Tofas Bursa vs. Limoges CSP

2019-20Regular SeasonRound 1

Tofas Bursa 84

Limoges CSP 71

October 02, 2019 CET: 19:00

Local time: 20:00 TOFAS SPOR SALONU

Tofas downs Limoges in season opener

Tofas Bursa got off to a strong start in Group B by downing Limoges CSP 84-71 at home on Tuesday. D.J. White led the winners with 19 points, Tarik Phillip added 17 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, Matt Lojeski tallied 15 points and 8 assists, Devin Williams netted 13 points and Muhaymin Mustafa contributed 12 for Tofas. Semaj Christon led Limoges with 21 points, Jerry Boutsiele added 14, Vincent Sanford 11 and Marcus Ginyard 10. Tofas led 42-33 at halftime, extended its margin to 65-49 and only allowed Limoges to rally once the outcome was clear.

Pivotal performer

Phillip made his EuroCup debut one to remember. He narrowly missed a triple-double, getting 17 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists. Phillip also drew 5 fouls to finish the game with a PIR of 27.

Game-changing moment

Limoges improved its defense midway through the third quarter and managed to get within 55-49, but Lojeski and Williams found a couple of easy baskets and Phillip had more points in a 10-0 run that put Tofas ahead for good, 65-49, at the end of the third quarter.

Stellar stat

Lojeski returned to the EuroCup for the first time since in the 2012-13 season, in which he played six games for Telenet Ostend. He finished the game with 8 assists for a new career-high. He dished more assists than any of his 143 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games with Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos OPAP Athens - his EuroLeague career-high in that competition was 6.

Did you notice?

Tofas avenged a painful EuroCup home loss against Limoges from last season. Tofas would have qualified for the Top 16 with a win, but Limoges prevailed, 92-98, and ended up reaching the Top 16 with another win against Arka Gdynia in regular season Round 10.

Next game

Both teams return to EuroCup action next week. Tofas visits Partizan NIS Belgrade in the Serbian capital on Tuesday, October 8. Limoges hosts Rytas Vilnius one day later.

Matt Lojeski - Tofas Bursa (photo Tofas) - EC19

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

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Referees: RYZHYK, BORYS; BOLTAUZER, MATEJ; CLIVAZ, SEBASTIEN

Attendance: 1815

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Tofas Bursa	25	17	23	19
Limoges CSP	15	18	16	22

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Tofas Bursa	25	42	65	84
Limoges CSP	15	33	49	71

Tofas Bursa

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
1	MUSTAFA, MUHAYMIN	24:06	12	2/2	2/6	2/2	2	3	5	1	1	2	1		1	2	15
3	DURMAZ, BERKAN	13:23	3	1/2		1/2	2		2	1					2	2	4
5	UGURLU, BERK	22:40	3	1/2		1/1				4	1				2	1	6
6	ERMIS, BARIS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	TUNA, BATIN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	WHITE, DJ	31:11	19	9/13	0/3	1/2		6	6	2		1	1		2	4	21
10	SATIR, BORA	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	PHILLIP, TARIK	36:48	17	3/6	2/3	5/8		10	10	7	1	4		1	1	5	27
24	LOJESKI, MATT	33:14	15	5/8	1/4	2/3	1		1	8	1	2			3	4	17
41	WILLIAMS, DEVIN	26:10	13	6/12		1/1	2	4	6	1	1	2			4	4	13
77	YASAR, MUHSIN	12:28	2	0/1		2/2	2		2		1	1			2	1	2
	Team						3	1	4								4
	Totals	200:00	84	27/46	5/16	15/21	12	24	36	24	6	12	2	1	17	23	109
				58.7%	31.3%	71.4%

Head coach: ENE, ORHUN

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

Limoges CSP

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
0	MBALA, BENOIT	6:30					1	1	2						2	1	1
1	GINYARD, MARCUS	25:38	10	0/2	3/3	1/2		5	5		1	1		2	3	1	8
5	CRUSOL, TIMOTHE	2:15
6	CHRISTON, SEMAJ	32:39	21	5/9	2/6	5/7		2	2	2	3	3			2	6	19
9	VARANAUSKAS, OVIDIJUS	7:21						1	1			2				1
10	INVERNIZZI, HUGO	24:29	6	0/1	2/6		2	1	3	2		3			3
12	DIAGNE, ATOUMANE	7:32										2			4		-6
14	CONKLIN, BRIAN	21:11	9	3/6		3/5		2	2	1	1	1			1	4	10
15	LANG, NICOLAS	15:09		0/2	0/1			2	2	2	1	1			2		-1
16	BOUTSIELE, JERRY	26:48	14	6/9		2/2	5	2	7	2	1	1	1		3	4	22
44	SANFORD, VINCENT	30:28	11	4/11	1/3			3	3	4		1			3		5
	Team						5	1	6			1					5
	Totals	200:00	71	18/40	8/19	11/16	13	20	33	13	7	16	1	2	23	17	63
				45%	42.1%	68.8%

Head coach: JULBE, ALFRED

Head Coaches

ENE, ORHUN

Tofas Bursa

"I have to congratulate my players. They showed great character and played with a lot of energy. This year, we are focused on making something different than last season in the EuroLeague. Starting it with a win in your home court is very important and I am happy for that, for the win. Still, we have to improve our game. We are not playing with a full team, so I believe that when everybody comes back and spends some time together, we will really improve our game, offensively and defensively. We had ups and downs during the game tonight. Like I said before, I am happy with the win. Winning at home is very important for a good position in your group. This year, we will play four more games here and I hope we can play them with the same intensity on offense and defense."

JULBE, ALFRED

Limoges CSP

"We played a bad game. For sure, in a 40-minute game, you can save parts, good parts, but today, there is not a lot to save; maybe some moments in which we were playing more together but basically, we are very unsatisfied with our performance. I see many things that we can do better. This October is full of games, continuously, EuroCup and national league games. We have to start well and think well about what we want to do. We have to be a team that plays better defense like we did in most of the previous games until now. We didn't achieve that goal today, we didn't play good basic defense."

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