2013-14Last 32Round 2
January 15, 2014 CET: 19:00
Local time: 20:00 BESIKTAS INTEGRAL ARENA
Beisktas edges CAI Zaragoza, stays unbeaten

Chris Lofton - Besiktas Integral Forex - EC13 (photo Besiktas)At the end of a game where the teams exchanged leads many times, Besiktas Integral Forex Istanbul held on to beat CAI Zaragoza 70-63 and stay undefeated in Last 16 Group P. Early in the last quarter, the hosts raised the cushion to double figures, 66-56, and rejected a late comeback attempt by the visiting team. Chris Lofton paced the winners with 19 points, Tomislav Ruzic added 16 and Brad Buckman collected 10 points and 16 rebounds, while Sundiata Gaines distributed 7 assists. Damjan Rudez tallied 14 points and Jonathan Tabu 12 for the losers.

Caner Topaloglou’s layup gave an early 6-2 lead to Besiktas, before Viktor Sanikidze made a huge jam for a 6-9 margin in favor of Zaragoza. Free throws by Joseph Jones raised the difference to 8-17 while Buckman from downtown fixed the 12-17 after 10 minutes. Chris Lofton scored 4 of 7 unanswered points opening the quarter to give a 19-17 advantage to the hosts, but Michael Roll’s jumper made it 19-23 for the visitors, before Jonathan Tabu from long distance raised the cushion to 24-30. The hosts used a 7-0 run sparked by Buckman to go ahead 31-30 before Jones’s put back fixed a 31-32 margin for Zaragoza at halftime. Sanikidze from downtown kept the guests in front, 35-37, early in the third, but Ruzic and Ryan Broeekhoff hit back-to-back threes to finish an 11-2 partial to give a 46-39 lead to the home side. Tabu and Lofton exchanged triples, then Sanikidze ran the floor for a layup, but Ruzic again from beyond the arc and Buckman by posting a free throw kept the hosts ahead 53-48 after three quarters. Gaines pushed Besiktas to 59-52 with a deep three. Rudez nailed a pair of free throws and Lofton raised the difference to double figures, 64-54. Rudez dunked and Ruzic scored from mid-range. Then the guests made a furious comeback, cutting the margin to 66-63 with 49 seconds left on a three bagged by Roll, but free throws from Doron Perkins and Lofton sealed the victory.
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Referees: PUKL,SASA; LOVSIN, ANDREJ; DAVYDOV, ALEXEY
Attendance: 1650 (Tentative)
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Besiktas Integral Forex Istanbul12192217
CAI Zaragoza17151615
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CAI Zaragoza17324863
Besiktas Integral Forex Istanbul
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 YAGMUR, MEHMET 5:00                   1         -1
5 GULER, MURATCAN 21:53   0/2 0/1     2 2 2     1 1 2 1  
9 LOFTON, CHRIS 22:07 19 3/4 4/8 1/2   3 3 1         2 2 17
10 BROEKHOFF, RYAN 19:52 6   2/3     2 2 2 1   1       11
13 RUZIC, TOMISLAV 25:12 16 3/9 3/3 1/2 1 3 4 1       1 1 2 14
20 PERKINS, DORON 27:14 7 2/6 0/2 3/5 2 6 8 2 1 3   1 1 5 10
22 BUCKMAN, BRADLEY 33:23 10 3/6 1/4 1/2 6 10 16 1 2 3   1 3 4 19
23 GAINES, SUNDIATA 15:48 4 0/3 1/2 1/2       7 2 1     5 2 4
34 SIRIN, OSMAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 CALBAN, ONUR 5:38 2 1/2     1   1           1   1
45 IVERSON, COLTON 12:49 4 1/2   2/4 1   1     3     1 2  
55 TOPALOGLU, CANER 11:04 2 1/1   0/1                 2 1  
Team           1 1 2     1         1
Totals 200:00 70 14/35 11/23 9/18 12 27 39 16 6 12 2 4 18 19 76
        40% 47.8% 50%
Head coach: KANDEMIR, AHMET
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
CAI Zaragoza
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
5 JONES, JOSEPH 20:25 6 2/7   2/2 1 2 3 1   1 2   2 4 8
8 ROLL, MICHAEL 23:20 7 2/4 1/4   1 1 2 3 1 2     1 1 6
9 STEFANSSON, JON 8:38   0/1           1 1 1     1   -1
10 RUDEZ, DAMJAN 28:30 14 5/5 0/4 4/4   2 2 3 1 3 1   4 3 13
11 URTASUN, ALEX 3:34   0/1 0/1                   1   -3
12 LLOMPART, PEDRO 25:35 7 2/5 1/4     2 2 4   1     4 1 3
13 SANIKIDZE, VIKTOR 28:09 9 3/6 1/2   2 6 8 3 2       2 2 18
17 MARIN, JAVIER DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 SHERMADINI, GIORGI 25:00 8 2/6   4/4 1 6 7 1 1   1 2 2 4 14
21 TOMAS, PERE 11:30     0/1     1 1 1   1          
30 TABU, JONATHAN 25:19 12 1/4 3/3 1/2 1 1 2 2 1 1     2 3 13
31 FONTET, ALBERT DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1 5 6               6
Totals 200:00 63 17/39 6/19 11/12 7 26 33 19 7 10 4 2 19 18 77
        43.6% 31.6% 91.7%
Head coach: ABOS, JOSE LUIS

Head Coaches

KANDEMIR, AHMET
Besiktas Integral Forex Istanbul
"Although we made too many turnovers, we kept playing well with the support of our fans. But we couldn't finish the game earlier because of too much pressure. Our low percentage at free throws causes us not to win some of the games. Buckman has played very well in last two weeks and the return of Perkins has brought energy to our defense. We will work hard to win our next four games."
ABOS, JOSE LUIS
CAI Zaragoza
"We started well on both offense and defense, but Lofton's being so good at outside shots made the game harder for us. We couldn't make three-pointers apart from Tabu. If your opponent shoots that many three-pointers and you cannot answer, the defeat will be inevitable."

Players

LOFTON, CHRIS
Besiktas Integral Forex Istanbul
"Our coach told us about the importance of the game. There are strong teams in the group and it is hard to win away games. But we have won today and kept our advantage. After a short break, we will prepare for the away game in Croatia and try to win against Cedevita Zagreb."
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