Galatasaray Cafe Crown Istanbul vs. Akasvayu Girona - ShowGame

2007-08Regular SeasonRound 1

November 06, 2007 CET: 17:00

Local time: 18:00 DARUSSAFAKA AYHAN SAHENK

In the ULEB Cup debut for both teams, Galatasaray Cafe Crown got a thrilling 71-69 success over Akasvayu Girona in Group B on Tuesday night in Istanbul. Dee Brown scored a jumper from the high post with 47 seconds remaining in the match to give the win to Galatasaray. Mehmet Ersoz led the way for the Turkish team by scoring 18 points, including a perfect 4 of 4 from beyond the arc. Brown added 14 and Robert Hite chipped in 13 for the winners. Marc Gasol led all scorers with 19 points. Fernando San Emeterio nailed 18 and Branko Cvetkovic 10 others for Akasvayu.

Galatasaray and Akasvayu exchanged leads in the first quarter with Charles Gaines scoring from mid-range to give a 20-16 margin to the hosts, but Girona was back pushed by Gasol to tie on 22-22 after 10 minutes. Nothing changed in the second quarter with neither team able to go ahead with big advantages and Galatasaray ahead 39-37 at the main break. Arriel Mc Donald pushed Girona in front 37-43 early in the third quarter, but Brown capped a 8-0 run for the hosts to go again ahead 45-43. Chris Owens and Cuneyt Erden contributed to finish the third quarter with Galatasaray ahead 61-52. Brown and Huseyin Besok pushed Galatasaray up by as much as 67-59 before San Emeterio tied 69-69 capping an incredible 8-0 run by Akasvayu. Brown scored the basket to win the game from the high post, while McDonald missed the potential chance to force the game into overtime.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Gokhan Ture, Istanbul

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Referees: MUHVIC, DUBRAVKO; JERSAN, ANDREJ; KOLAR, ROMAN

Attendance: 500

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Galatasaray Cafe Crown Istanbul	22	17	22	10
Akasvayu Girona	22	15	15	17

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Galatasaray Cafe Crown Istanbul	22	39	61	71
Akasvayu Girona	22	37	52	69

Galatasaray Cafe Crown Istanbul

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	TURETKEN, ERDEM	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	HITE, ROBERT	27:30	13	4/6	0/1	5/5	3	3	6		3	3			2	2	16
7	ERSOZ, TUFAN	32:27	18	2/5	4/4	2/2		1	1		2				2	2	18
8	GAINES, CHARLES	14:39	6	2/6		2/3	2	3	5	1		1			3	2	5
9	OWENS, CHRIS	20:08	6	3/7	0/1		1	3	4			1	1		4	1	2
10	KAYA, MURAT	15:01	2	1/1	0/1			2	2	4	1	1			2		5
11	SOLAK, FATIH	14:33	2	1/1			2	2	4			1			3		2
12	BESOK, HUSEYIN	30:06	4	2/7		0/2		1	1	1	1	2			3	4	-1
14	OZURGANCI, ALTAY	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	NALGA, CEMAL	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	BROWN, DEE	28:56	14	7/9	0/3		1		1	1		1			2		8
20	ERDEN, CUNEYT	16:40	6	0/1	2/4			1	1		1				1		4
	Team
	Totals	200:00	71	22/43	6/14	9/12	9	16	25	7	8	10	1	0	22	11	59
				51.2%	42.9%	75%

Head coach: OZYER, MURAT

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

Akasvayu Girona

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	STEVENSON, JAROD	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	CVETKOVIC, BRANKO	16:51	10	2/3	1/4	3/3		1	1			3			1	2	5
7	VROMAN, JACKSON	15:39	2	1/2	0/1		1	1	2						4	2
8	SADA, VICTOR	26:48	2	1/2				3	3	1	2	1			1	1	6
10	McDONALD, ARRIEL	21:04	9	0/3	3/6		1		1	3	2	1			3	1	6
18	MONTANEZ, ROMAN	20:16		0/1	0/3			1	1			1			1		-5
19	SAN EMETERIO, FERNANDO	33:41	18	5/6	1/6	5/8	2	3	5	3	1	2				5	21
20	DROBNJAK, PREDRAG	6:01	3	0/3	1/1			1	1			1
33	GASOL, MARC	23:31	19	6/9	2/2	1/2	4	2	6	1		1				6	27
44	MIDDLETON, DARRYL	17:58						1	1			1			1	1
54	RADENOVIC, IVAN	18:11	6	1/2	1/2	1/4	1	2	3					1	3	2	2
	Team						1		1								1
	Totals	200:00	69	16/31	9/25	10/17	10	15	25	8	5	11	0	1	14	20	63
				51.6%	36%	58.8%

Head coach: MARTINEZ, PEDRO

Head Coaches

OZYER, MURAT

Galatasaray Cafe Crown Istanbul

"After ten years, Galatasaray Cafe Crown has played in a European competition again. This situation gives deep pride to our team members and staff. In the team sports you have to wait until the end of the season to be able to talk about the success. We will show our real strength at the beginning of this December."

MARTINEZ, PEDRO

Akasvayu Girona

"It was a tough game. We are disappointed with the result. At the end of the game we had the chance to win the game with a simple three-point shot, but we couldn't. We will concentrate on our second game."

Players

BROWN, DEE

Galatasaray Cafe Crown Istanbul

"It was a good game for the team. First quality win against a top opponent. We have to continue to improve as a team and continue to believe that we can win but overall we played good and I am very proud of the team."

McDONALD, ARRIEL

Akasvayu Girona

"It was a good game. At the defense and offense the game was pretty much even. We had the chance to win the game at the end but we missed it."

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