Lukoil Academic vs. Valencia Basket

2011-12Regular SeasonRound 3

Lukoil Academic 64

Valencia Basket 72

November 29, 2011 CET: 17:00

Local time: 18:00 ARENA ARMEEC

Nik Caner-Medley - Valencia Basket (photo Asvel Basket)

Valencia Basket got a crucial 64-72 away win over Lukoil Academic on Tuesday, in Sofia, Bulgaria, to go atop the Group D table with a 2-1 record. Academic opened the scoring from downtown before a 0-12 run for Valencia gave it the lead and they never looked back! Nick Caner-Medley had an outstanding performance by draining 27 points in 23 minutes, Tiago Splitter amassed 9 points and 12 rebounds and Nando De Colo chipped in 8 for Valencia. Todor Stoykov paced Academic with 17 points, Bozidhar Avramov nailed 13 and Damjan Stojanovski 8.

Lamont Mack opened the scoring from downtown for Academic, but the answer from the 2010 Eurocup winners was amazing, a 12-0 run capped by an astonishing dunk by De Colo. Eurocup’s all-time scoring leader Todor Stoykov nailed a triple to close back within 10-14 and heat the fans, Florent Pietrus found two easy in the open court for 10-18, while three consecutive free throws posted by Stojanovski and Avramov made it 15-18 after 10 minutes. Rihards Kuksiks and Nick Caner-Medley highlighted an 11-0 run for Valencia for a 19-30 advantage at the midway point of the quarter. Avramov hit a three for the hosts, Splitter scored a jump-hook while Pavel Marinov and Caner-Medley exchanged free throws to go on 24-36. Caner-Medley again and Mack scored the final basket to be 28-38 for the visitors at halftime.

Medley remained on fire coming back from the lockers with back-to-back three pointers answered by Stoykov to stay 34-44. Pietrus dunked and a Brandon Heath basket from long distance put Academic within 37-46. Akida McLain slammed in between back-to-back baskets by Splitter to make it 41-52 with three minutes left in the quarter. Rafa Martinez from beyond the arc extended the difference to 43-57. Stoykov drove to the rim and Splitter from the foul line fixed the final 47-60 at the end of the third quarter. Former Valencia guard Avramov dunked and hit a three-pointer to close to 54-61, but Serhiy Lishchuk established again a double digit cushion at 54-64. Stoykov sounded the charge for the hosts by scoring free throws and an easy layup after a ball stolen by Mack to go 58-64. Then Splitter and Bruno Sundov exchanged baskets underneath before De Colo iced Valencia win with a layup and 2 free throws to make it 62-70.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

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Referees: LOVSIN, ANDREJ; MARICIC,SASA; NESKOVIC, DRAGAN

Attendance: 5000

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Lukoil Academic	15	13	19	17
Valencia Basket	18	20	22	12

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Lukoil Academic	15	28	47	64
Valencia Basket	18	38	60	72

Lukoil Academic

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	HEATH, BRANDON	24:29	5	1/2	1/4			3	3	2	1	4			1	3	5
5	McLAIN, AKIDA	20:23	6	2/5		2/2	4	4	8					1	2	2	10
8	MINKOV, KRIS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	AVRAMOV, BOZHIDAR	25:28	13	2/2	2/6	3/4	1	2	3	1	1	3			3	2	9
12	MARINOV, PAVEL	5:30	3	1/3		1/2	1	1	2	1		1		1		1	2
14	BANEV, TENCHO	14:29		0/2				1	1		2	1			3		-3
15	STOYKOV, TODOR	25:57	17	3/6	3/4	2/2		3	3	2	1	2			4	2	15
20	OWENS, ANDRE	26:43		0/2	0/1	0/2	1	5	6	1	1	2	1		3	3	2
22	MACK, LAMONT	20:38	7	2/2	1/5			7	7	2	1				5	1	9
24	VESELINOV, VESELIN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	STOJANOVSKI, DAMJAN	12:09	8	2/7	0/1	4/5		1	1	1	1			2	4	5	3
41	SUNDOV, BRUNO	24:14	5	1/3	0/2	3/5		1	1						3	4	1
	Team						1		1			1
	Totals	200:00	64	14/34	7/23	15/22	8	28	36	10	8	14	1	4	28	23	53
				41.2%	30.4%	68.2%

Head coach: ARSIC, JOVICA

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

Valencia Basket

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
00	SAN MIGUEL, RODRIGO	14:03		0/1				2	2	4	2	1			3	4	7
4	MARKOVIC, STEFAN	25:57	2	1/1	0/2			4	4	6	1	2	1		2	1	9
7	SPLITTER, TIAGO	29:19	9	4/11	0/1	1/9	3	9	12	1		3			2	5	6
12	LISHCHUK, SERHIY	19:24	7	0/3		7/10		6	6	1		1	2		3	7	13
17	MARTINEZ, RAFA	23:56	8	1/1	1/6	3/4				2	1	1			4	2	2
20	PIETRUS, FLORENT	25:03	6	2/2		2/4	3	4	7	1	2	1			4	3	12
22	DE COLO, NANDO	22:09	8	2/6	0/2	4/4				1	1			1	1	4	6
30	KUKSIKS, RIHARDS	16:26	5	1/2	1/3		1	1	2						3		1
32	ABIA, LARRY	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	CANER-MEDLEY, NIK	23:43	27	8/10	3/5	2/4		4	4	1	2	1	1		1	2	29
	Team						1	3	4			2					2
	Totals	200:00	72	19/37	5/19	19/35	8	33	41	17	9	12	4	1	23	28	87
				51.4%	26.3%	54.3%

Head coach: OLMOS, FRANCISCO

Head Coaches

ARSIC, JOVICA

Lukoil Academic

"Our defense was weak. We played all game under pressure. Valencia play in a strong domestic championship and this helped them. They played very aggressive and they were quick."

OLMOS, FRANCISCO

Valencia Basket

"I think we showed a good defensive level tonight. We had some mistakes in defense, but wanted to be more solid in defense than we were in other games. Our defense allowed us to run and Nik Caner-Medley played really well as much as he could play - he had physical problems and wanted to be back on the floor, but it was a big risk for us. We missed many free throws, and even when we had the game under control, those free throw attempts missed did not allow us to get a 10- to 14-point lead to break the game open. The game was more complicated for us due our own, not very common mistakes. This was the most important game in this group and under normal circumstances, we would have won by a bigger margin. Winning comes first and that is what matters. We just hope that our physical problems disappear, as they break our team's rotation."

Players

AVRAMOV, BOZHIDAR

Lukoil Academic

"We played shyly and let them play their game. In the first part our defense wasn’t tough enough. We have chances to continue in the tournament. It’s rare to play against such a team, as Valencia. We could have played better in defense."

PIETRUS, FLORENT

Valencia Basket

"I have been slowed by injuries in the last two weeks, but I have to keep playing. We managed to get a very important win on the road. We are very happy with our good work. The team is battling injuries, but manages to carry on. I am not 100%, but this is not the right time to stop. We have challenging games ahead of us."

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