2002-03Regular SeasonRound 8
December 17, 2002 CET: 00:00
Local time: 00:00 LA MEILLERAIE

Cholet got back to winning in suprise fashion in Group D on Tuesday as it defeated KK Zadar 76-65 to keep its slim second-round hopes alive. Cholet played aggressively throughout the game and took advantage of a big rebounding difference (36-26, 13 on offensive) to put away the victory. Cholet's defense, meanwhile, held Zadar to just 40% shooting. Cholet had contribution from all players, starting from Claude Marquis, who led the scorers with 14 points, followed by K'zell Wesson, who inked a big double-double with 12 points and 18 rebounds. DeRon Hayes added 11, while Richard Barry scored 9 points and made 6 assists. Zadar had 16 points by guard Marko Popovic, 13 by Mladen Erjavec and 10 by Branimir Longin. Bad three-point accuracy (6 for 28, 21%) hurt the visitors. Cholet's record improved to 3-5, while Zadar's fell to 4-4.

Zadar started with Popovic on the bench, while Cholet started in an aggressive mood and took an early lead of 11-4 thanks to the good contribution of Marquis, who would pile up 10 points and 8 rebounds in the first half. Zadar came back with Longin and Erjavec hitting baskets to within 11-10. Cholet saved a two-point lead after 10 minutes, 15-13, and tried to deliver the heavy blow in the second period. That's when the hosts hopped forward to a seven-point gap, 28-21, on Barry's triple. But Popovic soon took his team back into the game with 5-0 run to 28-26) Both teams had bad shooting percentage in the first half, but Cholet managed to keep the lead thanks to Wesson, who led a rebounding advantage of 20-12. With 7 of those being on offense, Cholet took advantage of all the second chances to close the second period with 6 points to defend after intermission, 34-28.

Zadar tried to stun Cholet at the beginning of the third quarter, with 5-0 run made by Hrvoje Perincic and Erjavec to 34-33. The hosts resistedthe comeback with their first triple, nailed by Ivan Krasic (37-33). Zadar tied the score at 45 with Popovic and Perincic once again, but suddenly suffered a heavy run by Cholet. Krasic sank another triple, and led by Barry, Cholet raced to a big 13-4 run that gave Cholet solid 9 points lead at the end of the third period, 58-49 on Claude Ferchaud's three. Cholet put more intensity and the fourth quarter was an exalting ride for hosts: veteran Jim Bilba, Hayes and Wesson added important points to continue the run to a 12-point lead with 5 minutes to play, 65-53. Zadar called a timeout to organize the final assault, but right away suffered another 9-4 run that put Cholet in the clear at 74-57.

Tuesday, December 17, 2002
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Referees: GASPERIN, BRUNO; POZZANA, MAURO; LICINA, MIODRAG
Attendance: 4000
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Cholet Basket15192418
Zadar13152116
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Cholet Basket
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 WESSON, K'ZELL 30:00 12 5/13   2/3 4 14 18 2   2     3 6 24
5 KONE, SEYDOU DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 JEANNEAU, AYMERIC 20:00 2 0/1 0/1 2/2   1 1 7 1       4 3 8
7 BARRY, RICHARD 28:00 9 3/8 1/3     1 1 6 1 4   1 1 2 6
8 KRASIC, IVAN 16:00 8 0/1 2/3 2/2   4 4 2 1         2 15
9 FERCHAUD, CEDRIC 19:00 8 1/1 2/4   2 3 5 1   1     4   7
10 BILBA, JIM 26:00 6 2/4 0/2 2/4 2 3 5 3 1 1 3   3 3 11
11 MARQUIS, CLAUDE 19:00 14 7/10   0/2 3 5 8 1 2 1     1 2 20
12 STANLEY, TONY 18:00 5 1/3 1/4   1 1 2   1       1   2
13 MALET, ROMAIN 2:00 1     1/2           1       1  
14 HAYES, DERON 22:00 11 3/4 1/4 2/2 1 1 2 1   1       1 10
Team             3 3               3
Totals 200:00 76 22/45 7/21 11/17 13 36 49 23 7 11 3 1 17 20 106
        48.9% 33.3% 64.7%
Head coach: MARTIN, JEAN 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
Zadar
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 POPOVIC, LUKA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 VLADOVIC, JAKOV 7:00 3   1/1     1 1   1       1 1 5
6 VASIC, NIKOLA 27:00 16 3/5 2/7 4/4   3 3 2 1 2     2 4 15
7 LONGIN, BRANIMIR 32:00 10 2/4 1/4 3/6 3 4 7           5 6 10
8 PERINCIC, HRVOJE 35:00 7 2/3 1/8     8 8 1 3 3   1 2   5
9 SAMANIC, MARKO 21:00 8 4/7 0/2   1   1 1   2   1 2 1 1
10 SPRALJA, SIME DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 ERJAVEC, MLADEN 36:00 13 4/10 1/3 2/2   3 3 7   1   1 3 3 13
12 DIJAN, TONI 2:00               1             1
13 BANIC, MARKO 19:00 6 2/2 0/1 2/2 1 2 3           3 1 6
14 PERKOVIC, JASMIN 2:00               1             1
15 MEEKS, MICHAEL 19:00 2 1/1 0/2           1 2 1   2 2  
Team           1   1               1
Totals 200:00 65 18/32 6/28 11/14 6 21 27 13 6 10 1 3 20 18 58
        56.3% 21.4% 78.6%
Head coach: JUSUP, DANIJEL
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Head Coaches

MARTIN, JEAN FRANCOIS
Cholet Basket
"I am not very satisfied of the first half, even if we have made a good defence, we lacked rhythm in attack. In second half our good performance in the inside game, allowed us to give more space to our forwards. When we defended in zone, they were surprised and we were able to keep our advantage."
JUSUP, DANIJEL
Zadar
"I had prepared my players for Cholet Basket's game. I had prevented them that Cholet's players were not very tall, but played very quickly. We did not know how to take the advantage in rebounds and our way of play was too slow, it is certainly what made us lose."

Players

JEANNEAU, AYMERIC
Cholet Basket
"That has been hard for us during 40 minutes. We knew how to defend stronger than before. Our defense allowed us to play better in attack. We knew well how to alternate the inside and outside game. It was a positive match for us, we have recovered our basketball."
POPOVIC, MARKO
Zadar
"First of all, I would like to congratulate Cholet. During the game, we were not concentrated especially in defense. Cholet had 49 rebounds and we only had 27. Tonight it was not how we used to play and we can beat nobody like this on the road."
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