2020-21Regular SeasonRound 2
AS Monaco 82
Lietkabelis Panevezys 57
October 07, 2020 CET: 19:00
Local time: 19:00 STADE LOUIS II

Monaco uses big third quarter to blow Lietkabelis out

AS Monaco used a big third quarter to race away from Lietkabelis Panevezys for an 82-57 home win. Dee Bost led the way for Monaco with 25 points and was a major factor in a 17-0 close to the third quarter. The hosts, who took the third quarter 35-8, also got 16 points from Marcos Knight while Darral Willis had 14 points and Mathias Lessort chipped in 11 points and 9 rebounds. The runaway victory improved Monaco's record in Group C to 2-0. Lietkabelis trailed by just 1 point at the break, but dropped to 0-2. Gytis Masiulis led the visiting attack with 13 points, Margiris Normantas added 11 and Paulius Valinskas scored 10 in defeat.


Willis's three-pointer opened the scoring for the hosts before Knight gave Monaco a 7-0 lead. Lietkabelis committed 4 turnovers in the first 3 minutes until back-to-back threes by Valinskas trimmed the gap to 9-8. Willis knocked down another triple for a 14-8 lead. Kyle Vinales tallied 7 straight points to knot the contest at 15-15 and it was 17-17 after 10 minutes. Normantas pushed Lietkabelis ahead for the first time with the opening score of the second quarter. The lead went back and forth with Jokubas Gintvainis hitting a three-pointer and Willis converting an and-one. A Masiulis three-point play and a Troy Barnies triple left Lietkabelis up 28-30. The back-and-forth continued with a Bost three-pointer and 4 straight points from Masiulis before Monaco went into the break up 35-34.

Monaco used the three-point shot to pull away early in the second half with Bost hitting 3 free throws and 2 triples and J.J. O’Brien also connected from long range in opening a 49-36 advantage. Masiulis sank 2 three-pointers to pull within 53-42. But Knight and Bost both hit triples in reeling off a 17-0 run over the final 5 minutes of the third quarter and led 70-42 after 30 minutes. Normantas ended the drought with a free throw to start the fourth quarter scoring and he added a three-point play to make it 72-46. Bost pushed the gap to 30 points (76-46) and Lietkabelis did not get closer than 26 the rest of the way.

Back-to-back career highs

Dee Bost's 25 points set a career-high for the 30-year-old. The performance comes a week after he set his previous career-best of 21 points in Round 1 against MoraBanc.

More offensive problems for Lietkabelis

The Lithuanian club struggled once again offensively. Coach Nenad Canak’s team managed only 61 points in Round 1 - the only team in the EuroCup to not tally at least 70 points. And Lietkabelis didn't even reach that against Monaco.

Telling numbers

Monaco forced Lietkabelis into 21 turnovers while committing only 7 itself. The visitors also were held to just 41.9% on two-point shooting while Monaco shot 52.3% from inside the three-point line.

Next games

Monaco will remain at home for its next EuroCup game as it welcomes Telenet Giants Antwerp on October 14 looking for a third straight win. Lietkabelis will head back home and welcome Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar on October 14 in search of its first victory in Group C.

Khadeen Carrington - AS Monaco (photo Monaco) - EC20
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Eurocupbasketball.com
Referees: PEREZ, EMILIO; VAN DEN BROECK, NICK; TSAROUCHA, VASILIKI
Attendance: 794
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Lietkabelis Panevezys17344257
AS Monaco
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 CARRINGTON, KHADEEN 20:42 5 2/5 0/6 1/2 1 5 6           3 2  
1 BOST, DEE 25:53 25 4/4 4/8 5/8   3 3 3   1     1 7 29
2 CHOUPAS, YOHAN 6:02   0/1       3 3 1         2   1
3 DEMAHIS, RUDY 2:42       0/2       1           1  
9 KNIGHT, MARCOS 28:16 16 6/9 1/3 1/3   1 1   5       1 4 18
10 SAUNDERS, WESLEY 16:34   0/1     2 1 3 1 2           5
11 NDOYE, ABDOULAYE 13:55 2 1/2     1   1 1 1   1   3 2 4
13 RATTON, JORDAN 1:08     0/1                       -1
15 YEGUETE, WILFRIED 17:01 2 1/2       2 2 2 2 1       1 7
21 WILLIS, DARRAL 26:10 14 3/7 2/3 2/2 3 1 4 2 1 2     2 2 14
22 O'BRIEN, JALEEL 19:46 7 2/6 1/2   1 1 2 1 1 1     2   3
26 LESSORT, MATHIAS 21:51 11 4/7   3/4 3 6 9 3   2 1   2 3 19
Team             1 1     2         -1
Totals 200:00 82 23/44 8/23 12/21 11 24 35 15 12 9 2 0 16 22 98
        52.3% 34.8% 57.1%
Head coach: MITROVIC, ZVEZDAN
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
Lietkabelis Panevezys
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 VINALES, KYLE 27:03 9 2/7 1/3 2/2   2 2 4 1 2   1 4 4 6
2 NORMANTAS, MARGIRIS 17:26 11 3/3 0/2 5/7   1 1 3   2     1 5 13
7 MARIC, MARIN 24:28 6 2/7   2/2 4 2 6   1 1 1   3 2 7
10 LIPKEVICIUS, VYTENIS 23:36           4 4 2 1 1     1   5
12 MALDUNAS, GABRIELIUS 15:32 2 1/4     2 5 7     3 1     2 6
13 VENSKUS, ERIKAS 9:33                         2   -2
15 BARNIES, TROY 16:12 3 0/1 1/2     4 4 2         1   6
21 MASIULIS, GYTIS 30:27 13 3/6 2/7 1/1 1 5 6 1   4     3 2 7
66 VALINSKAS, PAULIUS 25:16 10 2/2 2/4     2 2 1   5     2   4
94 GINTVAINIS, JOKUBAS 10:27 3 0/1 1/3             3     5 1 -7
Team           2 3 5     2         3
Totals 200:00 57 13/31 7/21 10/12 9 28 37 13 3 23 2 1 22 16 48
        41.9% 33.3% 83.3%
Head coach: CANAK, NENAD

Head Coaches

MITROVIC, ZVEZDAN
AS Monaco
"Our effort in the first half was not that bad, but Lietkabelis hit some three-pointers. We continued to be aggressive and Lietkabelis could not find a good answer and we took advantage of that. And after the third quarter, we controlled the game and finished it in an easy way."
CANAK, NENAD
Lietkabelis Panevezys
"We had a similar game as the Round 1 game against Virtus. At this level, if you play 10 minutes like you don't practice, if you want to do something different, it's enough for this kind of result. We cannot play with 23 turnovers; it's like children's basketball."

Players

BOST, DEE
AS Monaco
"The first half was difficult. They played really well. It is a good team. We had to respect them. They have a very good point guard that creates everything. The second half we kind of turned it up and took advantage."
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