A Division Round: 11 (Regular Season) - Jan 5, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Dombovar - Albacomp 79-87
Albacomp crushed the top ranked Dombovar thanks to experienced Velibor Radovic (202-F/G-72, agency: Beo Basket) and Balazs Simon. Radovic came up with 23 points, while Simon netted 3 less. Rashad Bell added 18 points and 7 rebounds. The hosts got 23 points and 12 boards from Anthony Dill. Albacomp 7-2, Dombovar 8-2.
Marso-Vagep - EnterNet-NTE 116-67
More than comfortable win for Marso. [read more]
Dombovar - Albacomp 79-87 Albacomp crushed the top ranked Dombovar thanks to experienced Velibor Radovic (202-F/G-72, agency: Beo Basket) and Balazs Simon. Radovic came up with 23 points, while Simon netted 3 less. Rashad Bell added 18 points and 7 rebounds. The hosts got 23 points and 12 boards from Anthony Dill. Albacomp 7-2, Dombovar 8-2.
Marso-Vagep - EnterNet-NTE 116-67 More than comfortable win for Marso. Roy Booker nailed 42 points, also registering 5 rebounds and 5 assists for the hosts. NTE got 21 points and 7 boards from Gabor Fulop. Marso 2-7, NTE 0-10.
Soproni - Kaposvari 91-73 David Brooks stepped up for the hosts nailing 32 points and pulling down 7 rebounds for 34 minutes. Kestutis Marciulionis was better than the other in loss with 21 points and 5 assists (4/6 from behind the arc). Soproni 6-5, Kaposvari 4-7.
PVSK Panth. - Kormend 81-65 Dragan Aleksic was a key player for PVSK collecting 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Norbert Toth helped with 18 pts. Zbigniew Bialek contributed with 16 points and 5 rebounds in defeat. PVSK 7-4, Kormend 6-6.
Falco - Szolnok 111-76 7-3 for Falco and 5-7 for Szolnok after this game. Andrija Ciric shined for the winning squad pouring in 30 points, with just 3 missed shots for the game (5/6 FG2, 5/7 3-ts, 5/5 FTs). Jamal Basit and Jerome Coleman netted 20 points apiece in Szolnok.
First games of the New Year - Jan 4, 2009 (by Tamas Deri)
It was a sold out game in Dombovar between the first and second place teams. The guests could rule the game from the beginning, but the home team could always tie the game. In the last quarter they also came up from minus ten points, but in the last two minutes they made bad mistakes (missed shoots, turnovers), so they lost the first home game this season. [read more]
It was a sold out game in Dombovar between the first and second place teams. The guests could rule the game from the beginning, but the home team could always tie the game. In the last quarter they also came up from minus ten points, but in the last two minutes they made bad mistakes (missed shoots, turnovers), so they lost the first home game this season. Anthony Dill had a double double with 23 points and 12 rebounds again, from the guests hungarian point guard Balazs Simon had one excellent game with 20 points.
PLANET LEASING DOMBOVAR KC - ALBACOMP 79-87 (24-26, 19-23, 17-20, 19-18) Dombovar, Att.: 1500, Referees: Foldhazi, Kiraly, Torok DOMBOVAR : LeGrange 15, McCullough 15/9, Ivory Clark (198-F-85, agency: Global Sports Plaza) 10, Bodi 11/3, Anthony Dill (200-F-81, agency: Global Sports Plaza, college: Texas St.-San Marcos) 23/9, Szoke 2, Deak 3/3, Balogh L., Vas, Coach: Balind Jozsef ALBACOMP:Balazs Simon (188-G-80, agency: Court Side) 20/3, Adam Hanga (201-G-89, agency: FCM) 13/3, Velibor Radovic (202-F/G-72, agency: Beo Basket) 23/6, Bell 18/6, Morrison 13, Doyne, Gobi, Keller, Coach: Peresztegi Nagy Akos
The team of NYKK - with Roy Booker's amazing 42 points (8/13 3pointers, 5/8 2pointers, 8/10 free throws) - could beat the 'hungarian' team of Hegyvidek by 49 points.
MARSO-VAGEP NYIREGYHAZA KK - ENTERNET-NTE HEGYVIDEK 116-67 (21-15, 31-22, 32-17, 32-13) Nyiregyhaza, Att.: 800, Referees: Cziffra, Pozsonyi, Balogh Gy. NYKK:Branko Savic (181-G-79) 18/12, Roy Booker (191-G/F-84, agency: Globalsports/Globalevents, college: SE Missouri St.) 42/24, Wehner 4, Erno Sitku (208-C-72, agency: Laszlo Vinko Services) 24/3, Z. Helbich 10, Lekli 5, Siska 3/3, Attila Farkas (209-F-87) 10, Nagy K., Makrai M., Mohacsi, Coach: Kmezic Zoran HEGYVIDEK: Rujak 5/3, Beak 10, Hajmasy 5/3, Kovas R., Gabor Fulop (206-C-80, agency: Laszlo Vinko Services) 21, Krasznai 4, Nandor Simon (196-F-81) 12/3, Lazar, Will 10, Coach: Hartai Tamas
Market movements during the Christmas break - Jan 4, 2009 (by Tamas Deri)
The management of Pecs decided to break the contract of american guard Jermaine Spivey (189-G-72, college: New Orleans). The 36 years old, very well known guard played 9 games for the Panthers and averaged 7.6 points, 3.0 rebonuds and 1.3 in 18.9 minutes per game.
Manix Auriantal (187-G-80, college: NYIT) will not be back to Kormend as the management of the team terminated his contract during the break. [read more]
The management of Pecs decided to break the contract of american guard Jermaine Spivey (189-G-72, college: New Orleans). The 36 years old, very well known guard played 9 games for the Panthers and averaged 7.6 points, 3.0 rebonuds and 1.3 in 18.9 minutes per game.
Manix Auriantal (187-G-80, college: NYIT) will not be back to Kormend as the management of the team terminated his contract during the break. The canadian guard was on a tryout during the season 2007-08 in Kormend, but the team could not sign him because of the deadline of transfers. Auriantal came in August to our country and had some very great games during the pre-season. In two games of the Eurochallenge against dutch team Eiffel Towers he averaged 20.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 29 minutes per game. He could not put up the same numbers during the regular season, he averaged 10.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 22.9 minutes.
The team of Szolnok started the season as expected, they are with 4-8 on the 11th place. For this reason the management of the club worked very hard during the Christmas break to make the necessary movements to get the team into the playoffs, so they terminated the contract of Donald Wilson (193-G-84, agency: Court Side, college: Portland) and Jerome Coleman (185-G-81, agency: CAA Sports, college: Rutgers). Coleman, who played mainly as point guard, averaged 16.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. He was the best scorer on the roster, but the coaching staff needs a player, who is more a playmaker. Wilson was out for a month because of one injury and played only 9 games: 12.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists in 31.6 minutes per game.
The new players on the roster are Ronnie Ross (187-G-79, college: Utah St.) and Ken Tutt (185-G-84, agency: Strategic Sports, college: ORU). Ross is a 187 cm tall playmaker, and has already european experiences from Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia. Ken Tutt graduted on the Oral Roberts University in 2007 and had one excellent senior season: 16.2ppg, 2.5rpg, 2.5apg, 1.1spg, FGP: 41.2%, 3Pts: 38.7%, FT: 73.3% in 34 games. He signed his first professional contract with Nantes in Pro B and was the 4th best scorer of the league with 16.7 points per game. During the summer he signed with Macabbi Rishon in Israe's Premier League, where he played 8 games: 8.9 points, 2.1 assists and 1.6 rebounds in 20.5 minutes per game.
The management of NYKK broke the contract with american guard Andre Burton (195-G-83, agency: Court Side, college: Evansville) and signed Darko Vujacic (201-G-79). The 29 years old, 201 cm tall wingman from Montenegro played for Radnicki Novi Sad and averaged 10.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game this season in Serbia.
Univer signed Jason Williams - Dec 26, 2008 [read more]
Hencsey extends contract with Kormend - Dec 23, 2008 [read more]
The last games before Christmas - Dec 20, 2008 [read more]
Q & A with coach Peter Stahl - Dec 17, 2008 [read more]
A Division Round: 10 (Regular Season) - Dec 16, 2008 [read more]
Dombovar on the first place before the Christmas break - Dec 14, 2008 [read more]
Round 10, saturday's games - Dec 14, 2008 [read more]
Round 10, friday's games - Dec 13, 2008 [read more]
A Division Round: 9 (Regular Season) - Dec 9, 2008 [read more]
Kormend won in Kecskemet - Dec 8, 2008 [read more]
Round 9, saturday's games - Dec 7, 2008 [read more]
