2012-13Regular SeasonRound 6
December 12, 2012 CET: 20:00
Local time: 20:00 SLEUYTER ARENA
Ian Vougioukas - Unics Kazan - EC12 (photo unics.ru)Former Eurocup champion Unics Kazan locked up first place in Group F by going on the road to upend Telenet Oostende of Belgium 67-74 in the last regular season game for both teams. Unics finished with a 5-1 record and moves onto the Last 16, to which it had previously qualified, with good momentum. Oostende, which had already been eliminated, fought the good fight until finishing with a 2-4 record. Ian Vougioukas again led Unics with 18 points, while Mike Wilkinson played his first game of the season, scoring 16 in just 18 minutes. Chuck Eidson added 14 points, 6 rebounds and 5 steals for the winners. Oostende got 14 points from Matt Lojeski, 11 from Dusan Katnic and 10 from Mario Stojic as it said goodbye to the Eurocup for this season.

Eidson had 5 points in the game's first 2 minutes to shoot Unics in front 2-7. Stojic and Brent Wright accounted for all of Oostende's points as the hosts got within 5-7, but then neither team scored for almost 4 minutes. Vougioukas got Unics restared in the scoring column, while Lojeski did the same for Oostende, with his second basket, a dunk, making it 9-11. After Kelly McCarty traded points with Stojic, Vougioukas scored inside to seal an 11-15 lead for the visitors after 10 minutes. Wilkinson, playing his first game of the season, dropped a three-pointer for the bigges Unics lead yet, 13-19, early in the second. Back-to-back triples from Stojic kept Oostende close at 19-21 before Eidson answered from deep and Veremeenko powered inside for 3 consecutive layups. When Wilkinson struck again from downtown, Unics had a 0-12 run and a 19-33 advantage. Jean Salumu righted Oostende's ship with a three-pointer and Katnic made a pair of baskets in a row, but it was only enought to limit the Unics lead to 26-36 at the half.

Unics continued rolling with a 3-10 run to open the second half that featured 4 points each by Eidson and Wilkinson plus a three-point blast by Mire Chatman. Wright and Lojeski tried to answer for Oostende, but Wilkinson was obviously happy to be playing again as his next triple gave him 14 points in 18 minutes and Unics a 33-49 lead. Vougioukas and McCarty kept scoring enough to keep 8 quick points by Lojeski from impacting a 44-60 Unics lead after 30 minutes. Unics was content to trade points early in the final quarter. Oostende showed pride as a pair of dunks by Wes Wilkinson and another triple by Salumu worked the difference down to 8 points, 59-67. Vougioukas came to the rescue for Unics with 4 consecutive points to make it 59-71, rendering a dunk by Dragisa Drobnjak and Veselin Petrovic's triple to start the final minute too little, too late for Oostende.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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Referees: CMIKIEWICZ, MAREK; KRAUSE, OLIVER; BARDERA, REGIS
Attendance: 1945 (Tentative)
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Telenet Oostende11151823
Unics Kazan15212414
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Telenet Oostende11264467
Unics Kazan15366074
Telenet Oostende
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 KATNIC, DUSAN 27:00 11 4/7 1/3   2 3 5 2 1 3     3 4 12
7 EL MAHSINI, YASSINE 1:25                   1         -1
8 STOJIC, MARIO 23:20 10 1/3 2/3 2/2       2 1 2     4 5 9
10 PETROVIC, VESELIN 10:21 6   2/2   2 2 4 1   1     2   8
11 WILKINSON, WES 21:31 7 2/4 1/4   1 6 7     1     2   6
13 SALUMU, JEAN 17:05 6 0/1 2/3   1   1 2   1         6
14 MCLEAN, JAMEL 17:04   0/2     2 5 7   1 2   1 1 1 3
15 BOUKICHOU, KHALID DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 DJORDJEVIC, DUSAN 11:35     0/1     2 2 1   2     1   -1
21 WRIGHT, BRENT 18:29 8 2/6 1/1 1/2 1 3 4           1 3 9
24 LOJESKI, MATT 29:14 14 4/7 2/4     2 2 2 1 4     3 2 9
25 DROBNJAK, DRAGISA 22:56 5 2/3 0/3 1/2 1 1 2           2 1 1
Team                                
Totals 200:00 67 15/33 11/24 4/6 10 24 34 10 4 17 0 1 19 16 61
        45.5% 45.8% 66.7%
Head coach: GJERGJA, DARIO
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
Unics Kazan
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
7 ZAMANSKIY, IGOR 12:17   0/2     1 1 2 1 1       2    
9 SAMOYLENKO, PETR 22:23 3   1/3     1 1 3   1     1   3
10 SERGEEV, PAVEL DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 VEREMEENKO, VLADIMIR 23:49 9 4/5   1/2   1 1 1 3       2 1 11
14 EIDSON, CHUCK 32:41 14 3/6 2/5 2/2   6 6 2 5 4     1 6 22
15 VOUGIOUKAS, IAN 25:55 18 8/8   2/2 2 2 4 1   2 1   2 2 22
18 KAIMAKOGLOU, KOSTAS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 McCARTY, KELLY 18:17 7 1/2 1/2 2/2   2 2 1 1       3 5 11
22 ANTIPOV, PAVEL DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 TRUSHKIN, ANDREI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
32 CHATMAN, MIRE 32:54 7 2/6 1/4     1 1 2         3 2 2
54 WILKINSON, MIKE 31:44 16 3/6 3/10 1/2   3 3 2 3 1     2 3 13
Team                                
Totals 200:00 74 21/35 8/24 8/10 3 17 20 13 13 8 1 0 16 19 84
        60% 33.3% 80%
Head coach: PETROVIC, ACO

Head Coaches

GJERGJA, DARIO
Telenet Oostende
"Congratulations to Unics Kazan. They showed today that they have a very good team and roster. They easily find an answer to any defense and a way to punish it. Where other teams might need more than 5 minutes, they immediatly react. The first half I think we might have showed too much respect, missing too many layups. However I am very satisfied about my team, that never gave up and fought till the end. This not giving up is important for a team and we will need this in our league. I wish Kazan the very best and hopefully a prize."
PETROVIC, ACO
Unics Kazan
"I thank Oostende for the nice words on our victory. I am satisfied with the game and with our victory. We have reached our first goal by ending first in the group. We were controlling the game for 30 minutes. The last 10 minutes were less good but maybe because some players got tired. Oostende deserves respect for their game, not giving up. We had some difficulties in the fourth quarter to defend the perimeter, allowing them to get some three-point shots. We wich Oostende the very best in the Belgian League."
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