2007-08Regular SeasonRound 1
November 06, 2007 CET: 19:30
Local time: 19:30 ARTLAND ARENA

The Artland Dragons started their ULEB Cup campaign on a high note with an 85-74 win over Pau-Orthez on Tuesday evening. Team captain Lamont McIntosh led five Dragons scorers in double figures with 14 points as the club joined ASK Riga and BC Kyiv for a share of first place in Group H. The Dragons visit Lukoil Academic next week, while Pau-Orthez hosts Benetton Treviso. The game was close for the first 30 minutes, but the Dragons started the fourth quarter with a 12-2 run, giving them a 15-point lead from which Pau never recovered. John Goldsberry drilled 4 three-pointers for 12 points, dished 4 assists and picked up 5 steals for Artland, Darius Hall came off the bench for 12 points, Matt Freije added 11 and E.J. Rowland had 10. Terence Dials had 17 points and 8 rebounds to lead Pau, David Young and Thierry Rupert added 16 points apiece, Shaun Fein scored 10 and Xane D'Almeida dished 7 assists in defeat.

The Dragons came out shooting, starting the game with a Freije triple and an Adam Chubb basket for an early 5-1 lead. Pau's first baskets were back-to-back three-pointers from Fein and Young as the visitors took control. McIntosh joined the three-point party as the lead started to sway back and forth. Fein capped the first period with another triple for a 17-20 Orthez advantage. It seemed that the hosts shook the nerves of their European debut by the second period when Freije and Hall heated up for the hosts and led the Dragons to a 38-35 halftime advantage. Pau remained in the picture after the break, with Rupert leading the visitors as they surged to a 40-44 advantage. However Dragons captain McIntosh got his team going and threes by Terrance Thomas and Goldsberry made it 56-51 heading into the fourth quarter. The hosts saved the best for last, starting the last period on a 12-2 surge for a 15-point lead that would be too much for Pau to recover from. The last few minutes were uneventful as the visiting team seemed resigned to the loss and the Dragons celebrated the win with their fans.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Referees: SPIRIDONOS, LEONIDAS; UDRICA, MARIUS; MARICIC,SASA
Attendance: 2580
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Artland Dragons
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 ROWLAND, EARL 15:08 10 4/6 0/1 2/2 1   1   3       2 2 11
5 GOLDSBERRY, JOHN 35:01 12 0/1 4/6     1 1 4 5 1     1 2 19
6 FEIST, HENDRIK 4:49           1 1           1    
7 CHUBB, ADAM 23:15 9 4/8   1/2   3 3 1   1 1   5 1 4
8 MCINTOSH, LAMONT 24:18 14 2/7 2/5 4/4   1 1 2 1 2   1 3 3 7
9 JOHNSON, PAUL 13:09 5   1/1 2/2 1 2 3 3   1     2 1 9
10 ROHDEWALD, JAN 8:50 2   0/5 2/2   1 1 1 1       3 1 -2
11 HALL, DARIUS 16:45 12 5/5   2/3 2   2   1       1 6 19
18 KRAUSE, DANIEL DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 MADRICH, DIRK 7:02 2 1/1 0/1             1     4   -4
24 THOMAS, TERRANCE 31:10 8 2/3 1/4 1/2   5 5 2   3     1 2 8
25 FREIJE, MATT 20:33 11 3/6 1/2 2/2 2 1 3 3 1 1 1   1 2 15
Team           1   1               1
Totals 200:00 85 21/37 9/25 16/19 7 15 22 16 12 10 2 1 24 20 87
        56.8% 36% 84.2%
Head coach: FLEMING, CHRIS
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Pau-Orthez
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
5 HEURTEL, THOMAS 9:57 2 1/1     1   1 1   4     1   -1
6 D'ALMEIDA, XANE 30:03 6 2/3 0/1 2/2   5 5 7   2     3 3 14
7 FEIN, SHAUN 24:58 10 2/2 2/4   2 4 6 4 2 1     2 2 19
8 MENDY, ANTOINE 13:36 2 1/3 0/1 0/1 2 1 3     2     2 4 1
9 FERCHAUD, CEDRIC 14:48 3   1/1     3 3   1 2     2   3
12 RUPERT, THIERRY 27:31 16 7/12   2/4 2 2 4 1   2 1 1 1 4 15
13 YOUNG, DAVID 26:38 16 5/9 1/4 3/4       1 2 2     3 5 11
14 VATY, LUDOVIC 7:16                   2     3 1 -4
15 DIALS, TERENCE 32:38 17 7/10   3/5 1 7 8 3   5   1 2 3 18
16 WITHERS, CURTIS 12:35 2 1/2     1 1 2   1 2     1 2 3
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 74 26/42 4/11 10/16 10 24 34 17 6 24 1 2 20 24 81
        61.9% 36.4% 62.5%
Head coach: OLIVIER, COUSIN

Head Coaches

FLEMING, CHRIS
Artland Dragons
"We are very happy that we started so well in our first ULEB Cup season. Pau-Orthez is a team with a great basketball history. It was an advantage for us, that Pau-Orthez has some problems in their domestic league, so our nervousness was not so bad. We were very nervous through the first three quarters but then got adjusted to the condition, especially the referees. Darius Hall gave us a lot of energy today, without him we would not have won the game."

Players

HALL, DARIUS
Artland Dragons
"I hurt my knee this week, but I didn’t want the fans to recognize so I put all this energy in my game. I didn’t expect to play, but now I am really happy because I was a part of the first victory of the Dragons in European history. We won because we had more energy and more confidence."
RUPERT, THIERRY
Pau-Orthez
"We are still missing our point guard Max Stanic and it is very hard for the young players to make it up for him. When the Dragons started to hit the shots the game became even harder for us. When they got ten points ahead in the third quarter the game was lost for us."
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