2002-03Regular SeasonRound 8
December 17, 2002 CET: 00:00
Local time: 00:00 PALAZZO DELLO SPORT

Eurocellulari Roseto fed its hopes of reaching a berth in the ULEB Cup second round with an 85-69 home win Tuesday in Group B against Telindus Oostende of Belgium. A 48-27 second half did the trick for Roseto, which now has a 4-4 record while Oostende, at the bottom of the Group B with 1-7, is eliminated. The hometeam had as scoring leader Rodney Monroe who netted 18 points. Teemu Rannikko and Juan Manuel Moltedo contributed 15 more each, while Marko Milic scored 11. Tony Dorsey netted 17 for the guests, Virgil Stanescu scored 14, Michale Hawkins and Riimas Kaukenas added 11 and Mike Nahar dropped 10.

The game started with Eurocellulari Roseto on fire and running in the open court to take a 11-2 lead after just 2 minutes. But newcomer Michael Hawkins started to give Oostende the right tempo and also added 2 three pointers to give it a slim advantage at the ned of the first period, 22-23. In the second the game was again balanced and close, but if Roseto was nervous playing with an important goal to reach, Oostende had its mind free and kept playing calm and well. Dorsey was in an outstanding moment, as was Monroe, the only Roseto player completely in the game during this period. At the buzzer the guests led 39-42 behind Dorsey's 13 points, while Monroe had dropped 11 for Eurocellulari.

In the third period the Italian team played a tough and aggressive man-to-man defense, and Oostende had difficulty finding an easy shot and scored just 14 points. The long distance shooting percentage of Italians improved and they earned a 60-56 lead at the end of the period. In the last 10 minutes the deeper bench of Roseto gave the final push to the victory. Oostende, using always the same six players, was tired and home team found the time for spectacular plays to excite the crowd.

Tuesday, December 17, 2002
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Referees: KOROMILAS, KOSTAS; COELHO, ANTONIO; UDRICA, MARIUS
Attendance: 624
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Eurocellulari Roseto22172125
Ostend23191413
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Eurocellulari Roseto22396085
Ostend23425669
Eurocellulari Roseto
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 MARIANI, MASSIMO 4:00   0/2                         -2
5 MONROE, RODNEY 26:00 18 3/6 3/7 3/4   1 1 2 1 2       3 15
6 KWIATKOWSKI, ANDRZEJ 24:00 6 2/2   2/4 5 2 7 1 1 3     4 2 8
9 RANNIKKO, TEEMU 33:00 15 1/3 3/5 4/6   2 2 5 6 1 1   2 8 28
10 FAJARDO, DIEGO 24:00 7 1/6   5/7 1 7 8 1 5 2     1 4 15
11 MILIC, MARKO 28:00 11 3/10   5/6 2 2 4 4 4 3     3 4 13
12 SARTORI, MAURO 9:00 2 1/1 0/3     1 1 1         2   -1
14 MOLTEDO, JUAN 18:00 15 6/7 1/3 0/1   3 3   1 5     5 2 7
15 DAVIS, BEN 22:00 9 4/5   1/2 4 6 10           5 1 13
16 DAVOLIO, ALESSANDRO 11:00 2 1/1 0/2     1 1 1 2     1 3    
20 SCAPIN, MATTEO 1:00                         1   -1
Team                   4 1         3
Totals 200:00 85 22/43 7/20 20/30 12 25 37 15 24 17 1 1 26 24 98
        51.2% 35% 66.7%
Head coach: MELILLO, PHILIP
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
Ostend
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 MAJOR, GERRIT 27:00 3 1/2 0/1 1/2   1 1 1   2     3 2 -1
5 NAHAR, MIKEL 17:00 10 4/4   2/2   3 3   1 1     3 1 11
6 BEGHIN, CHRISTOPHE 32:00 4 2/6     2 6 8 1   3     4 1 3
7 CIZMIC, TEO 3:00   0/1               1     2   -4
8 HAWKINS, MICHAEL 35:00 10   2/7 4/4 1 3 4 2 2 4   1 1 7 14
9 BIGGS, RALPH DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 DORSEY, TONY 31:00 17 5/12 1/1 4/8 2 8 10 4 3 4 1   5 7 22
11 MENAMA, BOB DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 KAUKENAS, RIMANTAS 23:00 11 1/3 1/3 6/7   1 1   4 3     4 5 9
13 RAHIER, JULIEN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 VERDICKT, BRAM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 STANESCU, VIRGIL 32:00 14 6/11   2/5 2 5 7   1 4     2 3 11
Team           1   1   6 2         5
Totals 200:00 69 19/40 4/12 19/28 8 27 35 8 17 24 1 1 24 26 69
        47.5% 33.3% 67.9%
Head coach: CASTEELS, EDDY
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Head Coaches

MELILLO, PHILIP
Eurocellulari Roseto
"We reached our goal for this game: the victory. We have played well just in the last period, probably we were tired after Sunday game but also we had a bad approach at the game. But for one time this season, we had the best result with the smaller effort. We have to consider that Oostende had the mind free and it is a better team than in the first game. Now we have a good chance to reach the qualification but certailny we should have a better approach to the game."
CASTEELS, EDDY
Ostend
"I have just a few things to say on the game. All the time we play on the road, my players rememeber to play jsut for 20 minutes and then disappear. Then Roseto is a different team compared with that that we faced a few weeks ago, they are in excellent shape, Milic is an incredible addition for the competition and Monroe seems to be the same of the past after recovering from injury. We were in the game until our defense went soft, then we collapsed quickly and didn't find motivations to come back."

Players

MILIC, MARKO
Eurocellulari Roseto
"I think we have played well just for a half. In the first half we played under our possibilities, but in the lockerroom the coach waked us up and we showed our consistence in the second half. Adding Rodney Monroe we have another weapon outside and it is easier to drive to the rim for me."
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