2011-12Regular SeasonRound 3
November 29, 2011 CET: 18:45
Local time: 19:45 GOLDBERG ARENA
Andrew Albicy - BCM Gravelines (photo hapoel.co.il)BCM Gravelines beat Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem 75-91 on the road Tuesday evening at Goldberg Arena in the Israeli capital to improve to 3-0 and secure sole possession of first place in Group A. Although the visitors led from start to finish, Hapoel fought back from a 41-53 halftime deficit to reach 57-59 midway in the third quarter. But whenever the hosts got close, Gravelines had the answer, especially from downtown, where it doubled the home team’s output by hitting 14 triples. Rudy Jomby led Gravelines with 19 points, including 5 of 7 from beyond the arc, while Andrew Albicy added 18 points and Juby Johnson scored 12. Hapoel was paced by DJ Strawberry, with 20 points, Brian Randle scored 15 and Jarvis Varnado tallied 12 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks. Hapoel slipped to 1-2 with the loss.

Gravelines ran out to a 2-11 lead to open the game on triples by Jomby and Albicy. As soon as Luke Jackson answered from downtown for Jerusalem, Jomby drained another to set the score at 5-14. The score moved ahead on free throws before Varnado put in a layup and Strawberry hit 5 consecutive points to pull the hosts to 14-17. After Jackson buried a triple and Pape Sy hit a two-pointer, Johnson ended the quarter with a bomb from downtown to put Gravelines up 17-22. Johnson found the range again from deep to open the second to extend the margin to 17-25, then a flurry of points by both teams pushed the score to 21-27. Gravelines bumped the lead to 23-33, the first double-digit margin of the night, on two-pointers by Yannick Bokolo and JK Edwards. Hapoel ended the Gravelines run on a jumper by Dan Grunfeld and dunk by Randle, then Grunfeld answered Dounia Issa’s layup with a triple to slice the lead to 30-38. The team exchanged points to push the score to 34-43. Randle battled hard inside, scoring Hapoel’s next 7 points, but Jomby came up with a triple to keep the hosts at arm’s length, 41-48. The final points of the half belonged to Albicy, who hit free throws and a three-pointer to put Gravelines out front 41-53.

Hapoel cut the lead to 45-53 to open the half on a layup by Varnado and jumper by Strawberry, but Cyril Akpomedah drained a triple to restore the visitors’ double-digit lead, 45-56. Jerusalem kept battling and scored the next 7 points, capped by a Strawberry laser from downtown to close the gap to 52-56. After Albicy pushed back with a triple of his own, Hapoel answered with a free throw, and two-pointers each by Randle and Yuval Naimy to get closer, 57-59. Then Jomby came up big again, putting in a layup and knocking down a triple to give Gravelines breathing room again, 57-64. After Varnado and Jackson scored for Hapoel, Jomby hit another from downtown to maintain the lead, 62-67. Edwards and Albicy added two-pointers for Gravelines, then Strawberry hit 5 straight to end the quarter, including a triple, to keep it close, 67-71. After Naimy opened the fourth with a jumper, the next 5 points belonged to Gravelines on two-pointers by Bokolo and Sy, putting the score at 69-76. Strawberry countered with free throws, but then Johnson hit a free throw and triple to open a 71-80 gap with four minutes to go. The visitors added to the margin as Edwards hit a layup and Albicy produced in 5 straight points, inflating the lead to 73-89 with a minute left and wrapping up the win.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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Referees: SUTULOVIC, ZORAN; FOUFIS, IOANNIS; BIJEDIC, HARIS
Attendance: 2100
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Hapoel Jerusalem1724268
BCM Gravelines22311820
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Hapoel Jerusalem17416775
BCM Gravelines22537191
Hapoel Jerusalem
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 THOMAS, JOHN GREGORY 9:26   0/4     3 2 5     1   1 2   -3
5 VARNADO, JARVIS 24:17 12 5/8   2/4 4 7 11 2 1 2 2   4 3 20
6 KOKIA, URI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 DOTAN, GUY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 STRAWBERRY, DJ 32:28 20 3/7 3/6 5/6   2 2 1   4   1 3 5 12
9 IZRAELY, GUNY 13:02     0/1     2 2 5   1     1   4
10 NAIMY, YUVAL 27:47 10 5/8 0/7     3 3 6 1 3     1 1 7
11 KADIR, ELISHAY 9:26   0/2       1 1     2 1   1 1 -2
12 MIZRAHI, MOSHE 3:28                              
13 JACKSON, LUKE 27:06 11 1/2 3/6     4 4 1   1     1   10
15 RANDLE, BRIAN 29:34 15 7/10 0/1 1/1 2 3 5     1 2   5 4 16
21 GRUNFELD, DAN 23:26 7 2/2 1/1   1 1 2           2   7
Team           2 4 6               6
Totals 200:00 75 23/43 7/22 8/11 12 29 41 15 2 15 5 2 20 14 77
        53.5% 31.8% 72.7%
Head coach: KATTASH, ODED
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
BCM Gravelines
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 EDWARDS, JUAN-KHALIF 21:56 8 4/11     1 6 7     2   3 3    
5 BIGOTE, VALENTIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 JOMBY, RUDY 24:21 19 2/4 5/7   2 2 4   2       1   20
7 SY, PAPE 20:36 7 2/2 0/2 3/4   2 2           3 2 5
8 JOHNSON, JUBY 17:46 12   3/5 3/4   1 1 1 1         2 14
9 LOUM, ABDULAYE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 BOKOLO, YANNICK 28:16 10 3/6 0/2 4/4   2 2 2 2 1   1 1 5 13
11 AKPOMEDAH, CYRIL 17:22 6 0/1 2/5     1 1 1     1   2   3
13 SILAS, XAVIER 2:55                              
14 ISSA, DOUNIA 22:21 5 2/4   1/1 2 5 7 1 2 2   1 2 1 9
16 VATY, LUDOVIC 18:21 6 1/3   4/6 1 4 5 2   3 1   1 6 12
20 ALBICY, ANDREW 26:06 18 2/5 4/7 2/2   1 1 4 1       1 4 21
Team           1   1               1
Totals 200:00 91 16/36 14/28 17/21 7 24 31 11 8 8 2 5 14 20 98
        44.4% 50% 81%
Head coach: MONSCHAU, CHRISTIAN

Head Coaches

KATTASH, ODED
Hapoel Jerusalem
"The first half hurt us a lot. They hit 14 three-pointers in 50% and that's amazing accuracy considering they had maybe 4 open shots. They came and won fair and square. They deserved the win. In some minutes we played in our style. In the first half balls just slipped out of my hands and in the last quarter we had trouble against their switch defense. They have big guards that could match-up with our bigs. We needed a better decision making today to win the game. I doubt they can shoot the ball this way again soon. We'll need to be smart and try to win the game on the road in France We have a lot to learn from the video of this game."
MONSCHAU, CHRISTIAN
BCM Gravelines
"There was a great atmosphere today. The fans pushed their team so strong and I was very impressed. Our defense in the first and last quarters was what made the difference. Sometimes you shoot better like it happened tonight but we can also shoot poor sometimes. We tried to take what the defense is giving us. We prefer to relay on our defense than our shooting, and that helped us to win tonight."

Players

JACKSON, LUKE
Hapoel Jerusalem
"I think we're a better team than them, and if we regroup then we can beat them next week in France. They were shooting the ball very well and that made a difference. In the minutes they had a slower shooting pace in the last quarter we had the chance to take over, and we didn't and that's very frustrating."
EDWARDS, JUAN-KHALIF
BCM Gravelines
"It was a very tough game. There was great atmosphere here, and we really enjoyed the game. We wanted to come on the floor from the start and play tough and that's what we did. We were shooting the ball very well tonight and that helped us to get this very important win."
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