2019-20Top 16Round 5
February 05, 2020 CET: 20:15
Local time: 20:15 PALASPORT TALIERCIO

Reyer stays alive, holds off Oldenburg

Facing a must-win situation to avoid elimination, Umana Reyer Venice led from start to finish and took control of its quarterfinals destiny with a hard-fought 82-78 win over visiting EWE Baskets Oldenburg on Wednesday night. Reyer improved to 3-2 in Group F, while Oldenburg dropped to 2-3 but it did win the head-to-head tiebreaker since it beat Reyer by 11 points in Round 1. Jeremy Chappell paced the winners with 16 points and Mitchell Watt collected 14 points plus 9 rebounds. Michael Bramos netted 13 points, Andrea De Nicolao scored 12, including a game-sealing three-pointer, while Andrew Goudelock had 10 points for Reyer. Oldenburg's Rasid Mahalbasic was at moments unstoppable, carrying his team with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Tyler Larson added 12 points in a losing effort.

Reyer took control from the start with a 7-0 run capped by De Nicolao's triple. Phillip Schwethelm hit from downtown for the visitors, but Watt scored twice from close range and Chappell had 5 points, including a three-pointer that helped the hosts build a 21-9 advantage. Larson had a three-point play late in the first and Armani Moore opened the second with a three-pointer for the visitors, but Reyer kept the advantage in double digits behind close-range baskets from Gasper Vidmar and Austin Daye. Another three from Chappell extended the margin to 32-21. De Nicolao took it twice to the rim and Bramos hit a corner triple, but Mahalbasic strung together 10 points for the visitors to help get them within 4 points and make it 45-39 at halftime.

The visitors had a strong start to the third quarter behind Watt who scored 5 points to extend it to 52-39. Karsten Tadda knocked down a corner triple and Mahalbasic a pair of hook shots to cut into the deficit, before Justin Sears scored twice inside to help Oldenburg get within 57-56 going into the fourth quarter. But Reyer stepped up on defense, while Chappell knocked down another three and Watt scored 5 more points, including a three-point play that extended it to 67-58. Oldenburg was not going away, as Tadda and Braydon Hobbs made back-to-back three-pointers. Bramos answered with a triple and had a key put-back layup to extend the margin to 78-69. Mahalbasic and Larson each hit a three-pointer that helped cut the deficit to 79-76 and sent the game down to the wire, but De Nicolao nailed a three with 13.2 seconds on the clock to decide the winner of this contest.

Must-win situation

Reyer ended up facing elimination in this game because Promitheas Patras beat Germani Brescia Leonessa as this game was tipping off, but now controls its destiny and could even finish first in the group.

Glass advantage

Reyer did a great job controlling the boards; the hosts held a 45-31 rebounding advantage and outrebounded Oldenburg 15-8 on the offensive glass.

Goudelock into double-digits

Andrew Goudelock, the 2014 EuroCup MVP, played his second EuroCup game after his lengthy recovery from injury. He was still limited, easing his way with 16 minutes, but finished with 10 points

Containing Rasid

Oldenburg big man Rasid Mahalbasic finished with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, but he still did less damage that in Round 1 when he amassed 25 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists.

Next up

In Top 16 Round 6 in the first week of March, Oldenburg will host Promitheas Patras (3-2), while Venice will visit fellow Italian side Germani Brescia Leonessa (2-3). Each of the four teams can advance, each team can clinch first place, and each team can be eliminated.

Jeremy Chappell - Umana Reyer Venice (photo Alessandro Scarpa - RTeyer) - EC19
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
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Referees: JAVOR, DAMIR; BAUMANIS, INGUS; GELLER, RENAUD
Attendance: 3183
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Umana Reyer Venice24211225
EWE Baskets Oldenburg14251722
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Umana Reyer Venice24455782
EWE Baskets Oldenburg14395678
Umana Reyer Venice
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
5 STONE, JULYAN 16:11     0/2     7 7 2   1     2 1 5
6 BRAMOS, MICHAEL 31:10 13 3/4 2/6 1/2 3 3 6 3 1   1   1 2 19
9 DAYE, AUSTIN 21:22 6 2/6 0/5 2/2 3 4 7 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 6
10 DE NICOLAO, ANDREA 21:51 12 3/4 2/3     1 1 5 1 4   1 4 3 11
12 FILLOY, ARIEL 1:58 2     2/2                   1 3
14 VIDMAR, GASPER 10:57 7 3/4   1/5 2 4 6   1 3 1   5 4 6
15 GOUDELOCK, ANDREW 16:09 10 2/3 1/4 3/4   1 1             3 9
21 CHAPPELL, JEREMY 27:24 16 2/4 4/6   2 1 3 3   2     1   15
22 MAZZOLA, VALERIO 22:23 2 1/2 0/2     2 2     1     5   -5
29 PELLEGRINO, FRANCESCO 2:18         1   1               1
30 CERELLA, BRUNO 5:32     0/2                       -2
50 WATT, MITCHELL 22:45 14 6/9   2/3 2 7 9 1   2 2   3 7 24
Team           2   2               2
Totals 200:00 82 22/36 9/30 11/18 15 30 45 16 6 14 5 2 24 22 94
        61.1% 30% 61.1%
Head coach: DE RAFFAELE, WALTER
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
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
2 MOORE, ARMANI 24:33 5 1/3 1/1   1 4 5 1         3 2 8
3 HOBBS, BRAYDON 17:39 3   1/4     2 2 2 1 2     1   2
5 SEARS, JUSTIN 9:13 8 4/5       2 2     1 1   5 2 6
9 TADDA, KARSTEN 15:44 6   2/2     1 1 1 1 1     3 2 7
11 MCCLAIN, KEVIN 18:33 8 3/7   2/2   1 1 2 1   1 1 3 2 7
15 KESSEN, MARCEL 3:03   0/2                   1 1   -4
21 AMAIZE, ROBIN 14:18 2 0/1 0/1 2/2                   1 1
23 PAULDING, RICKEY 24:46 7 2/8 0/1 3/4   3 3     2   1 1 2  
24 MAHALBASIC, RASID 27:39 24 7/11 1/3 7/12 3 3 6 4 1 4   2 3 7 22
33 SCHWETHELM, PHILIPP 15:32 3 0/2 1/1     1 1 1         1 1 3
55 LARSON, TYLER 29:00 12 3/4 1/3 3/4 1 5 6 2   2     1 5 18
Team           3 1 4     1         3
Totals 200:00 78 20/43 7/16 17/24 8 23 31 13 4 13 2 5 22 24 73
        46.5% 43.8% 70.8%
Head coach: DRIJENCIC, MLADEN

Head Coaches

DE RAFFAELE, WALTER
Umana Reyer Venice
"It was a great effort from the players. They really got resilience, against everybody, against any situation. I think we deserved to win by more points, but we knew that Oldenburg is a really tough and strong team, so we are really happy because we control our destiny. This is a very important win for a different reason. We found ourselves all together inside the locker room. That is something more than winning games, something for the rest of the season because we have to fight altogether and listen to no one."
DRIJENCIC, MLADEN
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
"We knew we had to play physically against Venice. But we did so only in the last 15 minutes of this game. You could see that some of my players were tired today after a tough fight against ALBA Berlin last Sunday. Now we will put our focus on winning against Patras."

Players

GOUDELOCK, ANDREW
Umana Reyer Venice
"It feels great to be back. It's been a year for me, I am just happy to be able to play basketball again. We've all been doing it since we were kids, at the end of the day I just feel like a little kid playing basketball again. For us as a team, we played good defensively, we focused on Mahalbasic. We stuck to the game plan, so I am happy for everybody."
MAHALBASIC, RASID
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
"Winning here would have been better. But winning the tiebreak was crucial! Now we have to put all our efforts into this last game against Patras."
SCHWETHELM, PHILIPP
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
"We had the chance to get the win. Venice is a tough team, we are glad to just lose by 4. We are still in a position to advance to the quarterfinals. That’s the best news today."
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