple pushed the advantage to 15-27. Landry’s score made it a 15-point game 20-35 before Riga went on a mini 6-0 run to pull within single digits 29-38. McKee picked up things again and Karasev’s three at the buzzer gave Lyubertsy a 34-48 lead at halftime.

Bertans opened the third quarter with two three-balls and a steal and dunk to bring Riga within 46-56. The Triumph lead was still 48-61 when Kristaps Janicenkos and Donatas Zavackas nailed threes to help the hosts close within 59-63 after three quarters. Bertans started the fourth with a triple and Kavaliauskas’ layup completed a 16-2 run for a 66-63 Riga lead. And a Bertans three-point play gave Riga a 69-68 lead. But McKee took over again, hitting back-to-back shots and then scoring again to make it 73-82. Riga pulled to within 81-86 on Rowland’s three but McKee and Karasev combined to make 7 of 8 free throws in the final 2:12 minutes to secure the victory.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: RYZHYK, BORYS (UKR), JASEVICIUS, TOMAS (LTU), TRAWICKI, TOMASZ (POL)
Attendance: 2500 (Tentative)
By Quarter1234
VEF Riga11232525
BC Triumph Lyubertsy20281528
End of Quarter1234
VEF Riga11345984
BC Triumph Lyubertsy20486391
Head coach: BUTAUTAS, RAMUNAS
VEF Riga
# 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 ROWLAND, EARL 29:33 14 3/8 2/4 2/2   5 5 4 2 3     3 8 20
9 JAHOVICS, GATIS 21:05 4 2/2 0/1   2 1 3     1     3 2 4
11 STRELNIEKS, ARTURS 0:13                         1   -1
12 JANICENOKS, KRISTAPS 34:57 9 1/3 2/6 1/2   1 1 3   1     1 2 6
13 LOUCKS, LUKE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 BERZINS, KASPARS 24:49 10 2/4 0/2 6/6 1 4 5 1 2 2     5 4 11
15 DANIELS, WILL 13:31 7 1/3 0/3 5/5 1 1 2 1 1 4   2 3 3  
20 BLAUS, LAURIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 KAVALIAUSKAS, ANTANAS 23:22 10 4/4   2/3 3   3   2 2 1   5 2 10
32 PASECNIKS, ANZEJS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 ZAVACKAS, DONATAS 22:50 7 1/1 1/3 2/3           1     2 2 3
45 BERTANS, DAIRIS 29:40 23 5/7 2/6 7/7       2 1 2     2 6 22
Team           2 2 4               4
Totals 200:00 84 19/32 7/25 25/28 9 14 23 11 8 16 1 2 25 29 79
59.4% 28% 89.3%
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: KARASEV, VASILY
BC Triumph Lyubertsy
# 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 McKEE, TYWAIN 36:52 32 10/13 1/3 9/14   6 6 6 4 2     4 10 42
7 KARASEV, SERGEY 24:29 19 4/8 2/2 5/6   2 2 4   2     4 6 20
8 KUZYAKIN, ARTEM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 VIKHROV, ARTEM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 MITCHELL, TASAMIN 14:51 4 2/4               2   1 1   -2
15 VALIEV, EVGENY 30:56 5 2/4   1/2 5   5 2   4     3 1 3
17 KULAGIN, MIKHAIL 14:38 2 1/1 0/1   1 3 4 1 1       3 2 6
18 NAIMY, YUVAL 17:22 6 0/2 2/6     2 2     3     1   -2
22 POLOKHIN, DENIS 17:21     0/1   1 1 2     1     5 1 -4
33 LANDRY, KYLE 28:29 17 8/10   1/1 6 3 9 2         5 3 24
34 SEARCY, DEVIN 15:02 6 3/7   0/2   2 2     3 2   3 2  
Team           1 3 4               4
Totals 200:00 91 30/49 5/13 16/25 14 22 36 15 5 17 2 1 29 25 91
61.2% 38.5% 64%
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Head Coaches

BUTAUTAS, RAMUNAS
VEF Riga
"We did everything very poorly. We have to credit our opponents, because they were ready for this game and made it very tough for us. We play again next week, so we have to make the right adjustments and try to win on their court. We know our current situation, but we still believe that we have a chance. "
KARASEV, VASILY
BC Triumph Lyubertsy
"Going into this game we had big motivation as we had lost against this team before. We got off to a very good start and got a big lead, although they made a comeback by using four small players on the court. Luckily at the end of the game we had enough strength to get this win. The biggest key in this game was our defense, which is our main focus. We’ve played well recently, but we’re still growing and improving. "

Players

ROWLAND, EARL
VEF Riga
" We knew that they're a tough team. They were well prepared for this game, so they got us out of our comfort zone, but we just didn't adjust well enough. I think that we weren’t mentally into this game. They played well from the beginning of the game and we were fighting uphill the whole game. Our pick-and-roll defense was horrible and McKee just dominated the game. There were a couple of things like rebounding and some things offensively as the main reasons why we lost this game. And we can’t give up 90 points in our gym. As a team we have to bounce back. "
McKEE, TYWAIN
BC Triumph Lyubertsy
"It was a good game for us. We gave up a big lead, but in the end we won. I have been playing in Triumph for the last two and a half years and I feel really good here, because we have great team and coaching staff. Personally I want to win every game and just get better. "
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