2018-19Regular SeasonRound 6
November 06, 2018 CET: 20:30
Local time: 20:30 PALAVELA

Murphy stars as Skyliners keep Fiat winless

Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt took a big step towards the 7DAYS EuroCup Top 16 by rolling past short-handed Fiat Turin 75-85 on Tuesday. Erik Murphy led the way for the guests with career highs of 33 points and a 35 performance index rating, while Brady Heslip had 15 points as Skyliners improved to 4-2 in Group D. Jason Clark chipped in 11 points and Marco Voeller had 10 points in the win - Skyliners' second over Fiat and second on the road. Fiat remains the only team in the competition without a victory at 0-6 despite the return to the bench of head coach Larry Brown. Tyshawn Taylor and Tony Carr scored 18 points each to lead Fiat, while Victor Rudd had 13 and Jamil Wilson added 12 points and 8 rebounds. Fiat was decimated with injuries and only eight players played, including Tekele Cotton, who was injured in the first half and did not return to the court after the break.

Skyliners hit a pair of three-pointers early in the game and baskets from Voeller had the hosts up 5-10. Carr hit back-to-back threes at the other end to start a 12-2 run to go up 19-14. Richard Freudenberg answered with back-to-back triples for Skyliners, which led 21-24 after 10 minutes. Akeem Vargas started the second quarter with a three for the guests, who went up 21-29. Clark and Heslip connected from long range to extend the advantage to 26-38. Murphy hit 2 threes in scoring Skyliners' final 10 points for a 36-49 halftime lead. Skyliners kept on the throttle in the third quarter as Voeller scored 6 points and Heslip drained a three-pointer to make it 40-60. Another Murphy three-pointer increased the gap to 21. Fiat put together 6 straight points but trailed 55-72 after three quarters. Fiat tried to get back into the game with a 6-1 run to pull with 61-73. Trae Bell-Haynes however answered with a three-point play and Murphy buried back-to-back three-pointers as the lead swelled back to 19 points midway through the fourth quarter. Fiat did some cosmetics for the final result with 9 straight points, but never got within single digits.

Game-changing sequence

Fiat was close to making things dramatic early in the fourth quarter as the deficit was down to 12 points, but Trae Bell-Haynes converted a three-point play before back-to-back three-pointers from Erik Murphy to put it out of reach.

Pivotal performer

Murphy was unstoppable with his 33 points and 35 index rating. The Finnish international hit 8 of 10 two-point shots and was 5 for 5 from long range to go with 7 rebounds.

Fiat youngster gets his chance

Fiat's injuries and short rotation gave Vincenzo Guaiana his 7DAYS EuroCup debut and the 17-year-old played tough defense in picking up a rebound and three fouls in 6:51 minutes on the court.

Telling numbers

Skyliners hit 14 of 33 three-pointers (42.4%), while Fiat shot 8 for 22 from long range (36.4%). Skyliners also won the rebounding battle 23-34. Fiat could not take advantage of committing just 9 turnovers.

Next games

Turin will try to grab victory number one next week at Mornar Bar. Skyliners head back home for three of their final four games in Frankfurt, starting by hosting Unicaja Malaga.

Brady Thomas Heslip - Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt (photo Fiat Turin) - EB18
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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Referees: FOUFIS, IOANNIS; MAJKIC, MARIO ; VAN DEN BROECK, NICK
Attendance: 1957
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Fiat Turin
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 WILSON, JAMIL 25:12 12 2/2 2/4 2/2 2 6 8 2   1     1 3 21
1 RUDD, VICTOR 33:10 13 3/7 2/7 1/2   1 1 1         3 1 3
3 ANUMBA, SIMON 21:38 5 2/4   1/2 1 1 2       1 1 3 1 2
4 CARR, TONY 39:12 18 3/5 4/7     5 5 2 1 3       5 23
6 GUAIANA, VINCENZO 6:51           1 1           3   -2
8 POETA, GIUSEPPE 28:44 7 1/2 0/1 5/6   2 2 4 2 2       8 18
15 TAYLOR, TYSHAWN 30:44 18 7/10 0/1 4/4   1 1 3 1 3     1 1 16
19 MARRONE, SIMONE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 MURRI, RICCARDO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
32 COTTON, TEKELE 14:29 2 1/2 0/2         1              
Team             3 3               3
Totals 200:00 75 19/32 8/22 13/16 3 20 23 13 4 9 1 1 11 19 84
        59.4% 36.4% 81.3%
Head coach: BROWN, LARRY
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
Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 MURPHY, ERIK 26:31 33 8/10 5/6 2/3 1 6 7     2     3 4 35
1 CLARANCE, ELIJAH DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 BELL-HAYNES, TRAE 13:30 4 1/2   2/3   2 2 3   3     3 3 4
3 ZEEB, GARAI 3:42               1         1    
4 HESLIP, BRADY THOMAS 24:48 15 1/2 4/11 1/1 1   1 1 1       1   9
5 CLARK, JASON 23:11 11 2/4 2/3 1/1 1 2 3 4   2   1 2 1 11
7 HUFF, SHAWN 26:14   0/2 0/4   2 6 8 4   2 1   2   3
8 VARGAS, AKEEM 20:28 5 1/1 1/1     3 3 1   1     3   5
9 FREUDENBERG, RICHARD 13:46 7 0/2 2/4 1/2           2     1 1  
15 TRTOVAC, ARMIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 ROBERTSON, QUANTEZ 34:21   0/2 0/4   1 4 5 6 3       2   6
33 VOELLER, MARCO 13:29 10 4/6   2/2 3   3           1 1 11
Team             2 2     1         1
Totals 200:00 85 17/31 14/33 9/12 9 25 34 20 4 13 1 1 19 10 85
        54.8% 42.4% 75%
Head coach: HERBERT, GORDON

Head Coaches

BROWN, LARRY
Fiat Turin
"We lost another player today. Tekele. He's probably our most important player, but with such a short bench, I was kind of proud that our team never stopped playing. Murphy was fantastic. He made every shot. They are so unselfish, which is fun to watch. And I think if you look at the stat sheet, the best player on their team didn't score a point: Robinson. He defends everybody, he rebounds the ball, he shares the ball, he steals the ball. That always makes a good team even better."
HERBERT, GORDON
Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt
"Our goal is to make it to the Top 16 and this was a very important and big win for us. There are four more games left, anything can happen. We have to keep it one game at a time and continue to keep getting better. We were missing our starting center, Turin missed two centers. It was therefore kind of a strange game with a lot of switches and defensive rotations. But we found a way. Overall I liked our effort and we rebounded well. It was a good win for moving forward in the group. Especially after the tough loss in Kazan."

Players

CLARK, JASON
Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt
"Our game plan was to come and play aggressive right from the start. We also wanted to execute our offense well. We knew they are a very good scoring team and we knew they will make a run at some point during the game. We just tried to keep that run as small as possible. Also the coaches stressed to us how important the rebounds are for us."
MURPHY, ERIK
Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt
"It was a big win. They are a talented team and on the road it's always tough. The most important thing is we came out with a win. Fortunately I made some shots, my teammates found me and I happened to make some today. But it was a team effort and a good step towards qualifying for the Top 16."
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