May 22, 2013
Regular Season Game 3 - November 21, 2012 CET: 16:00 Local time: 19:00 - YUBILEYNI "SPORT" PALACE
Spartak St. Petersburg 89 - 71 Ratiopharm Ulm

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
2-0 Regular Season 2-0
2-0 Overall 2-0

Referees

Crew Chief
CMIKIEWICZ, MAREK, Poland
Referee
OBRADOVIC, PETAR, Bosnia - Herzegovina
Umpire
VOVK, TOMISLAV, Croatia

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
66.5 Points 88.0
33.0 Rebounds 41.5
7.5 O. Rebounds 13.5
25.5 D. Rebounds 28.0
13.5 Assists 16.0
3.5 Steals 5.5
2.5 Blocks 4.0
15.5 Turnovers 10.5
57.1 % 2PT 60.0 %
33.3 % 3PT 31.7 %
62.9 % FT 65.4 %
66.5 Index 104.0
Team Stats - Ratiopharm Ulm

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
14.5 / Beverley Points 14.5 / Schwethelm
7.5 / Beverley Rebounds 6.5 / Nankivil
2.0 / Wright OR 3.0 / Theis
7.5 / Beverley DR 10.0 / Bryant
3.0 / Mavrokefalides Assists 5.0 / Guenther
1.5 / Beverley Steals 1.5 / Betz
0.5 / Dmitriev Blocks 2.0 / Nankivil
3.0 / Wright Turnovers 2.5 / Watts
100.0 % / Dmitriev 2PT 85.7 % / Schwethelm
100.0 % / Wright 3PT 100.0 % / Bryant
100.0 % / Yakovenko FT 100.0 % / Watts
19.0 / Beverley Index 33.0 / Ray
Team Roster - Ratiopharm Ulm

THE TAKE

The two undefeated teams in Group G, Spartak of St. Petersburg and Ratiopharm Ulm of Germany will meet in a showdown with exclusive hold on first place at stake. Spartak has the best defense in the competition, conceding just 58 points per game, but on Wednesday it will have to contain an Ulm team that is scoring 88 per night despite low three-point (31.7%) and foul line (65.4%) accuracy. Both sides have a team-oriented way of playing, with balanced offense. Ulm has six players scoring in double figures and the main task for Spartak will be to stop the visitor’s main contributors. The first big matchup comes at point guard, where 2012 Eurocup MVP Patrick Beverley will face Lance Jeter. With Ulm guard Allan Ray, author of 25 points in the Eurocup opener, back in action in the German League, it won't be an easy night for Janis Strelnieks or Zach Wright as they look to contain him. Under the boards, Spartak’s Artem Yakovenko and Loukas Mavrokefalides have to fight with John Bryant, who also returned after a one-week absence, and young talent Daniel Theis. On defense, zones will likely be used by Ulm for extended periods, something Spartak’s playmakers will have to get around.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

ZDOVC, JURE
Spartak St. Petersburg
"It will be a very important game for us. Ulm surprised in the previous games, they scored 90-100 points per game. And for sure we’ll play with a full roster. We hope that Vlado Dragicevic will play, he has recovered after an ankle injury. It will be very difficult to give a lot of time on the court to our young players who showed good themselves in our last game – in Russian Cup."
LEIBENATH, THORSTEN
Ratiopharm Ulm
"Our chances to win against St. Petersburg will increase if we can manage to make the game fast and push the score towards 80 points. In my opinion Spartak St. Petersburg is the outstanding favorite team to win the group stage and Patrick Beverley is one of the best players in Europe. For me personally it is a major honor to compete with Spartak’s head coach Jure Zdovc. We’ll go to St. Petersburg with respect but without reverence."

Players

BETZ, SEBASTIAN
Ratiopharm Ulm
"Looking at the past games in the group, Spartak St. Petersburg is one of the strongest teams, not only regarding their budget. Moreover this away game means a long journey for us. On Tuesday, we will leave Ulm in the middle of the night and then arrive in the evening. It’s going to be quite tough but we want to win and take the next step towards the Last 16."
Joshua Carter - Spartak St. Petersburg (photo Spartak SPB)Spartak St. Petersburg took sole possession of first place in Group G with an 89-71 victory at home over Ratiopharm Ulm, which suffered its first loss of the campaign. Spartak’s Josh Carter nailed 6 three-pointers in leading all players with 24 points while Vladimir Dragicevic had 17 points, Loukas Mavrokefalides chipped in 14 points and Zach Wright collected 6 points and 11 assists for St. Petersburg, which improved to 3-0. Ulm, now 2-1 in the group, was paced by Allan Ray and Dane Watts with 14 points apiece. Star center John Bryant was held to just 9 points and 3 rebounds for Ulm.

Spartak worked hard getting the ball into the blocks early with Mavrokefalides helping open a 16-11 lead. Fedor Dimitriev hit from downtown to push the advantage to 19-11. Ulm’s reserves brought the guests back into the game with Keaton Nankivil and Sebastian Betz picking up the slack as Ulm trailed just 26-23 after one quarter. Fellow Ulm back-up Daniel Theis came on for some strong play in the second quarter but Dragicevic scored six straight points for Spartak, which opened a 42-34 lead. And the cushion was 45-36 after a Carter triple. Bryant scored two straight baskets to cut into the margin but the Russian hosts still led 48-41 at the break.

Carter’s three to start the second half made it a double-digit game and Patrick Beverley’s first points came on a long ball in pushing the gap to 11 points – 58-47. Ray knocked down a three-ball of his own to bring Ulm back to within 60-52. But Carter sandwiched three-pointers around a Mavrokefalides basket and St. Petersburg led 68-52. The lead was 72-58 after three quarters. Ulm cut the margin to 10 points twice – 72-62 and 74-64 – but the German runners-up from last season just could not get the margin to single digits, though Ulm did a good job slowing down St. Petersburg. Eventually, Beverley nailed a three-ball with just more than four minutes left to push the lead back to 14 points 78-64 and Carter’s triple increased it to 85-68 and the guests could find no answer.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: CMIKIEWICZ, MAREK (POL), OBRADOVIC, PETAR (BIH), VOVK, TOMISLAV (CRO)
Attendance: 700 (Tentative)
By Quarter1234
Spartak St. Petersburg26222417
Ratiopharm Ulm23181713
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Spartak St. Petersburg26487289
Ratiopharm Ulm23415871
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 18:42 4 2/3 0/4         6         1   4
8 WRIGHT, ZACH 23:57 6 3/4       1 1 11 2 2     4 2 15
9 ZAVORUEV, VASILY 4:20   0/1                     1   -2
11 CARTER, JOSHUA 32:12 24 3/4 6/8   1 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 4   20
12 BEVERLEY, PATRICK 31:47 8 1/2 2/2     1 1 4 1   1   3 1 12
17 YAKOVENKO, ARTEM 6:38 3 1/1   1/1   1 1           1 1 4
19 FIDII, EVGENY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 DRAGICEVIC, VLADIMIR 21:30 17 7/11   3/4 3 3 6 2 2 1   1 4 7 23
21 MAVROKEFALIDES, LOUKAS 33:00 14 7/14     1 3 4 5 1 4 2 1 1 1 14
22 DMITRIEV, FEDOR 9:09 5   1/1 2/2 1 1 2     1       2 8
35 VOITIUK, EVGENII DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 KURBANOV, NIKITA 18:45 8 4/5 0/1   1 3 4 1 2 1     1   11
Team           2   2               2
Totals 200:00 89 28/45 9/16 6/7 9 15 24 31 9 12 4 3 20 14 111
62.2% 56.3% 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: LEIBENATH, THORSTEN
Ratiopharm Ulm
# 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 GUENTHER, PER 24:10 8 4/6   0/2   1 1 2         1 6 12
7 BETZ, SEBASTIAN 14:08 7 3/5 0/1 1/1 1 1 2 2       1 2 2 7
10 THEIS, DANIEL 16:23 4 2/2 0/1         2 1   1   2   5
14 RAY, ALLAN 25:49 14 4/6 2/2     2 2 4 1 4       4 19
25 ESTERKAMP, STEVEN 21:45 2 1/2       2 2   1 3         1
32 WATTS, DANE 19:22 14 5/8 1/1 1/2 2 3 5 1   2   1 3 2 12
33 SCHWETHELM, PHILIPP 18:18 2 1/1           1   2     1 1 1
34 JETER, LANCE 15:50 2     2/2       4   2     2 1 3
52 NANKIVIL, KEATON 19:40 9 2/3 1/3 2/2           2 1   2 1 4
54 BRYANT, JOHN 24:35 9 4/8 0/1 1/2 1 2 3 2   3 1 2 1 3 6
Team           3 1 4               4
Totals 200:00 71 26/41 4/9 7/11 7 12 19 18 3 18 3 4 14 20 74
63.4% 44.4% 63.6%
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Head Coaches

ZDOVC, JURE
Spartak St. Petersburg
"We played very good on offense. We were tired and had some problems in this aspect of the game in previous games. But today we relaxed a little bit. In the first half we played good offense and bad defense. We know that Ulm is a very talented team in offense and we understood that if we would want to be in first place in our group we had to do a good job in defense. In offense we found the open man every time and executed shots. Today Vlado Dragicevic played very well. We wanted to see Vlado like this and his game shows that he recovered after his injury."
LEIBENATH, THORSTEN
Ratiopharm Ulm
"Congratulations to Spartak. They played a nice game today. For us this game was very similar to the game which we had against Unics in Euroleague qualification. Spartak is a very good Russian team, which showed our limits. We couldn’t move a ball as we usually do, we made too many turnovers, we missed too many rebounds. We did good job against Mavrokefalidis and Beverley, but Dragicevic and Carter played very well. Also Wright was great in assists. Spartak has a lot of good players. And I hope we can learn from our mistakes fast because next week we play Spartak at home."

Players

CARTER, JOSHUA
Spartak St. Petersburg
"Ulm is a very good team, they played hard and they are very skillful in offense. But we did a great job as a team; we were good in offense. Our shots were not as good in our previous games and we made them in practices. Today we saw the result of our work. I was not satisfied by my performance in previous games. I didn’t score anything in the last game. But the coach said that everything would be okay. My teammates made jokes about it, but also they supported me. And today everything was ok with my three-points shots."
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