Ventspils vs. Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir - Game

2014-15Regular SeasonRound 3

October 29, 2014 CET: 18:00

Local time: 19:00 OLYMPIC CENTER VENTSPILS

Karsiyaka leaves Latvia with road win

Baris Hersek - Pinar Karsiyaka - EC14 (photo Ventspils)

Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir left Latvia with a 72-81 victory over Ventspils to raise its record to 2-1 to join PAOK Thessaloniki in second place in Group F. The hosts dropped to 1-2. Karsiyaka used an 11-0 second-quarter run to take the first big lead, 20-34. The visitors stretched it to 20 points in the third on a Jon Diebler triple and controlled the game in the final 10 minutes. Juan Palacios amassed 18 points and 10 rebounds, Kenny Gabriel added 18 points on 6-of-7 two-point shooting and 8 rebounds, and Bobby Dixon also scored 18 points to lead the winners, while Jon Diebler posted 16. Ventspils got 13 points with 5 assist from Mire Chatman, 11 from Ate Artis, while Andreis Grazulis bagged 10 with a perfect shooting performance.

Palacios’s 6 points put the visitors ahead 3-8, but veteran point guard Chatman from long distance put Ventspils in front 10-8. Palacios converted a three-point play with seconds left in the quarter to give his team an 18-23 lead. Zanis Peiners opened the scoring in the second quarter for the home team. Gabriel soon capped a 0-11 for a 20-34 advantage. A jumper by Dixon and a triple from Gabriel sent Karsiyaka to a 24-41 cushion. Chatman, again from downtown, kept the hosts in charge. Palacios and Ate exchanged baskets to make it 34-47 for the guests at halftime.

Ventpsils made an attempt at a comeback by closing within 38-47 through Harvey Grant from the foul line, but Gabriel finished a break with a huge dunk to rebuild a 14-point cushion. Diebler hit from beyond the arc to make it a 20-point game, 42-62, with three minutes left in the quarter. Andrejs Grazulis with a three-point-play and Martins Mejers with free throws tried to keep the hosts alive, but Soner Senturk went to the rim to make it 50-69 through three quarters. Ten consecutive points from the home team led by a brilliant Gardulis put them back in the game at 60-69. Palacios, assisted by Yunus Sonsirma, scored to restore a double-digit margin, 65-77, with two minutes left. Dixon free throws sealed the visitors’s victory.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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Referees: RADOVIC, SRETEN; PETEK, SASO; VAN DEN BROECK, NICK

Attendance: 2300 (Tentative)

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Ventspils	18	16	16	22
Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir	23	24	22	12

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Ventspils	18	34	50	72
Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir	23	47	69	81

Ventspils

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
7	BARNIES, TROY	21:02	9	4/6	0/3	1/2		2	2	1						1	7
8	LEJASMEIERS, DAVIS	17:00		0/2				2	2	2		1			2		-1
12	KANBERGS, KRISTAPS	7:16	3		1/2												2
13	VAIROGS, AKSELIS	23:14	10	1/4	2/5	2/2	1	2	3	2	1			1	2	1	8
15	ATE, ARTIS	23:09	11	1/3	3/5			2	2	3		2		1	2		7
21	BUTJANKOVS, ARTJOMS	3:30						1	1			1
22	GULBIS, MARIS	11:17		0/2	0/1		1	1	2					1	2		-4
24	GRAZULIS, ANDREJS	12:35	10	3/3	1/1	1/1	1	1	2	2	1				3	1	13
31	PEINERS, ZANIS	8:51	6	2/3		2/2	1		1			3	1		1	2	5
32	CHATMAN, MIRE	32:59	13	2/4	3/5			5	5	5	1	2			1	8	25
33	MEIERS, MARTINS	16:37	2	0/3		2/2		1	1	1		1	1		2	1
45	GRANT, JERAI	22:30	8	0/2		8/8	2	5	7			1			2	6	16
	Team						2	1	3								3
	Totals	200:00	72	13/32	10/22	16/17	8	23	31	16	3	11	2	3	17	20	81
				40.6%	45.5%	94.1%

Head coach: STELMAHERS, ROBERTS

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

Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
0	DEMIR, MUTLU	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	PALACIOS, JUAN	30:33	18	8/14		2/3	4	6	10	3	3	2		1	3	3	24
5	HERSEK, BARIS	6:17		0/3			2		2						4		-5
8	STRAWBERRY, DJ	22:16	1	0/1	0/2	1/2		3	3	1	1				3	3	2
9	GUVEN, EGEMEN	9:22										1			3		-4
12	KOC, INANC	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	MUHAMMED, ALI	30:11	18	2/8	4/8	2/2	3	2	5	2	1					4	20
19	SONSIRMA, YUNUS	27:04	8	1/3	1/3	3/3	1	1	2	2		2		1	2	2	5
22	GABRIEL, KENNY	33:43	18	6/7	2/5	0/1	1	7	8	1	1	1	3		2	2	25
24	ALTAY, CEYHUN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
32	DIEBLER, JON	25:38	16	3/4	3/6	1/1	2	1	3	1	1	2			1	3	17
34	SENTURK, SONER	14:56	2	1/4			2	1	3	1					2		1
	Team						3	1	4			2					2
	Totals	200:00	81	21/44	10/24	9/12	18	22	40	11	7	10	3	2	20	17	87
				47.7%	41.7%	75%

Head coach: SARICA, UFUK

Head Coaches

STELMAHERS, ROBERTS

Ventspils

"We knew that our opponents play physical basketball. They are players of a higher class, very good players. We tried to change the situation and come back in the last quarter, but we did not manage to change the situation. I think that Pinar Karsiyaka is one of the leaders of the Eurocup. This game was an education for our young players for whom this is the first experience in a tournament of such a high level."

SARICA, UFUK

Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir

"This was a great win for us, especially, because now we have won two games on the road. We fought well, especially, in defense. We rebounded, we passed the ball well to each other and throughout the game we were ahead. We are happy and will now prepare for the next Eurocup game in Turkey. "

Players

ATE, ARTIS

Ventspils

"We began good, but then we allowed our opponents to score easy shots and they opened up a margin. In the second half we had to stop them, but they were more professional and our defense was not as good, so we lost. "

GABRIEL, KENNY

Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir

"We knew that this was going to be a tough game and we would have to play all 40 minutes. We relaxed a little bit in the last quarter, but we pulled ourselves together and the win was ours. I wanted to show and do my best in this game. "