Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. ratiopharm Ulm - ShowGame

2018-19Regular SeasonRound 1

October 02, 2018 CET: 19:00

Local time: 19:00 ALEKSANDAR NIKOLIC HALL

Zvezda proves too much for visiting Ulm

Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade made a triumphant return to the 7DAYS EuroCup, downing ratiopharm Ulm by 88-73 at home in Aleksandar Nikolic Hall to go 1-0 in Group D. Billy Baron buried 10 points, Joe Ragland 17, Stratos Perperoglou and Michael Ojo 14 each for Zvezda. Isaac Fotu paced Ulm with 19. Ulm shot ahead 3-9 before Zvezda answered with a 16-4 run on back-to-back threes by Baron and Mouhammad Faye and stayed ahead 28-21 on Perperoglou's at the first-quarter buzzer. Fotu got hot before Ryan Thompson and Patrick Miller attacked the basket, bringing Ulm within 46-43 at halftime. It stayed close until Ragland and Ojo fueled an 11-0 run to make it 61-48, but Ulm scored the last 8 points of the third quarter for a 62-59 score. It stayed close until Stratos Perperoglou's 5 consecutive points led to the game's biggest lead yet, 76-64, with 5 minutes left, paving the way to victory as Ojo ruled the paint the rest of the way.

Pivotal Performer

After one center, Maik Zirbes, was slowed with 2 quick fouls, Zvezda got hurt inside by Fotu and Ulm's driving guards. But that only lasted until Ojo put his wide body to the task of rebounding and blocking shots. His 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist in the first half turned into 14 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal at the finish as he dominated the rest of the way.

Movers and shakers

Billy Baron and Joe Ragland took turns tormenting Ulm and combined for 36 points, 4 three-pointers, 8 assists and 9 fouls drawn while playing more than 25 minutes each – in other words, these hard-to-stop twin point guards shared the floor for at least 5 minutes.

Game-changing sequence

It was still close, 67-64, when Perperoglou 5 points started a 15-0 run in which Ojo and Borisa Siminic had blocks and Zvezda's defense decided it.

Hidden stat

Nine different Zvezda players shared 22 assists, the club's fourth-highest total in 111 EuroCup games to date.

Next games

Zvezda hits the road for a historic first date with AS Monaco in Round 2, while Ulm returns home to face Galatasaray Istanbul and try to break their 1-1 tie from the 2012-13 season.

Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade celebrates (photo Zvezda) - EC18

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

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Referees: PATERNICO, CARMELO; PAPAPETROU, PETROS; AMBROSOV, MYKOLA

Attendance: 4876

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade	28	18	16	26
ratiopharm Ulm	21	22	16	14

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade	28	46	62	88
ratiopharm Ulm	21	43	59	73

Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
1	RAGLAND, JOE	27:22	17	5/5	2/3	1/4				6		2			2	5	20
2	RADANOV, ALEKSA	0:31	2	1/1													2
3	COVIC, FILIP	9:04	1	0/1	0/1	1/2				4		2		1	2	2	-1
5	PERPEROGLOU, STRATOS	25:25	14	2/7	3/4	1/2	1	2	3	1	2	1			3	2	11
9	NENADIC, NEMANJA	3:47		0/1						1		1			1		-2
10	LAZIC, BRANKO	17:21	2	1/2								1	1		3		-2
11	FAYE, MOUHAMMAD	25:36	8	1/1	2/5		1	7	8	2	3	1			3		14
12	BARON, BILLY	25:36	19	3/6	2/5	7/8		4	4	2	1			1		4	22
13	DOBRIC, OGNJEN	17:44	6	2/3	0/2	2/2		2	2	2	1				1	3	10
22	SIMANIC, BORISA	8:13	3		1/2			2	2	2			1				7
33	ZIRBES, MAIK	11:37	2	1/4		0/2	1	1	2			2			2	2	-3
50	OJO, MICHAEL	27:44	14	6/7		2/2	3	7	10	2	1	1	2		1	3	29
	Team						3	2	5			1					4
	Totals	200:00	88	22/38	10/22	14/22	9	27	36	22	8	12	4	2	18	21	111
				57.9%	45.5%	63.6%

Head coach: TOMIC, MILAN

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

ratiopharm Ulm

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
1	REINHARDT, KATIN	17:27	11	1/2	3/9			1	1	2	1						8
2	MILLER, PATRICK	25:33	5	0/8	0/1	5/6		1	1	4		1		1	3	4	-1
3	EVANS, DWAYNE	20:49	10	2/6	1/2	3/3	2	4	6	1	1			1	2	3	13
5	GREEN, JAVONTE	22:43	10	4/6	0/1	2/2	1	4	5	4	2	2	1	1	3	2	15
6	GUENTHER, PER	11:12		0/1	0/2					2		2		1	3	2	-5
7	THOMPSON, RYAN	22:29	7	2/5		3/3	1	3	4	2	2	1			2	3	12
8	AKPINAR, ISMET	17:49	6		1/4	3/3		1	1	2		3	1		1	1	4
13	BRETZEL, NICOLAS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	UGRAI, MAXIMILIAN	10:28	3	0/1	1/1		2	2	4	1		1			2	1	5
34	SCHILLING, GAVIN	17:04	5	2/4		1/2		1	1		1	1			4	2	1
42	FOTU, ISAAC	28:17	16	5/7	2/3		3	3	6	1					1		19
44	KRAEMER, DAVID	6:09						1	1			2			2		-3
	Team						5		5								5
	Totals	200:00	73	16/40	8/23	17/19	14	21	35	19	7	13	2	4	23	18	73
				40%	34.8%	89.5%

Head coach: LEIBENATH, THORSTEN

Head Coaches

TOMIC, MILAN

Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade

"We expected a tough game, we knew they were going to play good on offense, but I am quite satisfied because we built our game and the result through the whole game. You cannot win games in the first or second quarters. Also you cannot expect to play at your highest level at the start of a new season."

"It was, I think, a good game. It was a difficult game. We expected this kind of game against Ulm. They are a really good team. They played 40 minutes. We continuously built our offense and defense, and in the end, we won. Defense was one of the big factors. After we started to run, it was easier."

LEIBENATH, THORSTEN

ratiopharm Ulm

"Congratulations to Crvena Zvezda, they played well, they deserved to win. We played a similar game to the one we played against Bayern in the Bundesliga. We played three quarters well, we manage to erase the deficit, but in the last quarter, we played unorganized. We rebounded well, played well on defense, but Michael Ojo gave us too many difficulties in the paint. The key for this game was our bad play in the last quarter."

Players

OJO, MICHAEL

Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade

"Coach told us it was going to be tough and we saw that. Ulm is a very good team. They play well; they're a well-coached team. We were prepared for them. We knew it was going to take 40 minutes for us to play this game, and that's what we did. In the first half, everyone was trying to get a rhythm. This is the EuroCup; it's different from the ABA League; it's tougher. Then we went back to the locker room, and Coach was able to analyze everything for us. He said we had to keep fighting, and that's what we did."

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