2013-14Last 32Round 2
January 15, 2014 CET: 20:30
Local time: 20:30 SLEUYTER ARENA
Ponitka's triple saves Ostend in a thriller


Mateusz Ponitka hit a last second three-pointer as Telenet Ostend survived a roller-coaster ride, edging Stelmet Zielona Gora 76-74 in a thriller on Wednesday night. Ostend led by 16 early in the fourth quarter, but the visitors went in front 66-71 behind a 2-23 run. Zielona Gora took 73-74 lead with 11 seconds to go after a triple from Aaron Cel, but Ponitka’s shot kept Ostend undefeated at home in this Eurocup campaign. Ostend improved to 1-1 in Group O, while Zielona Gora dropped to 0-2. Veselin Petrovic paced the winners with 14 points, Brent Wright had 13, while Dusan Djordjevic and Pierre Antoine Gillet scored 10 apiece. Game-hero Ponitka finished with 8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 assists. Cel netted 15 for the visitors, Lukasz Koszarek had 12 points and 6 assists, while Adam Hrycaniuk collected 10 points and 7 rebounds in defeat.

Ostend jumped to a 9-3 start with baskets from Brent Wright and a triple from Quentin Serron. Christian Eyenga got the visitors going, and Przemyslaw Zamojski's three-pointer made it 9-10. But Mateusz Ponitka stole one for a fastbreak layup, and Pierre Antoine Gillet hit it from long range for the hosts. Baskets from close range by Khalid Boukichou and Serron got Ostend to 23-14 late in the first. Erving Walker buried a three in the final minute of the first quarter for Zielona Gora, but Wes Wilkinson and Niels Marnegrave scored triples for the hosts at the start of the second, helping to 32-21. The visitors replied, first through Kamil Chanas and Marcin Sroka, then with Zamojski and a three-pointer from Lukasz Koszarek for 38-34. Veselin Petrovic and Ponitka kept Ostend ahead at halftime, 44-36.

With Brent Wright leading the way, and Marnegrave hitting from downtown, Ostend raced to 55-40 lead midway through the third. The hosts kept Zielona Gora without a field goal for more than 6 minutes, and layups from Dusan Djordjevic and Petrovic extended it to 61-45 at the end of the third. Koszarek and Petrovic traded triples to start the fourth, before the visitors went on a 2-23 run. Aaron Cel started it with a layup, Chanas and Koszarek hit triples, and Cel’s shot from downtown cut it to 66-63. That was not the end of it, as Koszarek and Cel each hit a triple on back-to-back trips down the floor, for 66-71. The hosts were without a field goal for almost 5 minutes, before Gillet hit a triple, and Djordjevic sank a jumper for 71-71. After Wright made a pair from the foul line, Cel hit a three-pointer for 73-74 with 11 seconds remaining. But it was enough time for Ponitka to hit a game-winning three, his only basket behind the arc on the night, and Ostend’s victory.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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Referees: LATISEVS, OLEGS; OZOLS, ARNIS; LUCIS, OSKARS
Attendance: 1890 (Tentative)
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Telenet Ostend23211715
Stelmet Zielona Gora1917929
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Telenet Ostend23446176
Stelmet Zielona Gora19364574
Telenet Ostend
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
5 SERRON, QUENTIN 20:55 6 1/1 1/2 1/2         1       2 1 4
6 ECHENIQUE, GREGORY 10:18 2 1/2     1 5 6     2     2   3
7 THOMPSON, RYAN 4:02           1 1 1   1         1
9 MARNEGRAVE, NIELS 20:02 8   2/2 2/4   1 1 4   1     2 5 13
10 PETROVIC, VESELIN 17:15 14 5/9 1/5 1/1 1 2 3   1 1   3 3 2 5
11 WILKINSON, WES 13:39 3 0/2 1/2     1 1           1    
12 GILLET, PIERRE ANTOINE 23:20 10 1/3 2/3 2/2 1 1 2   3 2     3 2 9
13 EL MAHSINI, YASSINE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 PONITKA, MATEUSZ 30:46 8 2/5 1/5 1/3 4 1 5 3 4 3 1     4 13
15 BOUKICHOU, KHALID 6:02 2 1/1       1 1   1 2     1   1
20 DJORDJEVIC, DUSAN 30:09 10 3/3 0/5 4/5   2 2 4 3 2     3 5 13
21 WRIGHT, BRENT 23:32 13 3/8   7/8 3 2 5 1 1 3     2 4 13
Team                                
Totals 200:00 76 17/34 8/24 18/25 10 17 27 13 14 17 1 3 19 23 75
        50% 33.3% 72%
Head coach: GJERGJA, DARIO
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
Stelmet Zielona Gora
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
5 CEL, AARON 31:18 15 3/5 3/7   2 4 6 1 1 4     3   10
11 WALKER, ERVING 9:26 4 0/3 1/3 1/2       2   1     1 3 1
13 CHANAS, KAMIL 17:15 7 2/3 1/2   1   1 2 2 1     4 3 8
14 HRYCANIUK, ADAM 23:42 10 5/7     3 4 7 2 1 3   1 5 3 12
17 EYENGA, CHRISTIAN 20:41 9 4/6   1/2 1 1 2     3 2   2 1 6
20 KUCHAREK, MACIEJ DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 BRACKINS, CRAIG 22:03 4 2/4 0/1   1 3 4 1 1 2     4 1 2
22 CESNAUSKIS, MANTAS 13:30 2 1/1 0/1     1 1               2
31 SROKA, MARCIN 10:30 4 1/1 0/1 2/2   2 2 1 1   1   1 2 9
35 ZAMOJSKI, PRZEMYSLAW 21:01 7 1/1 1/3 2/2 1 1 2   3 2     2 1 7
55 KOSZAREK, LUKASZ 30:34 12 0/2 4/7   1 2 3 6 1 4     2 5 16
Team                                
Totals 200:00 74 19/33 10/25 6/8 10 18 28 15 10 20 3 1 24 19 73
        57.6% 40% 75%
Head coach: UVALIN, MIHAILO

Head Coaches

GJERGJA, DARIO
Telenet Ostend
"We need to realize tonight that we were playing without some key players: Thompson was out after a couple of minutes, Salumu absent, Serron only half a player and Berggren out. Even if we would have lost this game, I would have been a happy coach. My guys deserve credit for what they showed on court tonight. They showed a lot of character, they did not give up even after being down 5 points after a 21-2 run by Gora. Tonight we played an excellent team. What they have shown in the Euroleague and the Polish League proves this. We made some bad decisions in the fourth quarter, but this was because we were getting tired. Big congrats to my players!"
UVALIN, MIHAILO
Stelmet Zielona Gora
"We had a similar game in Poland a couple of days ago, being down 20 but winning in the end. Tonight we did not win on a last-second shot; that’s basketball. In the fourth quarter, we found the five players who wanted to fight. It is not enough to be on the roster to be part of the team, you have to earn it on the court. The body language of some players says enough. I want to congratulate the home team. they played a tough game tonight."
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