ACB, Round 8: Real Madrid stays perfect - Nov 20, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Granada - Cajasol 66-79
Cajasol grabbed valuable road win against Granada getting 22 points from Tyrone Ellis (193-G-77, college: S.Nazarene). Dusko Savanovic (204-F/C-83, agency: Beo Basket) also had very important role in victory with 19, while Earl Calloway delivered 13 pts (6 as). The hosts got 14 points from Pablo Aguilar. Cajasol 4-4, Granada 3-5.
Fuenlabrada - Regal Barca 62-68
Regal Barca outsmarted Fuenlabrada on the road remaining the second ranked team in the league with 7-1 [read more]
Granada - Cajasol 66-79 Cajasol grabbed valuable road win against Granada getting 22 points from Tyrone Ellis (193-G-77, college: S.Nazarene). Dusko Savanovic (204-F/C-83, agency: Beo Basket) also had very important role in victory with 19, while Earl Calloway delivered 13 pts (6 as). The hosts got 14 points from Pablo Aguilar. Cajasol 4-4, Granada 3-5.
Fuenlabrada - Regal Barca 62-68 Regal Barca outsmarted Fuenlabrada on the road remaining the second ranked team in the league with 7-1. Juan Navarro (192-G-80) paced Barca to win scoring 15 points. Terence Morris (207-F-79, college: Maryland) followed with 13 points and 13 boards. In Fuenla (4-4), Esteban Batista collected 24 points and 13 boards.
Manresa - Estudiantes 76-86 Estu grabbed third victory of the season mostly owing to Blake Ahearn (188-G-84, agency: SportsTalent, college: Missouri St.) and Pancho Jasen (199-G-78), who scored 21 and 20 points respectively. German Gabriel was third scorer of the team with 18 points (8 rebs). Roman Montanez netted 21 pts for Manresa (4-4).
CB Murcia - Xacobeo BS 86-66 CB Murcia had to win in this game and they did it 86-66. Milos Vujanic (192-G-80) stepped up for the hosts with 20, Roger Powell (198-F-83, agency: Interperformances, college: Illinois) had 13, while Pedro Robles added 12 points in this victory. Costas Vasiliadis answered with 14 points in defeat. Murcia 2-6, Xacobeo BS 3-5.
MMC Real M. - DKV Joventut 84-70 Real Madrid was too strong for DKV Joventut last night remaining on top ACB standings with perfect 8-0. Novica Velickovic (205-F-86) was a key player in this victory draining 29 points and pulling down 13 rebounds. Sergio Llull (190-G-87) scored 16, while Travis Hansen and Darjus Lavrinovic added 9 pts each. In Joventut (5-3), Clay Tucker was on fire with 27 points (7 as).
Caja Laboral - Valladolid 72-65 Caja Laboral outplayed Valladolid jumping to 6-2. Mirza Teletovic (205-F-85, agency: Beo Basket) demonstrated the best performance in this victory nailing 23 points. Carl English (192-G-81, college: Hawaii) scored 17, while Stanko Barac added 11 pts and pulled down the same number of boards. Brian Chase netted 12 pts for Valladolid (2-6).
Lagun Aro GBC - Gran Canaria 76-70 4-3 for Lagun Aro GBC and 3-5 for Granca after this game. Antwain Barbour (196-G/F-82, agency: Court Side, college: Kentucky) and Michal Ignerski (207-F-80, agency: Stanley International, college: Mississippi St.) led the hosts in scoring with 15 points each. Andy Panko had 14 pts and 10 boards, while David Doblas also helped with double-double: 12 pts and 10 rebs. Jaycee Carroll shined in loss with 17 pts.
Unicaja - Valencia BC 87-75 Second win for Unicaja this season in ACB. Shammond Williams (187-G-75, college: N.Carolina) trashed his former team with 21 points in just 19 minutes (5 triples). Berni Rodriguez (197-F/G-80) scored 13 and Joel Freeland had 12. In Valencia (6-2), Thomas Kelati scored 24 pts (5 triples).
Bizkaia Bilbao - Meridiano A. 80-58 Damir Markota (210-C/F-85) top-scored for the hosts with 15, while Alex Mumbru (202-F-79) and Marko Banic added 13 points each. Mario Austin responded with 17 points for the ACB newcomer. After this win, Bilbao jumped to 2-5. Alicante fell to 3-5.
Vigo sign Patrick Pope - Nov 20, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Vigo decided to swap import guards. The team axed Rashad West (185-G-84, college: Hampton) from the roster. Instead they signed a deal with Patrick Pope (183-G-81, college: St.Augustine). The 28-year-old guard spent the last season in Netherlands. He played for West-Brabant Giants averaging 16.8 points, 3.8 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game. The St. Augustine College graduate Patrick Pope played for the Fayetteville Patriots in the NBDL [read more]
Vigo decided to swap import guards. The team axed Rashad West (185-G-84, college: Hampton) from the roster. Instead they signed a deal with Patrick Pope (183-G-81, college: St.Augustine). The 28-year-old guard spent the last season in Netherlands. He played for West-Brabant Giants averaging 16.8 points, 3.8 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game. The St. Augustine College graduate Patrick Pope played for the Fayetteville Patriots in the NBDL. In 2004 he moved to Europe where he had stints with UCC Demons and Ballina in Ireland as well as Rotterdam and West-Brabant in Netherlands.
Melilla - Cornella 80-62
Melilla had an easy job against Cornella remaining on top of LEB Gold standings with almost perfect 8-1. Jason Robinson (196-F-80, college: Pikeville) led the winners with 24 points and 5 rebounds. Rafael Huertas (189-G-84, agency: Court Side) had 14, while Ondrej Starosta added 10 pts and 11 boards. In Cornella (5-4), Alejandro Hernandez delivered 14 points [read more]
Melilla - Cornella 80-62 Melilla had an easy job against Cornella remaining on top of LEB Gold standings with almost perfect 8-1. Jason Robinson (196-F-80, college: Pikeville) led the winners with 24 points and 5 rebounds. Rafael Huertas (189-G-84, agency: Court Side) had 14, while Ondrej Starosta added 10 pts and 11 boards. In Cornella (5-4), Alejandro Hernandez delivered 14 points.
Breogan - Leon 78-80 Leon jumped to 6-3 mostly thanks to Ryan Humphrey (203-F-79, agency: Priority Sports, college: Notre Dame), who scored 26 points and pulled down 8 rebounds. Alejandro Urtasun (193-G-84) had 16 and Ross Schraeder posted 13 pts. Breogan, who got 26 pts from Jeffrey Xavie, also has 6-3 now. Same numbers had Zaragoza and Menorca.
Caceres - La Laguna 85-81 Francisco Sanchez (202-F-79) led the winners with 22, Alejandro Gonzalez (187-G-80) had 14 and Randy Holcomb added 2 points less than him. On the other side, visitors got 17 points and 12 boards from Jakim Donaldson. Caceres 4-5, La Laguna 5-4.
Clin.Rincon - Vive Menorca 90-98 Vive Menorca grabbed valuable road win against Clinicas Rincon joining group of the teams with 6-3 score. Caio Torres (211-C-87) led the visiting squad with 23 points and 14 rebounds. Pablo Movilla (187-G-87) and Jhornan Zamore responded with 21 pts (10 rebs) in defeat.
Girona - Vigo 85-80 Troy DeVries (193-G-82, college: N.Mexico) and David Navarro (192-G/F-83) stepped up for Girona today netting 21 points each. Albert Sabat followed them with 15 pts. In Vigo, Michael Willians shined with 20 points and 5 boards. Girona 7-2, Vigo 1-8.
La Palma - Palencia 64-62 La Palma grabbed tiny 64-62 win against Palencia mostly owing to Sebastian Arrocha (180-G-76), who scored 15, and Juan Palacios (203-F-85), who added 14 points. Visitors got 16 pts from Carles Bravo. La Palma 4-5, Palencia 3-6.
Tenerife - Ourense 61-66 4-5 for Ourense and 2-7 for Tenerife after this game. Louis Roe (200-F-72, college: Massachusetts) stepped up in victory with 15 points and 9 boards, while Gustavo Ayon (209-F/C-85, college: San Jose St.) helped with 14 pts and 14 rebs. In defeat, Jose Salvador Arco top-scored with 13 pts.
CAI Zaragoza - Burgos 121-120 OT4 CAI Zaragoza grabbed 121-120 victory after four overtimes! Darren Phillip (201-F-78, college: Fairfield) led the hosts with impressive 43 points and 12 rebounds, spending 52 minutes on the floor. Paolo Quinteros (186-G-79) had 25 pts. In loss, Christopher Hernandez and Zach Morley netted 20 pts each. Zaragoza 6-3, Burgos 5-4.
CB Tarragona - Mallorca 86-106 Mallorca grabbed nice road win against Tarragona getting 30 points from Marc Blanch (195-F-82). Jeffrey Bonds (201-F-82, college: Cal Poly Pomona) had 22 and Shaun Green helped with 20 pts. In the loosing squad, Adam Hess collected 28 points and 9 rebounds. Mallorca 4-5, Tarragona 1-8.
Ford Burgos tab Albano Martinez - Nov 18, 2009 [read more]
Tenerife Rural sign Louis Roe - Nov 17, 2009 [read more]
ACB: Roman Montanez is MVP of Round 7 - Nov 16, 2009 [read more]
Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Eurobasket Inc. Disclaimer
WARNING:
Do not copy, redistribute, publish or otherwise exploit information that you download from the site !
Do not encumber, license, modify, publish, sell, transfer or transmit, or in any way exploit, any of the
content of the site, nor will you attempt to do so.
