Romeo Travis claims Balkan League weekly honour - Feb 1, 2012 (by Eurobasket News )
American Romeo Travis (200-PF-84) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's leader Galil Gilboa and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 7. The 27-year old power forward had a double-double of 22 points and ten rebounds, while his team crushed Mornar Bar (#3, 4-3) with 25-point margin 92-67. [read more]
American Romeo Travis (200-PF-84) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's leader Galil Gilboa and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 7. The 27-year old power forward had a double-double of 22 points and ten rebounds, while his team crushed Mornar Bar (#3, 4-3) with 25-point margin 92-67. It allowed Galil Gilboa to consolidate first place in the Balkan League group A. Galil Gilboa have a solid 6-1 record. Travis turned to be Galil Gilboa's top player in his first season with the team. The University of Akron graduate has very impressive stats this year. Travis is in league's top in rebounds (5th best: 7.8rpg) and averages solid 1.4bpg and 54.9% FGP.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 23-year old American power forward Curtis Kelly (205-PF-88) of second-ranked Hapoel T-A. Kelly impressed basketball fans with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Bad luck as Hapoel T-A lost that game 79-86 to group B's leader Levski Sofia (#1, 7-0). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the top position in group B. Hapoel T-A still maintains its place in the top 2 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team's 5-2 record is not bad at all. Kelly is a newcomer at Hapoel T-A and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.
The third best performed player last round was Montenegrin Branko Cuic (197-G-78, agency: 011 Sports) of Timisoara (#4). Cuic showcased his all-around game by recording 21 points, ten rebounds and six assists in the last round. He was a key player of Timisoara, leading his team to a 80-69 win against #2 ranked Rilski Sportist. The chances of Timisoara ranking at the top of group A, however are very questionable as they have already lost 4 games, recording just three victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Cuic could help Timisoara to bring them higher in the standings. Cuic has a very solid season. In 7 games in Balkan League he scored 6.6ppg. He also has 4.7rpg and 3.4apg.
Other top performing players last week: 4. Aaron Harper (199-G/F-81) of Levski Sofia - 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists 5. Marcel Jones (203-F-85) of Zrinjski HT - 21 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists 6. Joseph Jones (204-C/F-86) of Galil Gilboa - 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists 7. Sime Spralja (206-F/C-83) of Timisoara - 22 points and 9 rebounds 8. Justin Reynolds (204-F/C-88) of Torus Skopje - 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists 9. Dominique Archie (200-F-87) of Timisoara - 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists 10. Diego Kapelan (190-G-87) of Zrinjski HT - 22 points and 4 rebounds
The Player of the week is choosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc. The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy. The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3*(REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4*(2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3*(2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3*(3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)
Rilski Sportist is upset by Timisoara - Jan 25, 2012 (by Eurobasket News )
The round was rather attractive and full of interesting results. The round ended with favorites losing the games and even winless team recording their first victory.
The game between second ranked Bulgarian Rilski Sportist (4-3) and fourth ranked Romanian Timisoara (3-4) was the most important one in the last round on Tuesday night. Rilski Sportist was defeated by Timisoara in Timisoara 80-69 [read more]
The round was rather attractive and full of interesting results. The round ended with favorites losing the games and even winless team recording their first victory.
The game between second ranked Bulgarian Rilski Sportist (4-3) and fourth ranked Romanian Timisoara (3-4) was the most important one in the last round on Tuesday night. Rilski Sportist was defeated by Timisoara in Timisoara 80-69. The hosts trailed by 5 points at the halftime before their 45-29 charge in the second half, which allowed them to win the game. Montenegrin guard Branko Cuic (197-78, agency: 011 Sports) fired a double-double by scoring 21 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists for the winners. Croatian power forward Sime Spralja (206-83, agency: Court Side) chipped in 22 points and 9 rebounds. Serbian guard Branko Mirkovic (190-82, agency: Global Sports Plaza) produced 16 points for lost side. Timisoara maintains fourth place in Group A with 3-4 record. Rilski Sportist at the other side keeps the second position with three games lost. They share it with Mornar Bar. Timisoara are looking forward to face bottom-ranked Torus Skopje (#6) on the road in the next round. Rilski Sportist will play against Mornar Bar (#3) and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Very important is a road loss of third ranked FYR Macedonian Feni Indistrija (4-3) against fourth ranked Serbian Napredak Rubin (3-4) on Wednesday night. Visiting Feni Indistrija was defeated by Napredak Rubin in a tough game in Krusevac 77-81. Worth to mention a great performance of Slaven Cupkovic (205-88) who helped to win the game recording 21 points. Marko Puzic contributed with 8 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. Bulgarian swingman Ivan Lilov (196-88) answered with 24 points for Feni Indistrija. Both coaches used bench players in such tough game. Napredak Rubin maintains fourth place in Group B with 3-4 record. Defending FYR Macedonian champion Feni Indistrija keeps the third position with three games lost. Napredak Rubin will play against bottom-ranked Zrinjski HT (#6) in Mostar in the next round. Feni Indistrija will play on the road against the league's second-placed Hapoel Tel-Aviv and it may be a tough game between close rivals. An exciting game was played in Galil. First ranked Israeli Galil Gilboa faced their biggest opponent Montenegrin Mornar Bar. Host Galil Gilboa (6-1) smashed guests from Bar (4-3) 92-67. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Mornar Bar. It was a great evening for Romeo Travis who led his team to a victory with a double-double by scoring 22 points and 10 rebounds (on 9-of-11 shooting from the field). At the losing side Akeem Scott responded with 22 points. Galil Gilboa maintains first place in Group A with 6-1 record. Loser Mornar Bar keeps the second position with three games lost. They share it with Rilski Sportist. Galil Gilboa will meet OKK Beograd (#5) on the road in the next round. Mornar Bar will play against the league's second-placed Rilski Sportist in Samokov and it may be a tough game between close rivals. An exciting game was played in Tel-Aviv. Leader Bulgarian Levski Sofia faced their biggest opponent Israeli Hapoel Tel-Aviv. Guests from Sofia (7-0) defeated host Hapoel Tel-Aviv (5-2) 86-79. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Hapoel Tel-Aviv. It was an exceptional evening for Aaron Harper who led the winners and scored 24 points and 6 rebounds. Levski Sofia's coach Konstantin Papazov allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Undefeated Levski Sofia have an impressive series of seven victories in a row. They maintain first place in Group B with 7-0 record. Hapoel Tel-Aviv at the other side keeps the second position with two games lost. Levski Sofia's next round opponent will be Ulcinj (#5) in Ulcijn. Hapoel Tel-Aviv will play at home against Feni Indistrija in Kavadarci and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Bosnian Zrinjski HT can celebrate finally their first win this season after six consecutive loses. The victory is especially important as it came on the road game in Ulcijn, where they defeated Montenegrin Ulcinj (1-6) 82-69 on Wednesday. Marcel Jones fired a double-double by scoring 21 points and 17 rebounds for the winners. Ulcinj's coach Nikola Milatovic rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help. Zrinjski HT left bottom position moving up to fifth place in Group B, which they share with defeated Ulcinj. It was Ulcinj's fifth loss in a row. Zrinjski HT will face higher ranked Napredak Rubin (#4) in Krusevac in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Ulcinj will play on the road against the league's leader Levski Sofia.
In the last game of round 7 In Group A OKK Beograd was defeated by Torus Skopje in a road game 75-70. The best stats of 7th round was 28 points and 8 rebounds by Curtis Kelly of Hapoel T-A.
The game between second ranked Bulgarian Rilski Sportist (4-3) and fourth ranked Romanian Timisoara (3-4) was the most important one in the last round on Tuesday night. Rilski Sportist was defeated by Timisoara in Timisoara 80-69. The hosts trailed by 5 points at the halftime before their 45-29 charge in the second half, which allowed them to win the game. Montenegrin guard Branko Cuic (197-78, agency: 011 Sports) fired a double-double by scoring 21 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists for the winners. Croatian power forward Sime Spralja (206-83, agency: Court Side) chipped in 22 points and 9 rebounds. Four Timisoara players scored in double figures. Serbian guard Branko Mirkovic (190-82, agency: Global Sports Plaza) produced 16 points and Martin Marinov (190-85) added 13 points and 5 rebounds respectively for lost side. Timisoara maintains fourth place in Group A with 3-4 record. Rilski Sportist at the other side keeps the second position with three games lost. They share it with Mornar Bar. Timisoara are looking forward to face bottom-ranked Torus Skopje (#6) on the road in the next round. Rilski Sportist will play against Mornar Bar (#3) and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Top scorers: Rilski Sportist: B.Mirkovic 16+3reb+3ast, M.Marinov 13+5reb+3ast, F.Vukosavljevic 10+7reb+1ast, S.Vaklinov 8+3reb+2ast, H.Zahariev 7+6reb+1ast, B.Boev 7+1reb+2ast Timisoara: S.Spralja 22+9reb, B.Cuic 21+10reb+6ast, D.Archie 15+7reb+2ast, I.Siriscevic 11+3reb, B.Popescu 7+3reb, Z.Jovanovic 4+4ast
We cannot really consider it an upset in the game between close teams when 5th ranked Serbian OKK Beograd (2-5) was defeated on the road by sixth ranked FYR Macedonian Torus Skopje (2-5) 75-70 on Tuesday. OKK Beograd trailed by 11 points after 3 quarters before a 21-15 run in the last quarter cut the deficit to 70-75 at the end of the game. American power forward Justin Reynolds (204-88, college: Texas A&M-CC) fired 15 points and 8 rebounds for the winners. FYR Macedonian-Bulgarian guard Dimitar Karadzovski (190-84, agency: Global Sports Plaza) chipped in 16 points and 6 assists. Center Nenad Misanovic (217-84) produced 18 points and swingman Dragan Mitrovic (200-85) added 6 points and 11 rebounds respectively for lost side. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Torus Skopje moved-up to fifth place in Group A, which they share with defeated OKK Beograd. Torus Skopje will face higher ranked Timisoara (#4) at home in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. OKK Beograd will play against the league's leader Galil Gilboa. Top scorers: OKK Beograd: F.Sepa 19, N.Misanovic 18+4reb, S.Knezevic 13+5reb+1ast, V.Malidzan 8+2reb+4ast, D.Mitrovic 6+11reb+3ast, N.Bezbradica 4+4reb Torus Skopje: D.Karadzovski 16+3reb+6ast, J.Reynolds 15+8reb+2ast, P.Blazevski 14+2reb, G.Markovski 6+3reb+1ast, B.Trajkovski 5+4reb, J.Boswell 5+2reb
An exciting game was played in Galil. First ranked Israeli Galil Gilboa faced their biggest opponent Montenegrin Mornar Bar. Host Galil Gilboa (6-1) smashed guests from Bar (4-3) 92-67. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Mornar Bar. The game without a history. Galil Gilboa led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. They dominated down low during the game scoring 64 of its points in the paint compared to Mornar Bar's 28. They outrebounded Mornar Bar 35-23 including a 31-15 advantage in defensive rebounds. Galil Gilboa looked well-organized offensively handing out 29 assists comparing to just 12 passes made by Mornar Bar's players. It was a great evening for American Romeo Travis (200-84, college: Akron) who led his team to a victory with a double-double by scoring 22 points and 10 rebounds (on 9-of-11 shooting from the field). His fellow American import power forward Joseph Jones (204-86, college: Texas A&M) helped adding 19 points and 5 rebounds (on 8-of-9 shooting from the field). Four Galil Gilboa players scored in double figures. At the losing side Jamaican-American point guard Akeem Scott (186-83, college: High Point, agency: Interperformances) responded with 22 points and Serbian forward Lazar Radosavljevic (204-91, agency: Beo Basket) scored 15 points and 5 rebounds. Galil Gilboa maintains first place in Group A with 6-1 record. Loser Mornar Bar keeps the second position with three games lost. They share it with Rilski Sportist. Galil Gilboa will meet OKK Beograd (#5) on the road in the next round. Mornar Bar will play against the league's second-placed Rilski Sportist in Samokov and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Top scorers: Mornar Bar: A.Scott 22+2reb+1ast, L.Radosavljevic 15+5reb+3ast, I.Jelenic 10+4reb+4ast, F.Barovic 7+6reb, S.Milosevic 7+4reb, M.Sarajlija 6+1ast Galil Gilboa: R.Travis 22+10reb+2ast, J.Jones 19+5reb+3ast, J.Martin 12+2reb+1ast, C.Fells 12+2reb+3ast, D.Yavzuri 10+4reb+5ast, N.Tishman 9+5reb+7ast
Very important is a road loss of third ranked FYR Macedonian Feni Indistrija (4-3) against fourth ranked Serbian Napredak Rubin (3-4) on Wednesday night. Visiting Feni Indistrija was defeated by Napredak Rubin in a tough game in Krusevac 77-81. Feni Indistrija was ahead by 2 points after three quarters before a 20-14 charge of Napredak Rubin, which allowed them to win the game. They shot the lights out from three nailing 12 long-distance shots on high 60.0 percentage. Feni Indistrija was plagued by 25 personal fouls down the stretch. Worth to mention a great performance of Slaven Cupkovic (205-88) who helped to win the game recording 21 points. Marko Puzic (198-85) contributed with 8 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. Bulgarian swingman Ivan Lilov (196-88) answered with 24 points and guard Goran Samardziev (187-81) added 8 points and 4 assists in the effort for Feni Indistrija. Both coaches used bench players in such tough game. Napredak Rubin maintains fourth place in Group B with 3-4 record. Defending FYR Macedonian champion Feni Indistrija keeps the third position with three games lost. Napredak Rubin will play against bottom-ranked Zrinjski HT (#6) in Mostar in the next round. Feni Indistrija will play on the road against the league's second-placed Hapoel Tel-Aviv and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Top scorers: Feni Indistrija: I.Lilov 24+2reb+2ast, G.Samardziev 8+3reb+4ast, K.Nikolovski 8+6reb+1ast, J.Frye 8+4reb+1ast, V.Brckov 8+2reb+1ast, D.Sokolov 7+3reb+2ast Napredak: S.Cupkovic 21+4reb+1ast, M.Radonjic 12+3reb, V.Radmanovac 11, M.Puzic 8+6reb+3ast, S.Pejovic 8+3ast, S.Mihajlovic 7+1reb+1ast
Bosnian Zrinjski HT can celebrate finally their first win this season after six consecutive loses. The victory is especially important as it came on the road game in Ulcijn, where they defeated Montenegrin Ulcinj (1-6) 82-69 on Wednesday. The game was mostly controlled by Zrinjski HT. Ulcinj was better in second period 19-15. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. American forward Marcel Jones (203-85, college: Oregon St., agency: David Lee services) fired a double-double by scoring 21 points and 17 rebounds for the winners. Canadian guard Diego Kapelan (190-87, college: McNeese St.) chipped in 22 points. Bosnian power forward Radoje Djurkovic (198-87) produced 19 points and 6 rebounds and Serbian forward Sinisa Tepavcevic (201-84) added 8 points and 10 rebounds respectively for lost side. Ulcinj's coach Nikola Milatovic rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help. Zrinjski HT left bottom position moving up to fifth place in Group B, which they share with defeated Ulcinj. It was Ulcinj's fifth loss in a row. Zrinjski HT will face higher ranked Napredak Rubin (#4) in Krusevac in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Ulcinj will play on the road against the league's leader Levski Sofia. Top scorers: Ulcinj: R.Djurkovic 19+6reb+2ast, A.Djeljosevic 14+3reb+1ast, B.Medenica 10+5reb+1ast, S.Tepavcevic 8+10reb+3ast, M.Djurisic 6+6reb+2ast, S.Klikovac 5+1reb+1ast Zrinjski HT: D.Kapelan 22+4reb+1ast, M.Jones 21+17reb+3ast, L.Klarica 20+4ast, B.Masic 8+6reb, I.Petric 6+11reb+4ast, O.Tomic 5+1reb
An exciting game was played in Tel-Aviv. Leader Bulgarian Levski Sofia faced their biggest opponent Israeli Hapoel Tel-Aviv. Guests from Sofia (7-0) defeated host Hapoel Tel-Aviv (5-2) 86-79. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Hapoel Tel-Aviv. Hapoel Tel-Aviv was ahead by 1 point at the halftime before a 28-12 third quarter run of Levski Sofia. It was an exceptional evening for American swingman Aaron Harper (199-81, college: Mississippi, agency: Strategic Sports) who led the winners and scored 24 points and 6 rebounds. French-Bulgarian power forward Vasil Evtimov (207-77, college: N.Carolina, agency: Interperformances) accounted for 11 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists for the winning side. Four Levski Sofia players scored in double figures. Levski Sofia's coach Konstantin Papazov allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. American Curtis Kelly (205-88, college: Kansas St.) came up with 28 points and 8 rebounds and the other American import point guard Demontez Stitt (186-89, college: Clemson) added 19 points respectively for Hapoel Tel-Aviv in the defeat. Levski Sofia have an impressive series of seven victories in a row. They maintain first place in Group B with 7-0 record. Hapoel Tel-Aviv at the other side keeps the second position with two games lost. Levski Sofia's next round opponent will be Ulcinj (#5) in Ulcijn. Hapoel Tel-Aviv will play at home against Feni Indistrija in Kavadarci and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Top scorers: Hapoel T-A: C.Kelly 28+8reb+3ast, D.Stitt 19+1reb+2ast, M.Naor 10+5reb+3ast, B.Timor 6+1reb+1ast, G.Eytan 6+2reb+1ast, J.Skjoldebrand 4+1reb Levski Sofia: A.Harper 24+6reb+3ast, M.Hall 12+4reb+4ast, V.Evtimov 11+7reb+4ast, S.Georgiev 10+3reb, J.Howell 9+2ast, D.Anguelov 7+2reb+1ast
KK Torus beats OKK Beograd - Jan 25, 2012 (by Zoran Popovic)
In 7th round of Balkan league OKK Beograd lost against KK Torus 75:70 (21:17, 22:14, 17:18, 15:21). During the first two quarters hosts made advantage of 12 points and saved that result after the break during the third period. In the last quarter coach Djurovic players tried to made break and get very close, but that was not enough and at the end domestic team made second win this season in BIBL league [read more]
In 7th round of Balkan league OKK Beograd lost against KK Torus 75:70 (21:17, 22:14, 17:18, 15:21). During the first two quarters hosts made advantage of 12 points and saved that result after the break during the third period. In the last quarter coach Djurovic players tried to made break and get very close, but that was not enough and at the end domestic team made second win this season in BIBL league. The most efficient players in OKK Beograd were Filip epa with 19 points, Nenad Mianovic with 18 and Stanoje Kneevic adds 13 points. For the winners Dimitar Karadzovski (190-G-84, agency: Global Sports Plaza) scored 16 points and justin Raynolds adds 15 points.
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