The Champ

Als je tegen UMMC Ekaterinburg uit moet spelen ..... dan
weet je dat je heeeeeeeeeeel vroeg op den middag moet spelen.
Waarom .....
nou ... gewoon weg dat plaatselijk down town 20.00h is .. maar hier bij ons
maar 14.00h is dan weet je dat je naast je werk ... of thuis zit gewezen bent op de streaming
van de Rusische Tv.

Hoe is jullie Ruskieee ....  ????
Nazdrowje .... Da ... Da .... Siiiimirnofff  ..... Gazprommm .... Guzzzz Hiidinkkee .....

Ach .... er is maar een taal en dat is Basketball nie waar en de beelden spraken voor
zich. Deze keer liet de plaatselijke Tv. station van Kayseri ...
Tv. Kayeri 1 .... mij in den steek was dus aangewezen op de link van hier boven vermeld.

Waar de team van Olaf Lange thuis voordeel goed gebruikt met Kobryn en Taurasi en ook Jekabsone
van door gaan in het begin is het voor de team van coach Ayhan Avci ... Kayseri Kaski Spor
de eerste ontmoeting met The Champ. Wat wij ..... eehhh wat ik zie is dat Kaski niet kan
domineren met Wright en Sanders onder de borden waar de ervarin van The Champ duidelijk
naar voren komt en de eerste kwart is dan maar met 18 - 11 voor UMMC.

Ik denke .. nu door bijten en geduld hebben waar je UMMC meer onder druk kan zetten
maar The Champ .... is ervaren genoeg waar zijn  in de aanval minder doel treffend  in de tweede kwart
waar Kaski Spor die niet kan benutten en in hun voordeel kunnen buigen.
Als Kayseri Kaski Spor dan veel al ver buiten de 3 - punters lijn ballen weg gaan gooien en dus
niet naar de ring gaan en dit is de kracht van complete team zijn van UMMC ...
zijn de punten schaars aan beide kanten en is de tweede kwart voor The Champ
met   19 - 16 en gaan ze daar in Ekaterinburg de rust in met  37 - 27 voor de plaatselijke.

Begin derde kwart zie ik dat Kaski Spor meer moeite doet om naar ring te gaan maar
dit haalt niks uit bij de zone defens  van The Champ waar  Gruda in het midden  .. samen met Taurasi
Jekabsone  .. Kobryn  en Wouters er een onneembare westing van maken en Kaski
maar 7 punten kan noteren in pak weg 5 min waar de bank van UMMC ... wie dan ook het
veld op komt ... geen aderlating is en zo is de kracht  verschil daar om als The Champ zijn
het parket op komen in je eigen volle thuis honk tegen de promovendus in de Women EuroLeague
waar Kaski het goed doet tegen The Champ en de derde kwart is dan voor plaatselijke
helden met 25 - 9.

Wat blijft dan voor de vierde kwart nog over ... niks bijzonders waar The Champ iedereen dan ook
laat spelen waar good old Maria Stepanova ook 7 min. maakt en Taurasi geweldigge assist aflevert
en met 13 assist ... 5 reb. en 6 punten het meest op valt in deze wed. voor mij ....  dan
Ewelina Kobryn.

Het is jammer dat aan de kant van Kaski Spor de scorende vermogen als  Wright .. 28 min.
maakt en GEEN .... GEEN ... scores kan maken ...  0 punten ...... en dan ook Sanders 20 min.
maakt maar 7 punten  waar ook Mazic .. de nieuwe aanwinst van Kaski Spor .. 26 min.
maakt en op 8 punten steekt .....
Als je deze gegevens hebt en je weet dat de bank bij The Champ ... iets van 33 punten maken
dan moet je heel erg goed zijn om van UMMC Ekaterinburg te winnen daar en zo wint
The Champ ook deze wed. met 82 - 45.

The info and the stats are from the web site off
www.fibaeurope.com

3 Kobryn Shows Class As UMMC Rout Kayseri Ewelina Kobryn made good use of her time on the court, top-scoring for UMMC Ekaterinburg Ewelina Kobryn produced a perfect shooting night as the defending champions marched relentlessly onwards in EuroLeague WomenGroup A by completing an 82-45 demolition of visiting Kayseri Kaski spor. Kobryn grabbed her highest score in a UMMC vest with 21 points and never missed a shot as the Russian powerhouse collected their fourth win of the campaign and their seventh consecutive success against Turkish opposition. Diana Taurasi also illuminated the contest with a dazzling 13 assists as the home club grew stronger as the game unfolded. Kayseri managed to just about keep the shackles on their illustrious opponents during the first 12 minutes, with Italian national team forward Sabrina Cinili scoring to keep her side within touching distance at 18-13. But, it was all downhill after this as UMMC opened up a double-digit lead and then piled on the agony in a distinctly one-sided second-half. The home defence choked the life out of Kayseri's offence and the visitors were held to just nine points in both the third and fourth quarter, as UMMC romped to victory to remain unbeaten. Cinili was the pick of the Kayseri players with an efficient 10 points as her team slumped to a third loss four games. There was a notable landmark for UMMC fans to enjoy as the legendary Maria Stepanova got the basket she needed to become only the fourth player in the history of the competition to exceed 2,500

UMMC Ekaterinburg		Pts	REB	AS	PF
4	O. Arteshina	0	0	0
5	A. Jekabsone	12	4	3
6	S. Dominguez	10	6	5
7	S. Gruda	7	5	1
8	A. Tochilova	2	0	0
11	M. Stepanova	4	2	0
12	A. Wauters	7	3	0
13	C. Parker	9	11	0
15	T. Popova	4	4	2
21	A. Petrakova	0	1	0
22	E. Kobryn	21	2	1
32	D. Taurasi	6	5	13

Kayseri Kaski spor		Pts	REB	AS	PF
5	E. Ural	2	3	0
6	S. Cinili	10	4	1
7	A. Günay	0	3	1
8	G. Takmaz	0	1	1
9	S. Atas	1	1	0
10	B. Arseven	0	0	0
11	N. Martinez	11	4	2
13	T. Wright	0	1	4
14	C. Little	6	8	1
15	L. Sanders	7	3	0
21	M. Mazic	8	3	0

Quotes UMMC Ekaterinburg vs. Kayseri Kaski spor Kayseri forward Mirna Mazic "It was a very hard game for us. UMMC has the best roster in the world. We played bad in the third quarter. We thought it would be easier for us to play hard defense. It was hard to score open shots." Kayseri head coach Ayhan Avci "If you want to beat UMMC, you have to come to Ekaterinburg at the right time. Today was a bad day for us. Although we play in a really tough group, we would like to get to the Final Eight. This game against UMMC isn't significant for us. The game at home will be a lot different. All important games are still to come." UMMC point guard Silvia Dominguez "I think we played well. We needed to find our game again after the games against Bourges and Kosice. We played good defense tonight." UMMC head coach Olaf Lange "I agree with Silvia. I'm happy that finally we got our game back. We played both great defense and offence. We only let them score 45 points and I think it's a good result in games like this. We didn't let Tanisha Wright score a single point. The team chemistry was good but I have to admit we are a little off from where I expected us to be but we made a big step forward."

Maar de eerste verrassing van heden dag kwam ook uit Rusland .. maar nog een eindje vandaan
bij Ekaterinburg.
Tegelijker tijd met The Champ .. speelde Nadezhda Orenburg .. tegen UE Sopron
waar de kers verse coach  George Dikeoulakos  die vorige week meteen uit moest tegen Fenerbahce Istanbul waar hij ook zat daar 3 jaar terug en vorige week bijna die wed.nipt verloor  in zijn debuut weer in
Women EuroLeague  , maar deze keer thuis korte metten heeft gemaakt van UE Sopron.
Zo won dus Nadezhda Orenburg hun eerste wedstrijd in Women EuroLeague met
71 - 49 en is die akelige 0  ...  wins van het bord.

Zhedik Magic Gets Nadezhda Rolling Natalia Zhedik sparked Nadezhda with a game-high 20 points After four straight losses, relieved Nadezhda Orenburg have their first EuroLeague Women win on the board after 20 points fromNatalia Zhedik facilitated a much needed 71-48 success against UE Sopron. The Russian national team guard caught fire from downtown and sunk a spectacular five of six shots from the three-point line to hand new head coach George Dikeoulakos his first victory at his fourth EuroLeague Women club. Staring down the barrel at an unthinkable fifth defeat in a row which would probably have been fatal, home nerves began to become frayed as free-throws by Katarina Tetemondova put the visitors 28-25 ahead. However, the hosts finished the first-half with a flourish to grab the initiative and they never looked back. They outscored the visitors 12-3 off a run sparked by a triple from Zhedik, who along with Marina Kuzina and Zoi Dimitrakou, combined for a sparkling nine of ten shooting display during the opening twenty minutes. As the confidence began to flow, Nadezhda looked a rejuvenated team and sensing their opportunity, they put their foot on the gas and UE Sopron went into meltdown. Already ahead 53-44, the Russian club dominated the last quarter and outscored Sopron 20-7 to storm to their first victory. Dewanna Bonner weighed in with a nice cameo of 15 points, five rebounds and three assists, whilstTianna Hawkins also scored 15 points in defeat. Quotes Nadezhda vs. UE Sopron Nadezhda head coach George Dikeoulakos "This was a win-or-die kind of game for us. I believe, most of our EuroLeague games will be like this. I would like to congratulate my players: first of all, for winning and secondly for managing to overcome the stress they were under. After such serious defeats any team would lose its faith. I'm happy they managed to overcome it and they put hard efforts every day to get into what I'm telling them and catch it very fast. With regard to today's game, the key factor today was good defense. We were good on offence as well and managed to get this important victory." Nadezhda player Zoi Dimitrakou "I am very happy we won today. Now we play in a different way. We have a new coach and the team started to play differently, it's obvious. We played good against Fenerbahce and the game of tonight shows how much better a team we can be." Sopron head coach Igor Polenek "First of all, my congratulations to Nadezhda - this was a wonderful game. I would like to point out we had positive points tonight: we made 17 offensive rebounds. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to put all these balls into the basket and we need to work on it more. We will try to achieve our goal to qualify for the play-offs and though our team is the youngest among our opponents we will keep fighting." Sopron player Sofia Fegyverneky "My congratulations to the opponent team - they played a really good game. They got a fantastic three-point shooting percentage of 72%, and this is an amazing result. Furthermore, they stopped us and we didn't score our easy and open shots and 49 points is, of course, a bad result for us." Nog maals is mijn dank groot voor de nuttige info die afkomstig is uit de web site van fibaeurope. zie dus ook  www.fibaeurope.com Door LuluHoops