2018-19Top 16Round 5
January 29, 2019 CET: 21:00
Local time: 21:00 PALAIS DES SPORTS DE BEAUBLANC

Limoges rallies, KO's Zvezda

Limoges CSP came back from 13 points down in the fourth quarter to beat Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade at home 72-71 for its first victory in the Top 16. The result eliminated Zvezda from quarterfinal contention and sent 2017 champion Unicaja Malaga into the next stage. Jerry Boutsiele collected 13 points and 13 rebounds and Isaiah Miles scored 13 points as Limoges finished the game with a 21-7 run. Jonathan Rousselle added 9 points - including the game-winning layup with 14 seconds left - as Limoges moved to 1-4 in Group G. Zvezda fell to 1-4. Joe Ragland collected 15 points, 6 assists and 2 steals in the loss, Billy Baron had 12 points and Ognjen Dobric 10.

The game was back and forth most of the first quarter. Dusan Ristic started well for the visitors with a pair of baskets for the first lead change, 5-6. The lead switched hands on three straight scores - three-pointers from Dobric and Damien Inglis and a Ragland three-point play that made it 10-12. Rousselle's triple gave Limoges the lead, but Baron had the visitors up 15-16 after 10 minutes. There were more lead changes in the second frame with Borisa Simanic's three being matched by Dwight Hardy before Filip Covic's triple started a 0-7 spurt for a 22-26 Zvezda lead. Zvezda went up 28-30 on a Ristic three-point, play but Miles and Jordan Taylor nailed three-pointers in a 10-2 run for a 38-32 advantage, which was 40-35 at intermission. William Howard's three-pointer put Limoges up 43-38. However, the hosts went ice cold, while Zvezda started getting hot with Dobric hitting a three and Baron knocking down back-to-back shots from long range in a 0-14 run to make it 43-52. Miles's three-pointer stopped a 5-minute scoreless stretch for Limoges only to see Zvezda use a 2-8 surge to finish the third quarter ahead 48-60. A Covic triple helped increase the lead to 51-64. Limoges was not ready to go down without a fight with Miles and Axel Bouteille nailing three-pointers to bring the hosts within 60-66. Boutsiele picked up 4 more points before Rousselle's three-pointer cut the margin to 70-71 with 48 seconds left. After a 24-second shot clock violation by Zvezda, Rousselle made a layup over Zvezda big men Michael Ojo and Mouhammad Faye with 14 seconds left. Stratos Perperoglou could not get the final attempt to go and Limoges got the win.

Game-changing sequence

Zvezda led by 13 points early in the fourth quarter, but Isaiah Miles and Axel Bouteille knocked down three-pointers and a Jerry Boutsiele basket trimmed the gap to 60-66 – to give Limoges the confidence that it could come back.

Pivotal performer

Jonathan Rousselle had scored just 4 points in the first 39 minutes, but the 28-year-old French guard and Limoges captain came up huge in the final minute: draining a three-pointer with 48 seconds left and then scoring the game-winning layup with 14 seconds to play.

Telling numbers

Limoges turned the ball over just 10 times while forcing 13 Zvezda turnovers and the hosts hit 11 of 25 (44.0%) three-pointers while outrebounding Zvezda 40-31.

Next games

Zvezda will bow out of the EuroCup this season with a home game against Unicaja Malaga on Tuesday. Limoges will look to finish its Top 16 campaign with its second victory when it faces Valencia Basket on Wednesday.

Isaiah Miles - Limoges CSP (photo Limoges) - EC18
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: PAPAPETROU, PETROS; ALIAGA, JORDI; KARTAL, ERSAN
Attendance: 3640
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Limoges CSP
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 INGLIS, DAMIEN 16:40 5 0/3 1/3 2/2   2 2 2 2 1   1 3 2 3
1 HARDY, DWIGHT 29:29 9 3/6 1/4         3   2     1   3
5 ROUSSELLE, JONATHAN 15:03 9 1/2 2/5 1/2   2 2 2   1     3 2 6
11 TAYLOR, JORDAN 24:55 8 1/7 1/1 3/3       7         4 1 6
13 BAZILLE, TIMOTHEE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 MILES, ISAIAH 31:03 13 1/3 3/6 2/2 1 4 5 2   1   1 3 4 14
16 BOUTSIELE, JERRY 32:15 13 5/13   3/4 4 9 13 2 1 3 1   1 7 24
40 LARRIBAU, DAMIEN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
42 HOWARD, WILLIAM 24:07 8 1/1 2/3     1 1 1 2       4 2 9
83 BOUTEILLE, AXEL 26:28 7 2/8 1/3   3 7 10   1 2 1 1 1   7
Team           6 1 7     1         6
Totals 200:00 72 14/43 11/25 11/13 14 26 40 19 6 11 2 3 20 18 78
        32.6% 44% 84.6%
Head coach: PERONNET, FRANCOIS
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
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 RAGLAND, JOE 27:59 15 6/7 0/2 3/5   2 2 6 2 2     2 9 25
3 COVIC, FILIP 13:02 9 1/2 2/3 1/2   1 1 3   1     3 1 7
4 KESELJ, MARKO 6:00 2   0/1 2/2   1 1     1     1 1 1
5 PERPEROGLOU, STRATOS 19:33 4 2/4 0/1     5 5 1   3     2 2 4
7 DAVIDOVAC, DEJAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 NENADIC, NEMANJA 0:02                              
11 FAYE, MOUHAMMAD 26:42 4 0/1 1/6 1/2 1 2 3 3 2   1   1 1 6
12 BARON, BILLY 34:15 12 2/4 2/5 2/3   4 4   2 3   1 1 1 8
13 DOBRIC, OGNJEN 25:14 10 2/3 2/6   1   1     2 1   3 1 3
14 RISTIC, DUSAN 21:41 9 4/6   1/1 1 5 6   1 1   1 2 1 11
22 SIMANIC, BORISA 7:18 3   1/2     1 1 1 1   1   1   5
50 OJO, MICHAEL 18:14 3 1/1   1/2 1 5 6           2 2 8
Team             1 1     1          
Totals 200:00 71 18/28 8/26 11/17 4 27 31 14 8 14 3 2 18 19 78
        64.3% 30.8% 64.7%
Head coach: TOMIC, MILAN

Head Coaches

PERONNET, FRANCOIS
Limoges CSP
"The team is pretty happy in the locker room to finally get a win in the Top 16. I don't think it was our best game in terms of quality of how we played, but the good thing was the fight and we never gave up."
TOMIC, MILAN
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade
"We had the game until the 38th minute. The last 2 minutes and 40 seconds we did everything we could to make it into a game for one shot. Turnovers, bad options on offense, very bad defense and we lost the game. I think those last 2 and a half minutes were the most important in how we played. The first half was up and down. We were up, Limoges was up. But in the right moment, we built a difference. It was 12 points, but in the end, we didn't finish it. They were playing their last game at home so I expected a tough game."

Players

MILES, ISAIAH
Limoges CSP
"It was time to have a run. They pushed us, we pushed back. Big play by Joe [Rousselle] at the end of the game; he's a leader and that's what leaders do. He's the captain of this team and he carried us to this win. This was my first game back, I was hurt, but I'm glad that my teammates stuck by me, we stuck together this whole game."
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