May 21, 2013
Regular Season Game 4 - November 28, 2012 CET: 20:30 Local time: 20:30 - ANTARES
Le Mans Sarthe Basket 88 - 51 Artland Dragons

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
1-2 Regular Season 1-2
1-2 Overall 1-2

Referees

Crew Chief
CHIARI, ROBERTO, Italy
Referee
SHARRO, LAHDO, Sweden
Umpire
TRAWICKI, TOMASZ, Poland

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
77.0 Points 75.7
30.7 Rebounds 37.7
8.7 O. Rebounds 13.3
22.0 D. Rebounds 24.3
14.3 Assists 12.3
4.7 Steals 3.7
1.3 Blocks 1.7
10.3 Turnovers 15.0
50.0 % 2PT 49.2 %
37.0 % 3PT 34.0 %
69.4 % FT 73.1 %
76.7 Index 73.0
Team Stats - Artland Dragons

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
19.0 / Batista Points 12.3 / King
7.0 / C. Kahudi Rebounds 7.0 / King
2.0 / Victor OR 4.0 / King
5.3 / C. Kahudi DR 4.7 / Taylor
4.7 / El-Amin Assists 3.0 / Mallet
1.7 / El-Amin Steals 1.0 / Grunheid
0.7 / Koffi Blocks 0.7 / Horner
1.7 / Victor Turnovers 3.0 / Haynes
66.7 % / H. Kahudi 2PT 72.7 % / Mallet
50.0 % / El-Amin 3PT 66.7 % / Horner
100.0 % / H. Kahudi FT 100.0 % / Mallet
18.3 / Batista Index 14.7 / King
Team Roster - Le Mans Sarthe Basket
Team Roster - Artland Dragons

THE TAKE

Le Mans of France hosts German side Artland Dragons in Group C with at least a share of all-important second place as the prize. Both teams are tied at 1-2 with VEF Riga going into Wednesday's game, so the winner of this game will stay in that coveted position. Artland won their first meeting at home last week 76-71. Le Mans suffered under the boards in that loss; this time the hosts need to improve their two-point accuracy performance and distribute its scoring better. Artland put five scorers in double figures to win last week showing a team-oriented game. Backcourt matchups are crucial, as Khalid El-Amin had a bad night in Quakenbruck and joins up with Charles Khaudi for Le Mans again to face Marquez Haynes and Demond Mallet of Artland. In the frontcourt, Pape Sy and J.P. Batista starred as scorers last week for Le Mans, combining for 44 points, but Dennis Horner and Anthony King dominated under the glass to pull down 18 boards for Artland. The French team's frontcourt duo has to provide more of a presence on rebounds, then, to fuel their team's fastbreaks.
Monday, November 26, 2012
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Quotes Head Coaches

JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
"This game is very important for both teams as we are in a three way tie for the second qualifying spot of our group. We must do a better job on defensive rebounds if we want to come out on top. Hopefully we can recover from Monday's game and play with our usual home court intensity."
KOCH, STEFAN
Artland Dragons
"We know that if we win this game, we will have a good chance to advance to the next round. If we only win the head-to-head we still have a realistic chance. But we fly to France to win this game and we showed that we can win against Le Mans. The fundamentals to win the first game were that we rebounded the ball very well. But we also made a lot of individual mistakes. We want to eliminate these errors."

Players

EL-AMIN, KHALID
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
"We all know that it's a big game tomorrow for the Eurocup standings, We have to show the character of our team. We'll come out and show what we are made of. Nothing matters other than victory... by 6 points at least!"
STRASSER, JOHANNES
Artland Dragons
"In France we have to play like we did in the first game against Le Mans. But we also have to improve our pick and roll defense on Joao Batista. We have to play with a lot of energy. This game is very important for us to advance to the next round. If we win, we have two wins and the head-to-head with Le Mans. That would give us a great chance to advance."
Charles Kahudi - Le Mans Sarthe - EC12 (photo David Piolé - msb.fr)Le Mans took a crucial 88-51 victory over Artland Dragons to raise its record to 2-2 in Group C. The hosts also claimed the potential tiebreaker between the teams. Le Mans used a 14-2 run late in the second quarter for a 43-28 advantage at halftime and then 16 unanswered points in the third quarter to go ahead by 30. Cam Long led six Le Mans scorers in double figures with 15 points, Cuthbert Victor added 14, Charles Khaudi bagged 13, JP Batista 12 with 9 rebounds and Alian Koffi and Khalid El-Amin 10 apiece. Anthony King led Artland with 12 points while Bryce Taylor scored 11.

El-Amin hit a jumper to open the scoring. A dunk by Taylor gave a 2-4 advantage to the guests, and after the game was tied 6-6, a three-point-play by Victor made it 9-6 for Le Mans. Seven unanswered points capped by El-Amin from downtown increased the margin for the home team to 16-8, but a Petar Popovic dunk and jumper closed the gap to 16-14. Batista and Koffi in the paint restored a 20-14 margin, which El-Amin from the foul line raised again to 22-15. Popovic and Cameron Long exchanged scored to finish the first quarter at 24-17. Batista’s short jumper helped Le Mans to 28-19, then Marquez Haynes and Anthony King with layups and Popovic with a free throw cut the deficit to 29-24. Le Mans went on an 8-0 run fueled by Pape Sy, Victor, Koffi and Long to for a 37-24 difference late in the quarter. After free throws from Demond Mallet, another 6-0 spurt for Le Mans gave them a 43-26 advantage before Taylor with two free throws fixed the final 43-28 score at halftime for the hosts.

Charles Khaudi and Taylor exchanged layups, then Long hit a three in-between jumpers from Taylor and King to make it 48-34 early in the third quarter. Batista opened a 16-0 run fueled by a pair of threes from El Amin and Henri Khaudi to be up 64-34 with three minutes left in the quarter. Johannes Strasser from long distance ended the Artlans drought from beyond the arc, and after a free throw from Sy, Andrew Drevo hit back-to-back triples to finish after thirty minutes on 65-43. Two dunks by Koffi raised again the margin to 69-43. Taylor and King bagged layups for the Dragons, then Charles Khaudi from the foul line scored for 78-47. Thomas Ceci extended the cushion to 84-49, and Batista scored for the final 88-51.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: CHIARI, ROBERTO (ITA), SHARRO, LAHDO (SWE), TRAWICKI, TOMASZ (POL)
Attendance: 4300 (Tentative)
By Quarter1234
Le Mans Sarthe Basket24192223
Artland Dragons1711158
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Le Mans Sarthe Basket24436588
Artland Dragons17284351
Head coach: JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
# 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 EL-AMIN, KHALID 26:45 10 1/2 2/6 2/2   4 4 6 1 3     2 2 13
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES 22:57 13 1/2 2/2 5/6   1 1 1 1   1   2 6 19
7 KOFFI, ALAIN 20:09 10 4/5   2/3 3 3 6     4 2   1 2 13
9 VICTOR, CUTHBERT 24:32 14 6/6 0/1 2/6   4 4 1 2 2 1   1 4 18
10 SY, PAPE 23:22 5 2/2 0/1 1/4   3 3 1   2     1 4 6
11 ISSA, DOUNIA 8:47           2 2 1     1   3   1
13 BATISTA, JOAO PAULO 27:44 12 6/13     1 8 9 1 1       2   14
15 KAHUDI, HENRI 12:43 5   1/2 2/2   1 1 2   1     5 1 2
16 CECI, THOMAS 4:02 4   1/1 1/2         1         1 5
20 LONG, CAMERON 28:59 15 6/9 1/3     2 2 4 3 1     1 4 21
Team           2 2 4     1         3
Totals 200:00 88 26/39 7/16 15/25 6 30 36 17 9 14 5 0 18 24 115
66.7% 43.8% 60%
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: KOCH, STEFAN
Artland Dragons
# 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 HAYNES, MARQUEZ 25:26 2 1/2 0/4         4   1     2 2  
6 KING, ANTHONY 23:30 12 5/8   2/2 3 2 5 1   1   2 4 2 10
8 HOFFMANN, CHRISTIAN 4:41   0/1               1       1 -1
9 STRASSER, JOHANNES 18:47 3   1/2 0/2 1 1 2   1 2     3 3 1
10 NJEI, ACHA 4:02           1 1     1          
12 SPOLER, BEN 5:35   0/1                         -1
13 GRUNHEID, GUIDO 15:34   0/2 0/2     2 2 1   1     4   -6
20 MALLET, DEMOND 27:15 4 1/3 0/1 2/2 1 1 2 2 2 2   1 2 1 3
33 DREVO, ANDREW 18:07 6 0/3 2/4     3 3     2     3 1  
35 KERUSCH, SERGIO 13:55 6 3/5 0/1     3 3     2     4    
44 TAYLOR, BRYCE 26:05 11 4/7 0/3 3/4   1 1 1       2 1 5 8
55 POPOVIC, PETAR 17:03 7 3/7   1/2 1 3 4     2     1 3 6
Team             2 2               2
Totals 200:00 51 17/39 3/17 8/12 6 19 25 9 3 15 0 5 24 18 22
43.6% 17.6% 66.7%
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Head Coaches

JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
"Tonight we played with great urgency we needed this win to stay in the race and we all brought the intensity necessary to do it. The two last games are now like playoff games as we must assure our eventual qualification. Physically we were dominant unlike the game last week, and this made all the difference. "
KOCH, STEFAN
Artland Dragons
"We were embarrassed. It is my third year with the team as coach and we never lost with such a difference. We never were in the game, we didn’t find the right attitude. Le Mans played their best game in competition. We did more than a poor job. They have the most athletic players. I have to congratulate Le Mans, the coach and the players. We are in a difficult situation. We have to win both games and for Le Mans to lose two games; it’s our only chance to play in the next round."

Players

LONG, CAMERON
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
"This is how we have to play each game. We wanted to prove our level. We started with a lot of energy, we had rhythm and motivation. We never stopped and we played hard in defense."
KING, ANTHONY
Artland Dragons
"This game was more physical than the first game. I completely agree with coach’s analysis. We have no excuse. Le Mans had six players with more than 10 points. "
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