ACB Round 27
Eric Girard is no more the coach of the SIG. The management waived him and his assistant, Jerome Navier, after the home loss against Dijon. This was yet another in a string of poor performances in which the Alsatians scored only 18 points in the first half, and it is their 4th loss in a row. Three of those losses where conceeded at home, three of the four opponents still have a negative balance today. The replacing duet will be Olivier Weissler assisted by Franck Kuhn. The first is a former professional player who was coaching the young team for many seasons. Franck Kuhn was the physical coach and is also a player in the second team of the club. The decision taken by president Christ might also be based on a tumultuous relation between coach Girard and the team manager, Jerome Rosensthiel. Some tensions appeared a few weeks ago when coach Girard didn't get the joker player he wanted to add into his rotation when Kevin Houston's return wasn't going to be for a while yet. Girard took the team in 2004/2005, the year of the title. The former coach always managed to end the regular season at places 3 or 4 but for coach Weissler the main and only goal is to clinch the playoffs.
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Round 23 Round Up
Clermont 88 - 94 Pau-Orthez
Jeff Trepagnier (192-G-79, college: USC) shot Pau to victory by scoring a season high 27pts while shooting 6 of 9 from 3. Pau jumped out to an early 16pt lead in the first quarter, but after Graves went to the bench early in the 2nd with 2 fouls Clermont battled back to within 5 at half time 44-49. Pau regained control of the game in the 3rd quarter out scoring Clermont 27-18. Clermont managed to keep it close but never took the lead on their way to their 19th loss of the season. Pau jumped right back into playoff contention with their 10th win of the season. Pau got solid contributions from a number of players. Along with Jeff Trepainier outstanding performance, Maximiliano Stanic (178-G-78, agency: Players Group) had a double double with 10pts and 13rebs, Deji Akindele had 18pts and 9rebs, and Antonio Graves (190-G-85, college: Pittsburgh) had 15pts and 3 steals. Jerry Johnson (183-G-82, agency: Hart Sports Mngm, college: Rider) led the way for Clermont with 21pts and Tony Skinn (186-G-83, college: George Mason) added 19pts.
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Pro B- Round 26 : What a suspense !
Chalons (15) 75-90 JL Bourg Basket (1)
Nanterre (3) 67-66 Rouen (2)
Poitiers (4) 82-73 Boulazac (10)
Le Portel (16) 72-79 Limoges (5)
Reims (18) 71-81 Nantes (6)
Evreux (12) 87-71 Aix-Maurienne (7)
Brest (13) 81-56 Saint-Vallier (17)
Saint-Quentin (14) 60-54 Quimper (9)
Besancon (11) 70-62 Saint-Etienne (8)
After the defeat of Rouen vs Nanterre, JL Bourg Basket -who win vs Chalons- is the only leader of Pro B. Aurelien Salmon (202-C/F-87), the forward of Limoges, is the MVP of the day with a top ranking of 29. He scored 26p, grabbed 4rbs and blocked 2 shoots.
Kareem Reid, the american point guard of JL Bourg Basket, who score 0p, posted all the same 17p at ranking. He dished out 14asts, taked 7rbs, stealed 1ball in 34 minutes.
Big games for big mens : Rashaun Freeman --> 26p, 6rbs, 2blks, 27rkng | Aurelien Salmon --> 26p, 4rbs, 2blks, 29rkng | Kenny Younger --> 21p, 9rbs, 3asts, 3blks, 21rkng | Branko Sindjelic --> 17p, 7rbs, 3stls, 24rkng.
Fifth defeat consecutive for Reims which is going in NM1 .....
A problem ? Ronald Dorsey : 3p ( 1/8 - 1/3 2p - 0/5 3p) | Steffon Bradford : 6p (3/7), 3rbs | Joah Tucker : 4p (3/7), 6rbs | Jonathan McClark 7p (3/10), 9rbs, 3to | Frederic N'Kembe 3p (1/8), 2to, -5rkng | Terrance Jonhson : 4p (2/14 - 0/10 3p !!!!! ), -7rkng |
First professional game for the brother of Tnoy Parker, Pierre, with Aix-Maurienne. The brother of the NBA Finals' MVP scored 2p, grabbed 1rb, dished out 2asts
Big collective for Evreux : 87p, 6 players scored 10p, 29asts, 111rkng.
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ProA : Dessarzin for 2 more seasons
*Despite a terrible beginning this season, Randoald Dessarzin could keep the trust of his players and of his president. The situation is now much better (but not safe so far) and Dessarzin signed an extension of his contract til June 2010. Dijon is ranked 14th and stands with a 7-14 record, improved by the last successes over Nancy and Roanne..Dessarzin is coaching his first season in France after a lot of seasons in his country, Switzerland.
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Limoges CSP Elite sign Sasha Markovic
Limoges CSP Elite (ProB) signed 31-year old Serbian-Greek center Sasha Markovic (211-C-77). Markovic played most recently at Pizza Express Primetel Apollon (Cyprus). Despite Markovic was born in Serbia, he started his basketball career in Greece playing for Panathinaikos junior team. He holds also Greek citizenship and his Greek family name is Theodorakis. He played in various Greek teams like Iraklio Thessaloniki, Aris Thessaloniki, then KAOD, Ionikos Thessaloniki and Apollon Patras. He apent also three seasons in Italy playing for Snaidero Udine (he helped them to advance from Lega Due to A1) and then one year at Air Avellino. He spent most of this season at Apollon in Cyprus.
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NM1: Longwy joins Mulhouse, Charleville remains on top
The leaders continue their winning trend. Charleville did not suffer any moment against Andrezieux. In the mean time, the other top teams had bigger menus. Fos remained strong in Boulogne while Antibes took the game by four points in Bordeaux. Blois played at home against Angers where they impressed especially by allowing only 59 to coach Hay and his boys. The GET Vosges secured shortly two points with a narrow victory against the CFBB. Challans, St-Chamond and Lievin preserve their positive balance and a quite comfortable rank. The most important result of the week is definitively Longwy's win. By defeating Lille, the lorrains join Mulhouse at place 13, one win behind Lille, Bordeaux and Boulogne. And next Sunday (5pm), the Palais des Sports of Mulhouse will welcome Longwy for a crucial derby.
Blois 68-59 Angers
Lorenzo Orr destroyed Angers' paint with 15pts and 18rbs plus 3stl and 4ass. Angers can regret its FT's unaccuracy: 5/13
Charleville 96-49 Andrezieux
120-18, such is the ranking score! Minet was the most efficient with 18pts (6/9), 5rbs, 7ass.
Bordeaux 82-86 Antibes
Antibes scored a nice 12/25 from the 6,25m line. Julien Sauret nailed the decisive one.
Boulogne 68-81 Fos
Babou Cisse scored 30 ranking points (29pts 12/17, 4rbs, 4ass) to lift his team to the win despite Pierre-Joseph's impact (24pts 9/12)
Feurs 66-73 Lievin
Important victory for Lievin which could count in the relegation battle. Lievin made it strong with a better accuracy
(40% vs 48%) and a good Cilly (13pts, 6rbs).
Centre Federal 56-60 Golbey-Epinal
Defense, rebounds, the CFBB wasn't far from a first win but Mdivani's 13pts, 4rbs, 3stl in 12 minutes were decisive.
Challans 100-76 Mulhouse
Coach Masse, decided to replace Darryl Dora by Seth Scott (207-F-81, agency: Court Side, college: Portland St.) who comes directly from Vichy (3.2ppg, 1.9rpg). A good idea, the new US player scored 26pts (10/13). Adell reched the same amount but Mulhouse's defense was totally elsewhere allowing Challans to shoot at 66%.
Saint-Chamond 82-72 Toulouges
The locals net a good win for their confidance. Massenya handled things: 22pts 9/11, 6rbs.
Longwy 92-76 Lille
New game over 30 ranking pts for Jonathan Godin (26pts 10/14, 4rbs, 3stl, 9ass, 36rkg pts) and his team is now 7-1 over the last 8 games with 88.25ppg. This time Alex Atinkpahoun posted also his season high: 21pts (9/12), 6rbs.
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Round 19 Player of the Week! Eddie Shannon
Round 19 Player of the Week!
Eddie Shannon (180-G-76, college: Florida) of Strasbourg is France A league's 'Player of the Week!'
Shannon followed up his game winning shot vs Cholet with an
outstanding performance. He scored 20pts while shooting 7 of 13 from
the field along with dropping 7 dimes leading Strasbourg to a very
important blow out victory over league leading Nancy 98-73.
Strasbourg will look to win three in a row in Round 19 when they go on
the road to face Clermont.
Honorable Mention
Chevy Troutman (201-F-81, agency: Octagon, college: Pittsburgh) of ASVEL had an solid performance in every aspect of the game. Troutman helped first place ASVEL get a tough road when to keep pace with Nancy by scoring 20pts on 8 of 10 shooting, grabbing 8rebs, and handing out 3ast.
Vincent Grier (196-G/F-83, college: Minnesota) of Gravelines gave fist place ASVEL all they could handle, but it was not enough to steal a victory. Grier scored a game high 24pts while shooting 9 of 12 from the field and added 4ast.
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