Akasvayu Girona vs. Elan Chalon - ShowGame

Ave.		Ave.
84.6	Points	81.8
33.0	Rebounds	31.7
8.5	O. Rebounds	7.1
24.5	D. Rebounds	24.6
15.9	Assists	17.9
7.9	Steals	6.9
3.1	Blocks	2.8
14.4	Turnovers	14.6
57.0 %	2PT	48.2 %
38.9 %	3PT	41.8 %
77.4 %	FT	79.5 %
100.0	Index	89.5

Team Stats - Akasvayu Girona

Team Stats - Elan Chalon

Player Stats

Ave.		Ave.
15.8 / VROMAN, JACKSON	Points	13.7 / BARRETT, ROWAN
6.3 / GASOL, M.	Rebounds	6.1 / FORD, JOHN GREGORY
1.6 / VROMAN, JACKSON	OR	2.0 / FORD, JOHN GREGORY
4.9 / GASOL, M.	DR	4.0 / BARRETT, ROWAN
3.9 / Sada	Assists	3.3 / GUICE, J.
1.6 / VROMAN, JACKSON	Steals	1.5 / GUICE, J.
1.1 / GASOL, M.	Blocks	1.2 / FORD, JOHN GREGORY
2.5 / Sada	Turnovers	2.1 / BARRETT, ROWAN
68.0 % / Sada	2PT	66.7 % / ROGERS, SHAWNTA
53.3 % / MCDONALD, ARRIEL	3PT	66.7 % / BADIANE, MOUSSA
84.6 % / MIDDLETON, DARRYL	FT	100.0 % / BRAUD, PHILIPPE
18.8 / GASOL, M.	Index	13.7 / BARRETT, ROWAN

Team Roster - Akasvayu Girona

Team Roster - Elan Chalon

THE TAKE

Akasvayu Girona looks to shake off a surprising loss in the ULEB Cup Last 32 first leg but has the home fans behind it as a motivated Elan Chalon comes to town. Head coach Pedro Martinez's Girona trailed for most of the game and ended up losing 93-85 at Chalon. Akasvayu out-rebounded Elan 32-20 and committed just 12 turnovers. But Chalon shot a blistering 56% from the field and turned the ball over just 9 times. Martinez's team struggled with its offense without departed main weapon Jackson Vroman. Center Marc Gasol led the way with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists while power forward Ivan Radenovic had his best of the competition with 17 points. And playmaker Arriel McDonald and small forward Erik Daniels each added 16. But it was not enough as the Spanish club shot just 46% from the field. Martinez's team will have to improve on that and the defense will have to work harder on pressuring Chalon's perimeter players, who knocked down 14-of-25 (56%) from long range. Elan Chalon head coach Gregor Beugnot has to be optimistic about how his club played at home, especially playmaker Darrel Mitchell, who collected 17 points and 12 assists. Small forward Bryan Bracey knocked down 4 three-pointers in scoring 23 points and Beugnot got plenty of bench support with guard Xavier Corosine scoring 16, center Moussa Badiane 12 and power forward John Ford 10 in a winning effort. Beugnot may be concerned that his team shot all its bullets in the home leg. The French side must keep its cool when Girona is making runs and that will be Mitchell's job - making his performance as the number one key for Chalon with a Last 16 berth against either Buducnost or Hemofarm waiting. Monday, February 25, 2008 ULEBCup.com

Akasvayu Girona looks to shake off a surprising loss in the ULEB Cup Last 32 first leg but has the home fans behind it as a motivated Elan Chalon comes to town. Head coach Pedro Martinez's Girona trailed for most of the game and ended up losing 93-85 at Chalon. Akasvayu out-rebounded Elan 32-20 and committed just 12 turnovers. But Chalon shot a blistering 56% from the field and turned the ball over just 9 times. Martinez's team struggled with its offense without departed main weapon Jackson Vroman. Center Marc Gasol led the way with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists while power forward Ivan Radenovic had his best of the competition with 17 points. And playmaker Arriel McDonald and small forward Erik Daniels each added 16. But it was not enough as the Spanish club shot just 46% from the field. Martinez's team will have to improve on that and the defense will have to work harder on pressuring Chalon's perimeter players, who knocked down 14-of-25 (56%) from long range. Elan Chalon head coach Gregor Beugnot has to be optimistic about how his club played at home, especially playmaker Darrel Mitchell, who collected 17 points and 12 assists. Small forward Bryan Bracey knocked down 4 three-pointers in scoring 23 points and Beugnot got plenty of bench support with guard Xavier Corosine scoring 16, center Moussa Badiane 12 and power forward John Ford 10 in a winning effort. Beugnot may be concerned that his team shot all its bullets in the home leg. The French side must keep its cool when Girona is making runs and that will be Mitchell's job - making his performance as the number one key for Chalon with a Last 16 berth against either Buducnost or Hemofarm waiting.

Monday, February 25, 2008

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Players

Marc Gasol paced four players in double figures as Akasvayu Girona advanced to the ULEB Cup Last 16 with a convincing 78-57 victory over Elan Chalon in the Last 32 return leg. Girona reversed an 8-point first leg loss at Chalon to win the two-game series 163-150 on aggregate and set up a Last 16 date with Hemofarm. The first game is scheduled to be played in Vrsac, Serbia, on March 11. Girona used an 18-3 run at the end of the first half and an 11-2 third-quarter surge to pull away from Chalon. Gasol collected 18 points, 4 assists and 4 steals. Branko Cvetkovic added 16 points and 6 rebounds while Erik Daniels scored 11 points and Arriel McDonald had 10 for the winners. Chalon was led by Xavier Corosine's 14 points and Bryan Bracey added 10. Rolan Roberts grabbed 11 rebounds but also committed 9 turnovers. Rowan Barrett was held to just 6 points and Chalon played without Darrel Mitchell, who had 17 points and 12 assists in the first leg victory. Bracey gave the guests the lead to start the game, but Cvetkovic scored 5 points and Daniels 4 in a 14-0 Girona run. John Ford stopped the bleeding before Barrett and Corosine both nailed three-pointers to cut the deficit to 14-10. Akasvayu surged back ahead 22-10 on the strength of two more baskets by Gasol and led 22-12 after one period. Ford's foul shots, Roberts's basket and a three by Jermaine Guice made it 23-19. But Cvetkovic and McDonald both tallied 5 points in an 18-3 run to give Girona a 41-22 lead at the break. Ford started the second half for the guests, but Gasol's foul shot increased the advantage to 46-24. Corosine then knocked down back-to-back threes to cut the deficit to 46-30. Ivan Radenovic answered with a triple of his own and another basket as Girona went on an 11-2 surge to pull ahead 57-32. Bracey however knocked down a three to trim the margin to 57-37 going into the fourth. Cvetkovic's foul shots opened the fourth and Radenovic's score pushed the gap to 61-37. Chalon refused to give up and both Bracey and Barrett knocked down three-pointers to make it 61-45. But Gasol scored on back-to-back possessions and McDonald buried a three-pointer as Girona remained ahead 73-49. And Akasvayu did not let up with Fernando San Emeterio's basket making it 77-51 as Girona proved the first leg was just a slip-up. Tuesday, February 26, 2008 ULEBcup.com

Marc Gasol paced four players in double figures as Akasvayu Girona advanced to the ULEB Cup Last 16 with a convincing 78-57 victory over Elan Chalon in the Last 32 return leg. Girona reversed an 8-point first leg loss at Chalon to win the two-game series 163-150 on aggregate and set up a Last 16 date with Hemofarm. The first game is scheduled to be played in Vrsac, Serbia, on March 11. Girona used an 18-3 run at the end of the first half and an 11-2 third-quarter surge to pull away from Chalon. Gasol collected 18 points, 4 assists and 4 steals. Branko Cvetkovic added 16 points and 6 rebounds while Erik Daniels scored 11 points and Arriel McDonald had 10 for the winners. Chalon was led by Xavier Corosine's 14 points and Bryan Bracey added 10. Rolan Roberts grabbed 11 rebounds but also committed 9 turnovers. Rowan Barrett was held to just 6 points and Chalon played without Darrel Mitchell, who had 17 points and 12 assists in the first leg victory.

Bracey gave the guests the lead to start the game, but Cvetkovic scored 5 points and Daniels 4 in a 14-0 Girona run. John Ford stopped the bleeding before Barrett and Corosine both nailed three-pointers to cut the deficit to 14-10. Akasvayu surged back ahead 22-10 on the strength of two more baskets by Gasol and led 22-12 after one period. Ford's foul shots, Roberts's basket and a three by Jermaine Guice made it 23-19. But Cvetkovic and McDonald both tallied 5 points in an 18-3 run to give Girona a 41-22 lead at the break.

Xavier Corosine - Elan Chalon

Ford started the second half for the guests, but Gasol's foul shot increased the advantage to 46-24. Corosine then knocked down back-to-back threes to cut the deficit to 46-30. Ivan Radenovic answered with a triple of his own and another basket as Girona went on an 11-2 surge to pull ahead 57-32. Bracey however knocked down a three to trim the margin to 57-37 going into the fourth. Cvetkovic's foul shots opened the fourth and Radenovic's score pushed the gap to 61-37. Chalon refused to give up and both Bracey and Barrett knocked down three-pointers to make it 61-45. But Gasol scored on back-to-back possessions and McDonald buried a three-pointer as Girona remained ahead 73-49. And Akasvayu did not let up with Fernando San Emeterio's basket making it 77-51 as Girona proved the first leg was just a slip-up.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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Referees: SPIRIDONOS, LEONIDAS (GRE), LOVSIN, ANDREJ (SLO), MATTIOLI, GIANLUCA (ITA)

Attendance: 3575

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Akasvayu Girona	22	19	16	21
Elan Chalon	12	10	15	20

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Akasvayu Girona	22	41	57	78
Elan Chalon	12	22	37	57

Head coach: MARTINEZ, PEDRO

Akasvayu Girona
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
5	CVETKOVIC, BRANKO	28:50	16	3/5	2/6	4/4	1	5	6	1	3	1			2	4	21
8	SADA, VICTOR	30:00	7	2/3		3/3	2	5	7	4	2	3	1		2	1	16
10	MCDONALD, ARRIEL	23:51	10	1/1	2/8	2/2		2	2	2		2		1	2	3	6
11	NAGYS, TOMAS	4:10	1	0/1		1/2		1	1		2		1			2	5
15	DANIELS, ERIK	20:53	11	5/8	0/2	1/2		3	3	3	2	2			4	3	10
18	MONTAÑEZ, ROMAN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	SAN EMETERIO, FERNANDO	27:19	4	2/3	0/2			3	3	2	1				1	2	8
32	WHITFIELD, MAURICE	11:04	2	1/1				2	2		1	1					4
33	GASOL, MARC	32:06	18	7/9		4/5		2	2	4	4	3	1		1	5	27
44	MIDDLETON, DARRYL	3:44													2		-2
55	RADENOVIC, IVAN	18:03	9	3/3	1/2	0/1		2	2	2	2	1			1	1	12
	Team							2	2			1					1
	Totals	200:00	78	24/34	5/20	15/19	3	27	30	18	17	14	3	1	15	21	108
				70.6%	25%	78.9%

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: BEUGNOT, GREGOR

Elan Chalon
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	BRACEY, BRYAN	21:47	10	2/2	2/4			4	4	2	3	1				1	17
5	BRAUD, PHILIPPE	30:06	5	1/4	1/1					1	1				2		2
6	HOYAUX, JONATHAN	16:04	4	1/2	0/2	2/2	2	1	3	1		1			4	1	1
8	BARRETT, ROWAN	25:05	6	0/1	2/8			5	5		1	3			2	3	3
9	COROSINE, XAVIER	28:14	14	1/3	4/9		1		1		2	1			2	4	11
10	BADIANE, MOUSSA	10:44	2	1/3			2	2	4	1			1	1	4		1
11	GUICE, JERMAINE	21:35	5	1/1	1/3	0/1		1	1	3		1		1	1	2	5
13	ELEKA, CAMILLE	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	FORD, JOHN	21:59	8	3/7	0/1	2/2	2	1	3		1	7		1	2	2	-1
15	ROBERTS, ROLAN	24:26	3	1/4	0/1	1/2	3	8	11	2	3	9			4	2	3
	Team										1						1
	Totals	200:00	57	11/27	10/29	5/7	10	22	32	10	12	23	1	3	21	15	43
				40.7%	34.5%	71.4%

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Head Coaches

MARTINEZ, PEDRO Akasvayu Girona "I believe that we played a good game, defending very well. They are a team with very good three-point shooters, but we made good defense to stop them. It’s been a great match, it enables us to go to the next round with very good sensations. Both in attack and defense we made a good job, they couldn't follow the rhythm we were playing. They didn't have Mitchell with them, so this fact helped us a lot."

MARTINEZ, PEDRO

Akasvayu Girona

"I believe that we played a good game, defending very well. They are a team with very good three-point shooters, but we made good defense to stop them. It’s been a great match, it enables us to go to the next round with very good sensations. Both in attack and defense we made a good job, they couldn't follow the rhythm we were playing. They didn't have Mitchell with them, so this fact helped us a lot."

BEUGNOT, GREGOR Elan Chalon "A very difficult match, without Mitchell it was very complicated. They tried to compensate with aggressiveness and trying to score three-pointers all the time, but we weren't so lucky as when we played at home. Akasvayu Girona played a good game and I wish them the best results in the ULEB Cup."

BEUGNOT, GREGOR

Elan Chalon

"A very difficult match, without Mitchell it was very complicated. They tried to compensate with aggressiveness and trying to score three-pointers all the time, but we weren't so lucky as when we played at home. Akasvayu Girona played a good game and I wish them the best results in the ULEB Cup."

Players

SADA, VICTOR Akasvayu Girona "We played very concentrated, we knew we couldn't make any mistakes on defense. From the very beginning we saw that it could be difficult, but we played hard and played good defense, so we could manage the match."

SADA, VICTOR

Akasvayu Girona

"We played very concentrated, we knew we couldn't make any mistakes on defense. From the very beginning we saw that it could be difficult, but we played hard and played good defense, so we could manage the match."

COROSINE, XAVIER Elan Chalon "It's been a tough game and they played good defense. We played without Mitchell and this really affected us. It’s been a great experience to play in the ULEB Cup."

COROSINE, XAVIER

Elan Chalon

"It's been a tough game and they played good defense. We played without Mitchell and this really affected us. It’s been a great experience to play in the ULEB Cup."

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