2013-14Regular SeasonRound 2
October 23, 2013 CET: 20:30
Local time: 20:30 ANTARES
FoxTown Cantu stayed undefeated in Group A by downing Le Mans Sarthe Basket 65-77 on the road on Wednesday. Cantu went up to 2-0 and ties for first place with Telenet Ostend, while Le Mans dropped to 1-1. Joe Ragland paced the winners with 23 points on 3-of-3 three-point shots. Pietro Aradori added 13, Maarty Leunen had 12 while Adrian Uter got 11 and a game-high 8 rebounds for Cantu. JP Batista led Le Mans with 14 points but none of his teammates scored in double digits. A three-pointer by Antoine Eito tied the game, 16-16, late in the third quarter. Cantu went on an 0-11 run to get the lead for good, 16-27. The guests boosted their margin to 43-57 after 30 minutes but Rey Terry and Alain Koffi brought Le Mans as close as 56-59 early in the fourth quarter. It didn't last long, as Ragland, Uter and Aradori made sure that Cantu returned home as one of the two undefeated teams in this group.

Batista got Le Mans going with 4 unanswered points but Ragland singlehandly kept Cantu within 6-5. Charles Kahudi struck from downtown but Leunen had 5 points in a 0-7 run which gave Cantu its first lead, 9-12. Batista kept pacing Le Mans and a three-pointer by Eito tied it at 16-16, but Leunen put Cantu back ahead, 16-18, after 10 minutes. Uter and Marcel Jones combined for 9 unanswered points which gave the guests a double-digit lead, 16-27, after an 0-11 run. Pape Sy and Eito combined for all points in a 7-0 Le Mans run but Ragland and Aradori gave Cantu some fresh air at 25-32. A three-pointer by Roberto Rullo and a layup by Ragland boosted the guests' lead to 29-37 at halftime. Leunen downed a triple immediately after the break and Michael Jenkins soon gave Cantu a 31-42 margin. DaShaun Wood buried a three-pointer but Aradori had 5 points in a 0-7 run which broke the game open, 34-49. Aradori stayed on fire and back-to-back baskets by Jenkins and Jone kept the guests way ahead, 43-57, after 30 minutes. Terry struck twice from downtown, Pape Sy copied him and a layup by Koffi made it a three-point game, 56-59, after a 13-2 run. Cantu found a go-to guy in Ragland, who got help from Aradori and Uter to give their team some fresh air, 56-66. Cantu soon boosted its margin to 58-71 and did not find much trouble to add a good-as-gold road win.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
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Referees: HIERREZUELO, DANIEL; PEREZ NIZ, MIGUEL ANGEL; SILVA, SERGIO
Attendance: 5450 (Tentative)
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Le Mans Sarthe Basket
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES 19:25 7 2/3 1/3   1 2 3 1         2   6
6 TERRY, REYSHAWN 24:28 9 0/2 3/4     3 3 2 1 2 2   3 1 10
7 KOFFI, ALAIN 15:35 6 3/6     1 2 3             1 7
8 EITO, ANTOINE 20:26 6   2/6         6     1   1 4 12
9 FOUCAULT, TOM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 SY, PAPE 27:47 7 1/9 1/2 2/2 2 3 5 2 1 1     1 2 6
12 CORNELIE, PETR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 BATISTA, J.P. 22:56 14 5/7   4/4   2 2 2   1     2 2 15
18 MENDY, KEVIN 1:48                              
24 ISSA, DOUNIA 15:03 2 1/2     4   4     1 2       6
30 WOOD, DASHAUN 23:15 5 1/6 1/3   1 1 2 1   2   1 1 2 -1
44 DUGGINS, VAUGHN 29:17 9 1/5 1/3 4/4 1 2 3   1 1       2 8
Team           1 2 3               3
Totals 200:00 65 14/40 9/21 10/10 11 17 28 14 3 8 5 1 10 14 72
        35% 42.9% 100%
Head coach: JACKSON, JD
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
FoxTown Cantu
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
5 ABASS, AWUDU DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 JONES, MARCEL 10:11 9 3/4 1/2   1 3 4 1         1   11
8 UTER, ADRIAN 22:23 11 5/7   1/1 5 3 8           4 1 14
9 RULLO, ROBERTO 13:00 3   1/2     1 1 3   1     1   4
10 LEUNEN, MAARTEN 29:54 12 3/6 2/4     2 2 2       1   1 11
11 JENKINS, MICHAEL 26:00 6 3/5 0/3   2 4 6 4 1 4     3 2 7
20 RAGLAND, JOE 30:45 23 5/8 3/3 4/5 1 2 3 2   2   1 1 4 24
21 ARADORI, PIETRO 34:38 13 5/8 1/5   1 6 7 3   2   2 2 1 11
22 CUSIN, MARCO 17:32   0/3     1 2 3   2 1 1 1 2   -1
30 GENTILE, STEFANO 15:37   0/1 0/1         2   1       1  
Team           2 3 5     2         3
Totals 200:00 77 24/42 8/20 5/6 13 26 39 17 3 13 1 5 14 10 84
        57.1% 40% 83.3%
Head coach: SACRIPANTI, PINO

Head Coaches

JACKSON, JD
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
"It took us too long to really enter the game. We did it in the second half, playing with more intensity. We cannot dominate our opponents if we won't play at our highest intensity. We managed to get within three points but our players on the court were a little tied at that time. We made bad choices and the game was over. We are disappointed and have to bounce back next week."
SACRIPANTI, PINO
FoxTown Cantu
"We changed our defense and that bothered Le Mans a lot. We combined several defensive styles and wanted to cut their pick-and-roll execution by stopping Wood. We had a very good game on defense even when we didn't play that well on offense, especially when Le Mans played better defense. We are obviously happy to win on the road in Le Mans that against Cibona at home. Last but not least, it is a pleasure to see such a beautiful gym with so many fans!"

Players

EITO, ANTOINE
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
"It is a shame. We lacked intensity and were too soft. We needed to run and play better to break their zone defense. We are frustrated but it is a good thing that we won in Zagreb."
JENKINS, MICHAEL
FoxTown Cantu
"I am happy that we won in here. We had a good game and stayed together. They made us run and tried to come back but carried on executing well and managed to get this win."
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