2013-14Last 32Round 6
February 19, 2014 CET: 21:00
Local time: 21:00 PALACIO MUNICIPAL DE DEPORTES (HUESCA)
Besiktas edges Zaragoza and advances

Chris Lofton - Besiktas Integral Forex - EC13 (photo Esther Casas - CAI Zaragoza)In a game that went down to the wire, Besiktas Integral Forex got a thrilling 77-79 victory over CAI Zaragoza to advance to the eighthfinals from second place in Group P. Besiktas will next face Nizhny Novgorod, winner of Group L. Muractan Guler’s dunk with 5 seconds left gave the win to Besiktas after Jonathan Tabu tied it with a layup with 6 second remaining on the game clock. Chris Lofton tallied 25 points on 4-of-8 shooting from long distance for the winners, Tomislav Ruzic and Doron Perkins netted 13 apiece, while Guler and Colton Iverson chipped in 10 apiece in victory. Viktor Sanikidze collected 25 points and 8 rebounds for Zaragoza, Pedro Llompart nailed 12 and Giorgi Shermadini added 10.

Guler jumper gave a 3-9 advantage to the visitors, then Shermadini fueled the hosts in the paint, while a dunk by Iverson after grabbing an offensive board made it 7-17. Joseph Jones hit a jumper before Perkins’s free throws and layup made it 9-21 at the end of the first quarter. Jon Stefansson kept Zaragoza in the picture from long distance, while Tomislav Ruzic did the same from mid range for the visitors to go ahead 20-27. Michael Roll highlighted a 13-4 run for the home team to take the lead, 33-29. Sanikidze went all the way to the rim and drilled free throws. Llompart scored and Lofton with a deep three fixed the score at 41-36 at halftime for Zaragoza.

The lead changed hands six times in the third quarter, with Damjan Rudez and Shermadini fueling the hosts to 51-48. Iverson gave again the lead to Besiktas, and the teams switched four times, the last when Perkins layup fixed it at 55-56 after 30 minutes. The balance remained also in the last quarter when both sides tried to escape, but they took slim margins, and arrived tied at 69-69 on a three-pointer bagged by Lofton with 2:45 minutes left in the game. Lofton posted another shot from long distance to go up 69-72. Sanikidze from the foul line put the hosts in front 73-72, before Ruzic’s put back and Lofton’s free throws made it 73-76. Tabu tied at 77-77 with 6 seconds remaining, but Guler’s magic dunk gave Besiktas victory and qualification.
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Referees: LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT; MARICIC,SASA; LANZARINI, SAVERIO
Attendance: 4100 (Tentative)
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CAI Zaragoza9321422
Besiktas Integral Forex Istanbul21152023
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CAI Zaragoza9415577
Besiktas Integral Forex Istanbul21365679
CAI Zaragoza
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
5 JONES, JOSEPH 19:36 2 1/4     1 4 5 2 1 1     1 1 6
7 GARCIA, SERGI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 ROLL, MICHAEL 26:51 9 3/6 1/1     2 2 4   2   1   1 10
9 STEFANSSON, JON 19:42 6 0/2 2/3     2 2 3 1 2       3 10
10 RUDEZ, DAMJAN 25:43 2 1/4 0/1     1 1 1   3     3   -6
12 LLOMPART, PEDRO 25:43 12 2/2 2/5 2/2 1   1 2 1 2     4 3 10
13 SANIKIDZE, VIKTOR 31:22 25 5/7 3/3 6/6 2 6 8   1   1   2 5 36
19 SHERMADINI, GIORGI 19:46 10 3/8   4/4 1 4 5 1   2   2 2 4 9
21 TOMAS, PERE 5:25               1         1 1 1
25 NOREL, HENK 4:37 2 1/2     1 1 2     1         2
30 TABU, JONATHAN 21:15 9 2/3 1/3 2/2       3         4 2 7
31 FONTET, ALBERT DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           4 1 5     2         3
Totals 200:00 77 18/38 9/16 14/14 10 21 31 17 4 15 1 3 17 20 88
        47.4% 56.3% 100%
Head coach: ABOS, JOSE LUIS
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
Besiktas Integral Forex Istanbul
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 YAGMUR, MEHMET 8:10               1 1       3 1  
5 GULER, MURATCAN 35:39 10 5/6 0/2   1 5 6 2   2 1 1 3   10
9 LOFTON, CHRIS 34:12 25 4/9 4/8 5/6 1 1 2 1 2       3 3 20
10 BROEKHOFF, RYAN 35:25 6 1/1 1/3 1/1         2       2 3 7
13 RUZIC, TOMISLAV 18:06 13 5/7 1/1   3 1 4     1     1   13
15 GONDUR, SABAHATTIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 PERKINS, DORON 35:43 13 4/10 1/5 2/4 1 5 6 3 5 3 1   3 8 18
34 SIRIN, OSMAN 2:38     0/1             1     1   -3
35 CALBAN, ONUR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 IVERSON, COLTON 21:33 10 4/5   2/2 2 2 4     1 1   4 2 11
55 TOPALOGLU, CANER 8:34 2 1/1                         2
Team           1 1 2     1         1
Totals 200:00 79 24/39 7/20 10/13 9 15 24 7 10 9 3 1 20 17 79
        61.5% 35% 76.9%
Head coach: KANDEMIR, AHMET
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