Eurobasket.com All-Romanian League Awards 2015 - May 26, 2015
Eurobasket.com All-Romanian League 1st Team 2015
Adamovic
Runkauskas
Flowers
Nicoara
Barro
Finals MVP: Marius Runkauskas (189-G-86) of Ploiesti Player of the Year: Jonte Flowers (196-F/G-85) of Ploiesti Guard of the Year: Jonte Flowers (196-F/G-85) of Ploiesti Forward of the Year: Titus Nicoara (202-PF-88) of Steaua CSM Center of the Year: Ousmane Barro (207-C/F-84) of Targu Mures Import Player of the Year: Jonte Flowers (196-F/G-85) of Ploiesti Bosman Player of the Year: Marius Runkauskas (189-G-86) of Ploiesti Domestic Player of the Year: Titus Nicoara (202-PF-88) of Steaua CSM Defensive Player of the Year: Jonte Flowers (196-F/G-85) of Ploiesti Coach of the Year: Vladimir Arnautovic of Ploiesti
Ploiesti defended their Liga Nationala title. They edged Targu Mures on the road to sweep the championship series. The victory marked the fourth consecutive Liga National trophy for Ploiesti. The guests trailed by 3 points after first quarter, but they rallied back to get the 2-point lead at the halftime and eventually won the game 86-76. Ploiesti shot the lights out from three sinking 16 long-distance shots on high 53.3 percentage. The best player for the winners was Lithuanian guard Marius Runkauskas (189-86, agency: Octagon Europe) who scored 26 points and 8 assists. The former international center Catalin Burlacu (210-77, agency: Court Side) chipped in 17 points. At the other side the best for losing team was Senegalese power forward Ousmane Barro (207-84, college: Marquette, agency: Laszlo Vinko Group) who recorded 24 points and 9 rebounds (on 9-of-10 shooting from the field) and American Kyndall Dykes (192-87, college: New Orleans) added 24 points and 5 assists respectively. Targu Mures' coach Audrius Prakuraitis rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help. Top scorers: Targu Mures: O.Barro 24+9reb+2ast, K.Dykes 24+1reb+5ast, F.Adamovic 11+4reb+5ast, L.Lazar 6, G.Gajovic 5+9reb, V.Peciukas 4+1reb Ploiesti: M.Runkauskas 26+3reb+8ast, C.Burlacu 17+2reb+3ast, C.Cooper 11+4reb+1ast, I.Zigeranovic 9+4reb+1ast, J.Flowers 8+2reb+2ast, L.Szijarto 7+1reb
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BC Timisoara clinch Cup title - Apr 3, 2015
BC Timisoara - Targu Mures 78:73 (OT)
BC Timisoara celebrated the Romanian Cup title. They held off Targu Mures in overtime in the Final tonight. Bogdan Popescu (202-F-78, college: Alaska-Fairb.) tallied 19 points and 17 rebounds to pace the winners. Targu Mures eked out an 18:16 lead after the opening frame. They extended the margin in the second period. Targu Mures built a 39:27 halftime advantage. The teams traded baskets throughout the third term. Targu Mures entered the fourth period with a comfortable 12-point lead. But Timisoara went on a 21:9 rally including a late free throw from Radenko Pilcevic (188-G-86) to level things up and force overtime. Timisoara sank 16 points in the extra period to sneak past Targu Mures at the end. Radenko Pilcevic and Milos Pesic (205-F-84, agency: 011 Sports) delivered 13 points each for the winners. Kyndall Dykes (192-SG-87, college: New Orleans) responded with 17 points for Targu Mures. Filip Adamovic (181-PG-88, agency: 011 Sports) had 13 points in the loss.
CSU Asesoft Ploiesti celebrated the first SuperCup trophy. They overcame Energia Targu Jiu for the initial title of the season. Gerald Lee (208-C-87, college: ODU) posted 14 points and 9 rebounds to pace the winners. CSU Ploiesti jumped at 21:13 lead after the opening frame. The teams exchanged baskets throughout the second quarter. CSU Ploiesti earned a 13-point lead heading into the fourth frame. CSU Ploiesti fired 20 points in the final stanza to seal a comfortable victory. Michalis Pelekanos (198-F-81, agency: Octagon Europe) accounted for 11 points, while Alhaji Mohammed (192-G-81, agency: Higher Vision Sports, college: Louisville) and Marius Runkauskas (189-G-86) added 9 points each for the winners. Louis Darby (196-G-84, college: Long Beach St.) responded with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists for Energia. Porter Troupe (196-G-83, agency: Interperformances, college: Portland) and Michal Kremen (200-G/F-81) had 9 points each in the loss.
