2016-17Top 16Round 2
January 11, 2017 CET: 20:45
Local time: 20:45 MARTIN CARPENA
Adam Waczynski - Unicaja Malaga - EC16 (photo Unicaja)

Waczynski leads Unicaja past Cedevita

Unicaja Malaga remained undefeated in Top 16 Group H by downing Cedevita Zagreb 73-59 at home on Wednesday. Unicaja improved to 2-0 in Group H, while Cedevita dropped to 0-2. Adam Waczynski led the winners with 17 points on 5-of-6 three-point shooting, Nemanja Nedovic added 12 and 7 assists and Kyle Fogg scored 11 points for Unicaja. Ryan Boatright led Cedevita with 19 points and Rashad James added 18 for the visitors. Cedevita made only 8 of 27 shots from downtown (29.6%) and grabbed 6 offensive rebounds, its fewest in the 7DAYS EuroCup this season. Cedevita kept its options open midway through the fourth quarter when it trailed 59-55, but Waczynski stepped up in crunch time to lead Unicaja to an important win. Next week Unicaja visits Valencia Basket with first place on the line, while Cedevita heads to ALBA Berlin.

Back-to-back three-pointers by Waczynski gave Unicaja an early 8-5 lead. It didn't last long, however, as Boatright struck twice from downtown in a 0-10 run that gave Cedevita an 8-15 margin. Waczynski hit another one from beyond the arc and Dejan Musli added a layup, but free throws by James kept the visitors on top 13-17 after 10 minutes. Toni Katic buried a three-pointer, Mirza Begic added a big basket in the low post and John Shurna made a layup for a 17-25 margin. Unicaja found a go-to guy in Fogg, who nailed back-to-back triples. He got help from Dani Diez to bring Unicaja within 25-29. Katic scored again and Luka Babic added a running hook, but Nedovic and Carlos Suarez fueled a 9-0 run, which Alberto Diaz capped with a corner three-pointer that restored a 36-33 Unicaja edge at halftime. Unicaja improved its defense after the break and found a new go-to guy in Dejan Musli, who followed a three-point play with a layup that made it a double-digit game, 44-34. James and Boatright tried to change things for Cedevita, but Fogg and an unstoppable Nedovic kept Unicaja comfortably ahead, 52-43, at the end of the third quarter. Boatright scored early in the fourth quarter, added free throws and struck from downtown. He got help from James, who followed a dunk with a triple to make it 59-55 midway through the fourth quarter. Jeff Brooks answered from beyond the arc and a layup by Suarez gave Unicaja plenty of fresh air at 64-55. Cedevita struggled to score when it mattered most. Meanwhile, Waczynski buried another triple, added free throws and collected a steal that allowed Fogg to round out Unicaja's win in style.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017
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Referees: MOGULKOC, EMIN; SILVA, SERGIO; PANTHER, ANNE
Attendance: 4292
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Cedevita Zagreb17161016
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Unicaja Malaga13365273
Cedevita Zagreb17334359
Unicaja Malaga
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
2 OKOUO, VINY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 FOGG, KYLE 28:23 11 2/4 2/9 1/3   6 6 3 2 1     1 1 10
9 DIAZ, ALBERTO 20:10 3 0/1 1/1   1 2 3 2         2 2 7
11 DIEZ, DANIEL 9:02 4 2/3 0/1   1 2 3         1     4
15 SMITH, JAMAR 13:09 3 0/4 1/2   1   1 1 1 2     1   -2
16 NEDOVIC, NEMANJA 23:25 12 4/6 1/7 1/2 1 1 2 7   6   1 1 4 8
20 LAFAYETTE, OLIVER 6:39     0/2     1 1     1         -2
21 WACZYNSKI, ADAM 19:12 17   5/6 2/2   2 2 1 1   1   2 3 22
23 BROOKS, JEFF 28:37 5 1/3 1/2     3 3 1 1 2 1   2 2 6
43 SUAREZ, CARLOS 23:59 6 1/1 0/2 4/4 1 3 4 4 1       3 4 14
44 MUSLI, DEJAN 18:07 8 3/4   2/4 1 3 4 1   1     2 3 10
55 NDIAYE, HAMADY 9:17 4 2/2     1 1 2 1   1 1   2   5
Team           1 4 5     1         4
Totals 200:00 73 15/28 11/32 10/15 8 28 36 21 6 15 3 2 16 19 86
        53.6% 34.4% 66.7%
Head coach: PLAZA, JOAN
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
Cedevita Zagreb
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 JAMES, RASHAD 28:39 18 3/5 3/6 3/4 1 2 3 3 3 4   1 2 6 20
2 KRUSLIN, FILIP 17:06   0/1 0/4         1   3     2   -9
3 BOATRIGHT, RYAN 32:33 19 2/7 4/8 3/4 1 2 3 2   7 1   2 2 8
6 KATIC, TONI 15:28 7 2/3 1/1   1 2 3 2   2     1   8
9 BABIC, LUKA 17:03 4 2/3 0/1     2 2 1 1       1 1 6
11 ZGANEC, KARLO 3:13                   1     1 1 -1
13 MUSA, DZANAN 9:11 2 1/1 0/2     2 2       1   1   2
15 BILAN, MIRO 26:40 1 0/3   1/2 1 7 8 1   1   1 4 3 3
24 SHURNA, JOHN 22:37 4 2/2 0/3     3 3     1     2 1 2
25 BEGIC, MIRZA 13:20 2 1/2       5 5 1 1       2 2 8
35 ARAPOVIC, MARKO 14:10 2 1/2 0/2   2 1 3 1 1     1 1   2
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 59 14/29 8/27 7/10 7 27 34 12 6 19 2 3 19 16 51
        48.3% 29.6% 70%
Head coach: MRSIC, VELJKO

Head Coaches

PLAZA, JOAN
Unicaja Malaga

"We are happy to have won this game and improve to 2-0. In such a short competition as the EuroCup, being able to win on the road and confirm it by winning at home the next game is always important. I believe that the best thing I got from this game is that we definitely played with great character. A lot of their players scored less than usual, but also shot less than they normally do, which shows great character from all of my players. I liked the way we played as a team, how we helped each other, anticipating our opponents despite our bad first quarter with 7 turnovers, which worries us. Even though we want to play attractive basketball, we cannot turn that into turnovers."

MRSIC, VELJKO
Cedevita Zagreb

"I think it was a hard game for both teams, with a lot of mistakes. We had a good start and found answers in the beginning of the game. The way we played and how Unicaja did, we should have had the lead at halftime, but we made some mistakes in the last two, three minutes of the second quarter. We had an 8-point lead, Unicaja hit a three-point shot and returned to the game. We didn't find our rhythm in the second half, rushing things, taking too many three-point shots and not finding balance between our backcourt and frontcourt, partly because Unicaja put a lot of pressure on defense and our big men did not find good spots. There was too much space between our perimeter and frontcourt players, missing a lot of open shots that made the difference."

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