2011-12Regular SeasonRound 4
December 06, 2011 CET: 20:30
Local time: 20:30 LA MEILLERAIE
Randal Falker - Cholet Basket (photo vefriga.com)Cholet Basket registered its first win in Group B and kept its Last 16 chances alive by topping VEF Riga 72-68 in France on Tuesday. Cholet moved up to 1-3 and ties for third place in Group B. VEF dropped to 2-2 but will qualify to the Last 16 if it beats PAOK BC in Thessaloniki, Greece next week. Fabien Causeur paced the winners with 19 points, including a big triple that sealed the outcome with 4 seconds to go. Randal Falker added 17, Robert Hite had 11 while Romain Duport got 10 and 10 rebounds for Cholet. Kristaps Janicenoks led VEF with 14 points. Courtney Sims added 11 while Antanas Kavaliauskas had 10 for the guests. Causeur allowed Cholet to overcome an early deficit and get a 16-12 lead after 10 minutes. Falker and Causeur fueled a 6-0 run that made Cholet boost its margin to 39-32 at halftime. Janicenoks and Kavaliauskas managed to get VEF with 42-41 after the break but Cholet managed to keep a slim lead throughout the second half. Hite gave Cholet a 66-60 edge with 3 minutes to go but Janicenoks and Kavaliauskas brought VEF within 66-65. Causeur and Janicenoks traded triples but free throws allowed Cholet to round a big win.

Dairis Bertans got VEF going with a jumper and Marque Perry added a layup but Duport and Falker soon allowed Cholet to get a 6-4 lead. Perry hit a jumper and a three-pointer by Janicenoks put VEF back ahead, 6-9. Falker scored down low but Tyler Cain matched that with a layup. Cholet improved its defense late in the first quarter. Meanwhile, back-to-back jumpers by Duport and Causeur restored a 12-11 Cholet lead. Perry split free throws but Causeur scored off a steal and beat the buzzer with a jumper for a 16-12 Cholet lead after 10 minutes. Bertans downed a jumper early in the second quarter and a three-point play by Curtis Millage brought VEF within 18-17. Luc-Arthur Vebobe and Hite stepped up with consecutive jumpers but free throws by Kavaliauskas kept VEF within 22-19. Vebobe scored again, Hite struck from downtown and Donnie McGrath soon made VEF call timeout at 29-21. Sims with a three-point play and free throws but Falker managed to keep Cholet way ahead, 33-26. Janicenoks and Perry shined with consecutive baskets but Causeur and Falker fueled a 6-0 run to give Cholet a 39-30 edge. A put-back basket by Cain fixed the halftime score at 39-32.

Causeur kept pacing Cholet with a layup right after the break but Perry and Cain got VEF within 41-36. Duport split free throws but Janicenoks answered from downtown and Kavaliauskas added a jumper to get the guests much closer, 42-41, after an 1-9 run. Duport hit a jumper and Causeur added a layup to give Cholet some fresh air, 46-41. Sims sank a jumper that Hite matched with free throws. Sandis Valters and Millage combined for 3-of-4 free throws to make it a two-point game, 48-46. William Gradit and Causeur allowed the hosts to restore a 51-47 edge after 30 minutes. Kavaliauskas scored around the basket early in the fourth quarter but a dunk-and-foul by Falker and a jumper by Hite boosted Cholet's lead to 56-49. Sims tried to change things with a layup and a free throws by Valters got VEF within 56-52 with under 7 minutes left. Vebobe scored down low but Valters bettered that with a triple. Falker took over with consecutive layups and Causeur soon gave Cholet a seven-point lead, 64-57. Valters struck from downtown but a jumper by Hite made it 66-60 with 3 minutes to go. Janicenoks and Kavaliauskas managed to get VEF within 66-65 with 23 seconds to go but a three-pointer by Causeur allowed Cholet to seal the outcome. Janicenoks answered from downtown but Gradit and Causeur allowed all Cholet fans to celebrate a big home win.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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Referees: JERSAN, ANDREJ; JASEVICIUS, TOMAS; ARAÑA, FRANCISCO
Attendance: 4500 (Tentative)
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  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
5 CAUSEUR, FABIEN 31:02 19 7/13 1/4 2/2 2 6 8 4 3 1 1   4 7 28
6 FOFANA, VAFESSA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 VEBOBE, LUC-ARTHUR 21:53 8 4/6     1 5 6 1   1     3   9
11 HITE, ROBERT 30:23 11 3/9 1/6 2/2   1 1 2   1     3 2 1
13 DUPORT, ROMAIN 20:20 10 4/8   2/4 3 7 10 1   1     3 3 14
14 FALKER, RANDAL 26:17 17 7/8   3/3 3 3 6 2 1 3 1   2 5 26
15 GOBERT, RUDY 11:30 2 1/3     1 1 2           2    
16 ONA EMBO, CARL 13:21   0/1 0/1   1   1 1         1   -1
17 GRADIT, WILLIAM 24:43 3 0/4   3/4   2 2 2       1 2 2 1
20 McGRATH, DONNIE 20:31 2 1/3 0/1     1 1 2 1 2     2 1  
Team             1 1               1
Totals 200:00 72 27/55 2/12 12/15 11 27 38 15 5 9 2 1 22 20 79
        49.1% 16.7% 80%
Head coach: KUNTER, ERMAN
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
VEF Riga
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 PERRY, MARQUE 21:59 9 3/6   3/6   1 1 2   3     2 3 4
5 KAUFMANIS, JANIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 VALTERS, SANDIS 21:16 8 0/1 2/7 2/4 1   1           3 3 1
12 JANICENOKS, KRISTAPS 33:02 14 2/5 3/7 1/2   1 1 2 1       4 6 12
14 BERZINS, KASPARS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 KAVALIAUSKAS, ANTANAS 26:46 10 3/6   4/4 4 2 6 3 1     1 2 2 16
24 MILLAGE, CURTIS 15:20 5 1/3   3/3   2 2 1 1         2 9
32 CAIN, TYLER 23:32 6 3/5     2 7 9 2     1   3 1 14
33 BERZINS, JANIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
44 SIMS, COURTNEY 29:42 11 4/10   3/3   7 7   1 5   1 2 3 8
45 BERTANS, DAIRIS 28:23 5 2/5 0/2 1/2   4 4 1   2     4 2  
Team           2   2     1         1
Totals 200:00 68 18/41 5/16 17/24 9 24 33 11 4 11 1 2 20 22 65
        43.9% 31.3% 70.8%
Head coach: BUTAUTAS, RAMUNAS

Head Coaches

KUNTER, ERMAN
Cholet Basket
“This victory is good for my team as we lost our last four games. Fabien Causeur and Randal Falker did big things in this game. We played together and we didn’t lose our clarity. The most important game for qualification in the Top 16 will be the next one against Khimki Moscow.”
BUTAUTAS, RAMUNAS
VEF Riga
“Congratulations to Cholet. They controlled the game. They were faster and better than us tonight. (Fabien) Causeur made a crazy three-point shot at the end that led Cholet to the win.”

Players

HITE, ROBERT
Cholet Basket
“What made the difference tonight? I think a few shots. The three-point shot by Fabien Causeur at the end of game surely helped us to win this game. Both teams played very well tonight, but we were better on defense.”
BERTANS, DAIRIS
VEF Riga
“They played more aggressively tonight. They played very good defense. They won the game point by point. Fabien Causeur made a good shot at the end of the game but we were still alive with a three-pointer at the 3-second mark at the end of the game. But unfortunately we lost. Congratulations to the French team.”
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