June 19, 2013
Regular Season Game 1 - November 07, 2012 CET: 20:30 Local time: 20:30 - ANTARES
Le Mans Sarthe Basket 71 - 76 BC Triumph Lyubertsy

Records

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0-0 Final 0-0
0-0 Semi-Final 0-0
0-0 Quarter Final 0-0
0-0 Last 16 0-0
0-0 Regular Season 0-0
0-0 Overall 0-0

Referees

Crew Chief
PUKL,SASA, Slovenia
Referee
CORTES, CARLOS, Spain
Umpire
JURAS, JASMINA, Serbia

Team Stats

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0 Points 0
0 Rebounds 0
0 O. Rebounds 0
0 D. Rebounds 0
0 Assists 0
0 Steals 0
0 Blocks 0
0 Turnovers 0
0 2PT 0
0 3PT 0
0 FT 0
0 Index 0

Player Stats

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0 Points 0
0 Rebounds 0
0 OR 0
0 DR 0
0 Assists 0
0 Steals 0
0 Blocks 0
0 Turnovers 0
0 2PT 0
0 3PT 0
0 FT 0
0 Index 0
Team Roster - Le Mans Sarthe Basket
Team Roster - BC Triumph Lyubertsy

THE TAKE

After playing in the Euroleague qualification round final, Le Mans continues its European ambition with another Eurocup campaign. Led by coach JD Jackson – in his fifth season with the club – the French side has added the quality of go-to guy Khlaid El-Amin, the talent of Pape Sy and the solidity of Cuthbert Victor. Triumph is back after two seasons away and feature a star in point guard Tywain McKee. They added scorer Yuval Naimy and solid performer Sergey Toporov to a strengthened roster, but a possible rising star is also ready for a big season: 19 year-old guard Sergey Karasev, a bronze medallist at the London Olympics in 2012, is one of the most talented players on the continent and one to watch. The key match ups in this game will be between El-Amin and McKee for tempo and between JP Batista and Kyle Landry under the boards.
Monday, November 05, 2012
Eurocupbasketball.com

Quotes Head Coaches

JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
"The Eurocup is a very high level competition, with many clubs who have experienced Euroleague plus ambitious contenders. Each year, the competition seems more relieved. About our group, very balanced, there are two teams in the VTB League, so accustomed to play tough weekly games, and there is a team confirmed in the Bundesliga, a championship comparable to ours. Regarding our game, Triumph Moscow is a direct opponent it would be good to fight for our beginnings. This would avoid one or two successful exploits outside to retrieve a possible misstep."
KARASEV, VASILY
BC Triumph Lyubertsy
"This Wednesday we start in the Eurocup playing against Le Mans, the team that was a pretendent to play in the Euroleague. Le Mans won two games in that qualification tournament, defeating Unics, but in the third game Le Mans lost. All that means is that we have a very dangerous rival in the Eurocup. Le Mans has good experienced foreigners and French players, and now fights with Gravelines for the first spot in the national championship. Also there is Victor, well-known in Russian league, who is now in the roster of Le Mans. The Eurocup is a very important tournament for all of us and we'll try to do all our best to show our game."

Players

KAHUDI, CHARLES
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
"The Eurocup is an exciting competition that the team and I look forward to play. In the past, Le Mans had a successful performance and we intend to do it again this season. The goal is to reach the Last 16 at least. The Russians line up a great team. We have to be vigilant for a good start at home. This involves maintaining his unbeaten record to Antares. We paid our expense losing last year against Novo Mesto."
BC Triumph Lyubertsy had a strong start in the 2012-13 Eurocup by downing Le Mans Sarthe Basket 71-76 in Group C in France on Wednesday. Sergey Karasev led the winners with 27 points on 6-of-7 three-point shots and 6 rebounds in his first game in the competition. Yuval Naimy added 17 while Tywain McKee had 16 for Triumph. Khalid El-Amin led Le Mans with 19 points. Cuthbert Victor added 14, JP Batiste had 11 while Cam Long got 10 for the hosts. Karasev took over early to give Triumph a 6-23 margin late in the first quarter. He got some help from Tasamin Mitchell and McKee to make it a 19-point game, 21-40, at halftime. Victor and Batista fueled the hosts' comeback, leading a 15-0 run that brought Le Mans within 69-70 late in the third quarter. McKee stepped up and Naimy buried three consecutive shots from downtown to make Triumph stay out of trouble until the final buzzer.

Pape Sy got Le Mans going with a layup but he didn't find much help around. Meanwhile, a jumper by Mitchell ignited a 0-14 Triumph run in which Karasev struck twice from downtown and Evgeny Valiev added a three-point play. Le Mans went scoreless for more than 5 minutes until Batista hit a jumper. Karasev and Victor traded layups for a 6-16 score. Triumph kept running its offense through Karasev, who hit another triple. Naimy copied him right after that to break the game open, 6-23. Henri Kahudi hit a jumper and Alain Koffi added a layup but McKee and Naimy gave Triumph a 10-27 margun after 10 minutes. Victor and Cam Long stepped up with back-to-back baskets early in the second quarter. Long scored again but McKee kept the guests way ahead, 16-31. Mitchell scored again and Karasev soon buried his fourth shot from downtown for a 19-36 Triumph margin. Koffi kept trying to change things for Le Mans but an unstoppable Karasev and Mitchell allowed Triumph to get a 19-point lead, 21-40, at halftime.

El-Amin tried to ignite the hosts' comeback with a layup immediately after the break. Mitchell scored in transition but a layup by Victor and free throws by Batista brought Le Mans a bit closer, 27-42. Triumph kept running its offense through Karasev, who buried two more shots from beyond the arc for a 29-48 lead. El-Amin answered from downtown and a put-back basket by Victor kept Le Mans within 34-48. Mitchell hit free throws but Koffi, Long and Batista fueled a 15-0 run that a red hot Victor capped with a three-pointer to bring the hosts back in the game, 49-50. McKee and Naimy gave Triumph some fresh air, 49-56, at the end of the third quarter. Karasev split free throws early in the fourth quarter but Batista and El-Amin kept Le Mans within 51-57. Kyle Landry stepped up with a put-back basket and McKee boosted the guests' margin to 52-61. Charles Kahudi and Long kept Le Mans going but three consecutive three-pointers by Naimy sealed the outcome, 57-70, with 3 minutes to go. Le Mans managed to get within 66-70 already in the final minute but McKee and Karasev combined for 6-of-6 free throws in the final 28 seconds to keep Triumph out of trouble until the final buzzer.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: PUKL,SASA (SLO), CORTES, CARLOS (ESP), JURAS, JASMINA (SRB)
Attendance: 4400 (Tentative)
By Quarter1234
Le Mans Sarthe Basket10112822
BC Triumph Lyubertsy27131620
End of Quarter1234
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BC Triumph Lyubertsy27405676
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 33:02 19 1/4 4/7 5/6 1 2 3 5 2       3 3 22
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES 31:48 3 1/6 0/2 1/2 5 7 12 2 1 2     5 2 5
7 KOFFI, ALAIN 22:36 8 4/7   0/1 1 3 4 1   1 1 1 4 3 7
9 VICTOR, CUTHBERT 29:39 14 5/9 1/1 1/1 3 3 6   1 2   2 3 2 12
10 SY, PAPE 18:49 2 1/3 0/3     4 4     1 1   3   -2
11 ISSA, DOUNIA 9:16 2 1/2       1 1     2     4   -4
13 BATISTA, JOAO PAULO 18:02 11 4/9   3/4 1 2 3 3   2     2 4 11
15 KAHUDI, HENRI 7:01 2 1/1 0/1                     1 2
16 CECI, THOMAS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 BANGURA, SORIAH 1:41                              
20 LONG, CAMERON 28:06 10 3/7 1/4 1/1   2 2 2 1 2     1 3 8
Team             2 2     1     1    
Totals 200:00 71 21/48 6/18 11/15 11 26 37 13 5 13 2 3 26 18 61
43.8% 33.3% 73.3%
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
4 LAZAREV, IVAN 10:57 1 0/2   1/2   2 2     3 1   5 4 -3
6 McKEE, TYWAIN 36:48 16 5/8 0/3 6/8 1   1 6 4 4   1 2 6 18
7 KARASEV, SERGEY 35:34 27 2/8 6/7 5/6   6 6     2     2 7 28
8 KUZYAKIN, ARTEM 2:31                              
9 KARAULOV, SERGEY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 VIKHROV, ARTEM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 MITCHELL, TASAMIN 30:10 9 3/7   3/4 1 4 5 1       1 3 2 8
15 VALIEV, EVGENY 29:46 3 1/3   1/1 3 3 6 2   2 1   1 2 9
17 KULAGIN, MIKHAIL 1:20                              
18 NAIMY, YUVAL 24:00 17 2/5 4/6 1/2   3 3     2     3 1 10
22 POLOKHIN, DENIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 LANDRY, KYLE 28:54 3 1/6 0/2 1/4 2 8 10     2 1   3 2 1
Team           3 2 5               5
Totals 200:00 76 14/39 10/18 18/27 10 28 38 9 4 15 3 2 19 24 76
35.9% 55.6% 66.7%
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Head Coaches

JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
"We had a very slow start against a very organized and tough team. They were very successful shooting three-pointers, so they had a very large lead early in the game. We finally fought back and managed to come very close, but once again their excellent shooting made the difference at the end."
KARASEV, VASILY
BC Triumph Lyubertsy
"We watched videos of Le Mans. We started very well in defense and we made the shots. In the second half, we stopped playing defense and Le Mans was more aggressive. We were very lucky with the three- points shots of Sergey Karasev and Yuval Naimy. Under the basket it was more difficult, but playing zone helped us."

Players

VICTOR, CUTHBERT
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
We can’t start a game like that with 27 points against us in the first quarter. It was difficult to come back after that. This first quarter killed us. I don’t know the reason why; perhaps stress and lack of concentration. We have to play harder in the future.
KARASEV, SERGEY
BC Triumph Lyubertsy
"We were very good in defense with only 21 points for Le Mans in the first half. It was perfect. We won in rebounding against this team, which is very athletic. After they came back, we still played well. It’s good to have this victory in France. We have a good chance to go to the next round."
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