Riviera Solare Crabs Rimini officially announced the agreement with former Italian NT member Andrea Pecile (187-G-80, agency: World Sport Agency), who is back in the country after a three-year stint in Spain. Pecile inked a contract till the end of the season, and should go on the court in few weeks. [read more]
Riviera Solare Crabs Rimini officially announced the agreement with former Italian NT member Andrea Pecile (187-G-80, agency: World Sport Agency), who is back in the country after a three-year stint in Spain. Pecile inked a contract till the end of the season, and should go on the court in few weeks.
Lottomatica celebrates in Athens, stays perfect in Group C - Nov 4, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
C.C. Marousi - Lottomatica 71-83
Lottomatica Roma grabbed valuable win in Athens tonight. That means that Lottomatica remains the only unbeaten team in Group C after three rounds. At the same time, the Euroleague newcomer fell to 1-2. Kennedy Winston (198-F-84, agency: Priority Sports, college: Alabama) top-scored for the winners with 16, while Ibrahim Jaaber (187-G-84, college: Pennsylvania) followed with 14 points and 7 assists. Andre Hutson (202-F-79, college: Michigan St [read more]
C.C. Marousi - Lottomatica 71-83
Lottomatica Roma grabbed valuable win in Athens tonight. That means that Lottomatica remains the only unbeaten team in Group C after three rounds. At the same time, the Euroleague newcomer fell to 1-2. Kennedy Winston (198-F-84, agency: Priority Sports, college: Alabama) top-scored for the winners with 16, while Ibrahim Jaaber (187-G-84, college: Pennsylvania) followed with 14 points and 7 assists. Andre Hutson (202-F-79, college: Michigan St.) had 13 and Angelo Gigli (209-F/C-83) helped with 10 pts. Gordon Lukas (191-G-84, agency: Edge Sports, college: Virginia Tech) responded with 15 pts in loss, while Konstantinos Kaimakoglou (206-C/F-83) stopped on two less. Everything started good for Marousi, who grabbed quick 7-2 lead. However, the team from Rome did not wait too much answering with 4-9 run. Until the end of the first period Herve Toure and Ibrahim Jaaber paced Lottomatica to another run, this time 0-9, and visitors were 17-27 after ten minutes of play. That was kind of shock for the hosts, who managed to recover and to close the gap below ten. Marousi came even closer, when Kennedy Winston and his teammates responded and after triple by De La Fuente jumped to 33-45 advantage. The hosts did not give up and they managed to cut the margin to 41-47 until the HT. Gordon Lukas was in a game mood and mostly owing to him Marousi came to 51-54 after the breather, but Lottomatica was strong enough to resist and to go to last ten minutes with 59-66. There with 1:40 remaining Kennedy Winston drained a crucial triple for the Italians setting the score to 71-77. Marousi was scoreless until the end Lottomatica grabbed third straight win for the fantastic Euroleague start.
Montepaschi cruises past ASVEL, Romain Sato scores 33 - Nov 4, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
ASVEL - Montepaschi 65-82
Montepaschi celebrated another impressive win. It seems that the Italian champion is totally unstoppable at the beginning of the new season and this time they were too strong for the French champ on the road, 65-82. Romain Sato (194-G/F-81, college: Xavier) was a key player for the winners draining 33 points and pulling down 6 rebounds. Henry Domercant (192-G-80, college: E.Illinois) was second scorer of the team with 14 pts [read more]
ASVEL - Montepaschi 65-82
Montepaschi celebrated another impressive win. It seems that the Italian champion is totally unstoppable at the beginning of the new season and this time they were too strong for the French champ on the road, 65-82. Romain Sato (194-G/F-81, college: Xavier) was a key player for the winners draining 33 points and pulling down 6 rebounds. Henry Domercant (192-G-80, college: E.Illinois) was second scorer of the team with 14 pts. In ASVEL, Bobby Dixon (178-G-83, agency: Beo Basket, college: Troy) netted 20 and Ali Traore (207-C-85, college: S.Idaho JC) had 11 pts. Montepaschi jumped to 3-0, while ASVEL fell to 0-3 in Group A. The hosts had magnificent start. After opening 4-2, ASVEL quickly created 14-0 run for double-digit lead. After 10 minutes of play it was 29-10 for the French champ. Totally different picture on the court was seen after that as Montepaschi took control on this game. It was 1-11 run which helped the Italians to cut the margin to 32-25. Until the HT Romain Sato and his teammates came even closer, 32-31. Then in third period Montepaschi grabbed the lead and never looked back after that. Bobby Dixon was on fire in ASVEL, but it was not enough as the visiting squad continued with great performance at the both sides of the court. Romain Sato was great and at the middle of third period Montepaschi was 53-60 up. Visitors managed to keep 7-point lead until the end thanks to McIntyre, Stonerook and Eze.
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