Eurocup

Regular Season Round 6: Samsun - TTT Riga 35-94

Date: December 15, 2016
The game between closely ranked teams ended with second ranked Latvian TTT Riga's (4-2) road victory over 3rd ranked Turkish Samsun (1-5) 94-35 on Thursday. The game without a history. TTT Riga led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. They dominated on the defensive end, holding Samsun to just 5 points in third quarter and to 14 points in second half. TTT Riga held Samsun to an opponent 24.1 percent shooting from the field compared to 51.4 percent accuracy of the winners. TTT Riga forced 20 Samsun turnovers and outrebounded them 54-21 including a 20-5 advantage in offensive rebounds. They shot the lights out from three sinking 13 long-distance shots on high 56.5 percentage. TTT Riga looked well-organized offensively handing out 26 assists comparing to just 5 passes made by Samsun's players. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when TTT Riga made 8 blocks. Forward Gunta Basko-Melnbarde (181-80, college: Siena, agency: Josep and Nicolas) scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists (on 7-of-9 shooting from the field) to lead the charge for the winners and American forward Aishah Sutherland (187-90, college: Kansas, agency: Two Points) chipped in 15 points and 9 rebounds during the contest. TTT Riga's coach felt very confident using 10 players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. The best for the losing side was Mali-French center Naignouma Coulibaly (191-89) with a double-double by scoring 11 points and 10 rebounds and Croatian forward Antonija Sandric (181-88, agency: 1x1 Sports) scored 7 points. Defending Latvian champion maintains second position in Group C with 4-2 record having just ten point less than leader Basket Gdynia. Loser Samsun dropped to the fourth place with five games lost.

  SAMSUN (coach: Murat Saat)35
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
00 AijdQaZ, SjUIjani 40 6-7 (66.6%) 6-4 (44.4%) 8-4 (11.9%) 6 8 4 6 4 5 6 5 5 5 9 -8 -39
9 Aihaj, baQiF 48 6-1 (61.9%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 4 6 5 8 5 5 1 8 -1 -42
43 baQZhRLi, kaVUIQai 89 8-9 (82.1%) 5-0 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5 6 6 5 4 5 6 5 5 8 0 -7 -35
88 SQil, XaQiF 89 5-3 (5%) 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 6 3 5 5 5 5 3 5 -68 -49
60 CIulaMilF, XiaDjIuBi 80 3-0 (25%) 5-5 (5%) 4-1 (05%) 3 1 65 5 3 5 6 5 5 4 66 66 -36
4 SUi, yiUBi 83 8-0 (35%) 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5 3 3 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 3 8 -40
63 buQphF, qshiFi 65 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 -8 -82
65 wisZa, wuDMi 7 8-4 (11.9%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 8 3 5 -2
99 miMVaji, qlaji 9 6-3 (80%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 8 -4 -86
36 oLijVILaZ, vuZi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
68 CIVliQ, HulFi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   64-33 (87.1%) 6-63 (9.6%) 1-68 (05.5%) 0 61 86 0 62 5 1 5 5 85 40 -86  


  TTT RIGA94
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
99 OiuDiaUR, GaRdQR 89 5-1 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8-1 (44.4%) 3 1 65 8 8 5 8 3 5 6 8 9 38
04 misVI-bRljMiQdR, GujUi 83 0-9 (96.3%) 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 8 1 2 0 8 5 8 6 5 0 61 84 49
60 KQisUaji, oRLi 84 6-8 (05%) 1-2 (90%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 5 8 85 84 34
3 CiQURQ, AFdjRF 88 8-3 (05%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 3 8 5 4 5 5 8 9 7 45
6 AuUhRQlijd, Sashih 86 1-7 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 4-1 (05%) 4 1 7 6 8 5 6 6 5 6 60 62 31
0 qaMRlR, Sjdi 86 5-4 (5%) 4-0 (15%) 5-5 (5%) 6 0 1 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 41
9 KulaUR, oRLi 85 4-1 (05%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 0 8 9 0 8 5 5 5 5 8 1 7 82
33 qDlaUR, miaMi 63 0-0 (655%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 65 65 85
7 OQaRdR, vaRjR 68 8-0 (35%) 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 4 6 3 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 9 9 7
66 kRadRQR, euUi 66 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 8 8 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 8 8 -6 3
wIUil   83-37 (37.5%) 64-84 (01.0%) 9-63 (05.5%) 85 43 03 81 67 5 66 2 5 62 73 663  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)