ratiopharm Ulm vs. Maccabi Rishon LeZion - Game

2019-20Regular SeasonRound 5

October 29, 2019 CET: 19:30

Local time: 19:30 RATIOPHARM ARENA

Ulm prevails in back-and-forth thriller for first win

ratiopham Ulm picked up its first victory this season in the 7DAYS EuroCup with an exciting back-and-forth 103-89 win at home over Maccabi Rishon LeZion. Zoran Dragic scored a career-high 33 points for Ulm, which improved to 1-4 in Group A. Derek Willis tallied 19 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists, Killian Hayes added 15 points and 9 assists and Grant Jerrett scored 14 points with 8 rebounds. Jordan Swing paced Rishon with 20 points while Alex Hamilton tallied 18 points, 6 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, Frederic Bourdillon had 17 points and Oz Blayzer added 15 points in the loss, which dropped the Israeli side to 1-4.

Ulm tallied the first 8 points and Dragic already had 8 points in helping the hosts jump ahead 16-5. Ulm’s offense went dormant and a Bourdillon three-pointer and Hamilton three-point play started a 0-14 run to put Rishon up 16-19. Dragic added 7 more points and Ulm was up 25-22 before Adam Ariel’s three-pointer evened it 27-27 after 10 minutes. A Blayzer three-point play pushed Rishon ahead 29-32 early in the second frame but Willis came up with 6 points and Dragic 5 points in a 17-5 surge to move ahead 46-37. Hamilton responded with 5 points and Rishon trailed 55-47 at the break.

Ulm came out of the locker room with 4 turnovers in the first four minutes, while Hamilton’s three-point play started a 0-12 run for a 55-59 Rishon lead. Hayes’s dunk opened the scoring for Ulm at the 5:48 minute mark and the teenager and Dragic combined for 14 points before Andreas Obst’s four-point play finished off an 18-4 run to put Ulm ahead 73-63. The gap was 75-68 after 30 minutes. Seth Hinrichs came off the Ulm bench for 5 points to keep Rishon at an arm’s length 80-75. Willis nailed 3 three-pointers in the span of 2:31 minutes to push Ulm ahead 91-80 with 4 minutes left. Dragic added a triple of his own and scored another basket as the gap was 96-83. Rishon would not get closer than 11 points in the final 2 minutes.

History made

Zoran Dragic tallied 33 points which marked a personal record in European action. His previous EuroCup best was 17 points and he had tallied 24 points three times in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague - twice for Unicaja Malaga in the 2013-14 season and the last time in the 2017-18 season with Anadolu Efes Istanbul against Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade.

Pivotal performer

While Dragic had his offense rolling, Killian Hayes did a great job getting everyone involved in collecting 15 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals.

Telling numbers

Ulm grabbed 42 rebounds compared to 25 for Rishon. Ulm shot 60.5 percent from two-point range while also holding the guests to 25.9% on three-pointers.

Next games

Ulm will look to make it two in a row when it visits Segafredo Virtus Bologna on Round 6 next week. Rishon remains on the road and will face Promitheas Patras in search of victory number two.

Zoran Dragic - ratiopharm Ulm (photo Ulm - Harry Langer) - EC19

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Eurocupbasketball.com

Referees: HORDOV, TOMISLAV ; THEPENIER, HUGUES; BAUMANIS, INGUS

Attendance: 3223

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
ratiopharm Ulm	27	28	20	28
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	27	20	21	21

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
ratiopharm Ulm	27	55	75	103
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	27	47	68	89

ratiopharm Ulm

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
3	HAYES, KILLIAN	28:52	15	5/8	1/4	2/2		6	6	9	3	6		1	4	2	18
5	DRAGIC, ZORAN	31:39	33	5/10	4/7	11/13		3	3	1		3		3	2	11	30
6	GUENTHER, PER	11:46	2	1/1	0/2							3			1		-4
10	PHILIPPS, CHRISTOPH	7:19	2	1/2			1		1	1	1	1			3	1	1
11	JERRETT, GRANT	31:38	14	5/9	0/1	4/5	4	4	8	1	1	1			2	5	20
17	OBST, ANDREAS	24:25	7		2/4	1/1		1	1	1	1	1			2	1	6
21	HINRICHS, SETH	10:20	5	2/2		1/1		1	1	2		2			3	2	5
30	UGRAI, MAXIMILIAN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	HECKMANN, PATRICK	13:54	2	1/2			2	1	3					1	3
34	SCHILLING, GAVIN	7:29	4	1/1		2/2	1	2	3			1			2	1	5
35	WILLIS, DEREK	28:39	19	5/8	3/6		5	11	16	5		2	1	1	3	1	30
36	KRAUSE, KRISTOFER	3:59													2		-2
	Team						2	1	3			1					2
	Totals	200:00	103	26/43	10/24	21/24	15	30	45	20	6	21	1	6	27	24	111
				60.5%	41.7%	87.5%

Head coach: LAKOVIC, JAKA

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

Maccabi Rishon LeZion

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
7	SWING, JORDAN	26:51	20	3/6	1/7	11/12		4	4	1	1	3	2		3	5	17
8	BOURDILLON, FREDERIC	24:32	17	1/1	4/6	3/3		1	1	4					4	3	19
11	ARIEL, ADAM	16:40	4	0/1	1/5	1/4	1		1	1					4	3	-3
14	BLAYZER, OZ	24:48	15	4/7	1/3	4/5	3	4	7		1					3	20
18	KOZAHINOF, DANEL	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	WILLIAMS, JOHNATHAN	19:07	8	3/8		2/2	2	1	3	1		4	2	1	4	1	1
23	CHUBREVICH, ALEX	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25	BALOUL, NIV	0:55													1		-1
30	TISHMAN, NIMROD	16:30			0/1					3	3	2			1		2
41	DOVRAT, NOAM	5:30													2		-2
42	HAMILTON, ALEX	33:03	18	7/8	0/4	4/6		3	3	6	4	5	2		1	5	25
86	MONROE, DARRYL	32:04	7	2/4	0/1	3/4	1	5	6	5	1				4	6	17
	Team						2		2								2
	Totals	200:00	89	20/35	7/27	28/36	9	18	27	21	10	14	6	1	24	26	97
				57.1%	25.9%	77.8%

Head coach: GOODES, GUY

Head Coaches

LAKOVIC, JAKA

ratiopharm Ulm

"I’m happy, most of all, for the guys. We were in a bad situation. We addressed the mental part of basketball. In the end, it’s a fun sport and they should enjoy it while they are playing, but with effort, intensity and defense. And today, they enjoyed it. I’m very happy for the win. I don’t have any time to look at the standings. We still have a lot of things to improve, to play better. We are not thinking too much about the future, just the next game. This will give us the right focus. "

GOODES, GUY

Maccabi Rishon LeZion

"It was hard for us with the offensive rebounding of Ulm; they took 15 and made a lot of threes. On the defense side, we couldn’t stop them. That’s how they got to 100 points. We will learn from this game and continue on."

Players

DRAGIC, ZORAN

ratiopharm Ulm

"It was very important for us and our confidence because we lost seven games in a row. I hope this will change things around. I’m happy for this win, but the game was very tough for us. We played well, but they were always in the game. So I’m happy that we won. Our aggressiveness was important. We need to be aggressive and be focused on what the opponent is going to do. I want to do everything. It’s not just about scoring. If you want to win the game, it’s about defense. Basketball is a team sport - five on five. Today was my day, tomorrow will be another guy. We are a young team and we try to be together."

BOURDILLON, FREDERIC

Maccabi Rishon LeZion

"I think we lost the game on defense. We didn't do the job one-on-one. They took a lot of offensive rebounds and we gave them a lot of free throws. Everybody needs to step up for the EuroCup."