Limoges CSP vs. Partizan NIS Belgrade - Game

2019-20Regular SeasonRound 5

October 30, 2019 CET: 19:15

Local time: 19:15 PALAIS DES SPORTS DE BEAUBLANC

Partizan beats Limoges to stay undefeated

Partizan NIS Belgrade remained the only undefeated team in the 2019-20 7DAYS EuroCup by downing Limoges CSP 60-82 at Palais des Sports de Beaublanc in Group B on Wednesday. Partizan improved to 5-0 and will qualify to the Top 16 with its next win, regardless of other results. Limoges dropped to 1-4. Rashawn Thomas led the winners with 16 points, Marcus Paige added 14, Nemanja Gordic had 13 and William Mosley 11 for Partizan. Hugo Invernizzi led Limoges with 13 points, Nicolas Lang scored 12 and Semaj Christon 11 for the hosts. Three-pointers by Invernizzi, Lang and Timothe Crusol helped Limoges to a 25-16 margin after 10 minutes. Paige and Gordic led a 0-10 run that gave Partizan its first lead, 25-26, soon after that. Rade Zagorac and Zanis Peiners fueled another 0-10 run that boosted the visitors' lead to 32-36 at halftime. Partizan improved its defense after the break and Gordic, Paige and Ognjen Jaramaz gave the visitors a very safe margin, 40-56, after 30 minutes. Nothing changed after that, as Partizan cruised to a well-deserved win.

Invernizzi struck twice from downtown and Lang added another three-pointer in an 11-2 opening run that caused Partizan to call timeout at 11-2. Thomas stepped up with a three-point play, but Conklin and Christon made it a double-digit game, 15-5. Mosley hit a jumper and Thomas added a three-pointer, but back-to-back layups by Vincent Sanford ignited a 7-0 run, which Lang capped with a triple, good for a 22-10 Limoges lead. Gordic and Paige fueled a 0-6 Partizan run, but Crusol sank one from beyond the arc to keep the hosts ahead, 25-16, after 10 minutes. Paige took over with 7 unanswered points, including a couple of floaters, early in the second quarter. Gordic added a three-pointer to give Partizan its first lead, 25-26, after a 0-10 run. It didn't last long, however, as Christon hit a triple and added a couple of assists in a 7-0 run that saw Limoges regain the lead, 32-26. Stefan Bircevic dunked, igniting a 0-10 run in which Zagorac and Peiners each had 4 points for a 32-36 Partizan edge at halftime.

Conklin scored down low soon after the break, but Limoges was held scoreless in the next 6 minutes. Meanwhile, Jaramaz and Thomas sparked a 0-12 run in which a layup by Nikola Jankovic and a three-pointer by Paige broke the game open, 34-48. Christon struck twice from beyond the arc, but Gordic and Peiners kept Partizan way ahead, 40-52. A put-back slam by Mosley and a layup by Gordic broke the game open, 40-56, after 30 minutes. Sanford tried to change things with 4 quick points early in the fourth quarter and Invernizzi added a three-pointer, but Jaramaz and Mosley answered for a 47-64 lead with less than 6 minutes left. Back-to-back baskets by Thomas sealed the outcome, 53-70, as Limoges never recovered.

Pivotal performer

Mosley was a defensive wall and really efficient on offense, contributing on both sides of the floor. He finished the game with 11 points on 5-of-6 two-point shooting plus 9 rebounds (5 of them on the offensive end), an assist, a steal and 3 blocks for a PIR of 21.

Game-changing moment

Partizan led 34-36 right after the break but managed to keep Limoges scoreless for 6 long minutes. Meanwhile, Jaramaz, Gordic and Paige fueled a 0-12 run that gave the visitors a 34-48 margin, enough to control the game until the final buzzer.

Stellar stat

Partizan outrebounded Limoges by 27-43, pulling down 15 offensive boards. Partizan hit 30-of-45 two-point shots, three times as many shots inside the arc as its opponents tonight. Limoges hit 10-of-35 two-point attempts (28.6%), which made the difference in the game.

Did you notice?

Ten two-point shots made are an all-time low in the EuroCup for Limoges. It had previously scored 11 shots inside the arc against UNICS Kazan on January 9, 2018. Its two-point shooting percentage (28.6%) was also an all-time low for the French powerhouse; it had never shot less than 30% inside the arc.

Next game

Both teams return to 7DAYS EuroCup action next week. Partizan hosts Umana Reyer Venice on Tuesday, November 5. A day later, Limoges hosts Tofas Bursa.

William Mosley - Partizan NIS Belgrade (photo Gabriel Laprade) - EC19

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Eurocupbasketball.com

Referees: PERUGA, CARLOS; RACYS, SAULIUS; CLIVAZ, SEBASTIEN

Attendance: 4287

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Limoges CSP	25	7	8	20
Partizan NIS Belgrade	16	20	20	26

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Limoges CSP	25	32	40	60
Partizan NIS Belgrade	16	36	56	82

Limoges CSP

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
0	MBALA, BENOIT	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	CRUSOL, TIMOTHE	11:06	3	0/1	1/1							1		2	2		-3
6	CHRISTON, SEMAJ	34:42	11	1/11	3/7	0/2		4	4	10		2	1	2	2	3	7
9	VARANAUSKAS, OVIDIJUS	5:18								2		2			1		-1
10	INVERNIZZI, HUGO	25:56	13	1/3	3/4	2/2		4	4	2		1			3	2	14
12	DIAGNE, ATOUMANE	13:22				0/2	1	2	3				1			3	5
14	CONKLIN, BRIAN	23:34	9	3/8		3/4	3	2	5		1	3		1	4	3	4
15	LANG, NICOLAS	32:37	12		4/9			1	1	2		2					8
16	BOUTSIELE, JERRY	17:08	4	2/4		0/2	2	1	3		2	1		1	2	2	3
17	MOUJIB, BADR	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	BROWN, ANTHONY	5:41			0/1			1	1							2	2
44	SANFORD, VINCENT	30:36	8	3/8	0/2	2/2	1		1	3	3	1			2	2	7
	Team						3	2	5								5
	Totals	200:00	60	10/35	11/24	7/14	10	17	27	19	6	13	2	6	16	17	51
				28.6%	45.8%	50%

Head coach: JULBE, ALFRED

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

Partizan NIS Belgrade

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
3	ZAGORAC, RADE	22:11	4	2/4	0/3	0/2	2	4	6	2					2	2	5
5	PAIGE, MARCUS	25:51	14	2/2	2/4	4/4		1	1	1	3	5	1			1	14
7	GORDIC, NEMANJA	22:55	13	5/7	1/2			5	5	6		2			2	1	18
9	PARAKHOUSKI, ARTSIOM	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	JARAMAZ, OGNJEN	22:13	8	3/4	0/3	2/2		1	1	4	1	3			2	4	9
11	MILETIC, DUSAN	3:41										1	1		1		-1
14	BIRCEVIC, STEFAN	19:08	4	2/2	0/3			5	5						2		4
21	JANKOVIC, NIKOLA	14:35	4	2/3			1	1	2	1	1	1			1		5
25	THOMAS, RASHAWN	20:52	16	5/10	1/2	3/4	2	3	5	1				1	1	5	18
31	PEINERS, ZANIS	26:50	8	4/7	0/1			3	3	1	2	1	1	1	4	1	6
42	MOSLEY , WILLIAM	21:44	11	5/6		1/2	5	4	9	1	1	1	3		2	1	21
	Team						5	1	6			1					5
	Totals	200:00	82	30/45	4/18	10/14	15	28	43	17	8	15	6	2	17	15	104
				66.7%	22.2%	71.4%

Head coach: TRINCHIERI, ANDREA

Head Coaches

JULBE, ALFRED

Limoges CSP

"We had an excellent first quarter, but after that, it was a big mess, especially in rebounding situations, even in the first quarter, and in all things associated with fighting, grabbing, pushing... we were 2-3 steps behind Partizan. We had a frustration that we shouldn't allow ourselves to have."

TRINCHIERI, ANDREA

Partizan NIS Belgrade

"First of all, congratulations to my players, who were able to find a way to play a difficult game. We know that Limoges at home is tough, because they run, they're athletic, they put a lot of shooters on the floor. We started very bad, slow. They were very aggressive. But then possession after possesion, we came back. We were able to narrow the gap in the first quarter when it was a key moment of the game because if they kept going up, we wouldn't have had a chance to come back. Then we had two great defensive quarters, the second and third. Limoges scored only 15 points, and that was the game. The second key was our rebounding. We rebounded well offensively and defensively. This gave us a lot of confidence, and I believe we deserved to win."

Players

CONKLIN, BRIAN

Limoges CSP

"Tonight, our third quarter didn't go good for us. It's kind of been the story of the season. Sometimes, we come out of the locker room and things are clicking. Other times, the other team maybe has a couple of rallies, and we don't stay together, we take bad shots, the second and third defensive rotations weren't there. Then you have a third quarter like this and it rolls to the rest of the game."

GORDIC, NEMANJA

Partizan NIS Belgrade

"It is a good feeling. Today we had a slow start, they hit some tough shots, but I am happy that my team stayed in the game. We played much better defense in the second and third quarter and I think that, in the end, we deserved this victory."