Basketball
Valencia played a tenacious defense and got ahead of the SEF at Villeurbanne’s home stadium
Valencia sailed past the LDLC Arena 78-55, defeating the already weak Villerban with an excellent performance. Alex Moubrou’s team climbed to 7-6 before visiting SEF to play Olympiakos (15/12, 21-15).
Valencia managed an away win against Villeurbanne in the 13th game of the EuroLeague. Alex Moubro’s team built up their good defense and increased their attack after the break, taking a 7-6 lead before visiting SEF for the game against Olympiakos (December 15th, 9:15 p.m.) and lowered Gianmarco Ponceco’s total to 2-11.
Semi Ojeleghe with 16 points, 5 rebounds and Damian Inglis with 7 points, 8 rebounds were the winners. Chris Jones made three 3-pointers in the final two minutes to extend the lead to 14 points.
For Villerban, Joffrey Lovern scored 13 points and 8 rebounds, while Timothy Luawagou-Cambaro added another 12 points and 4 rebounds. 6-14 points for surprise, 11-17 points due to opponent’s mistakes and 13-6 points for second chance.
THE REFEREES: Pukl, Koljensic, Tsaruha
THE DECADES: 23-18, 33-35, 41-53, 55-78
Villerban: Scott (7 rebounds), Lee 7 (0/5 3-pointers, 7 assists), Kahudi 4 (0/4 3-pointers), Lovern 13 (2/3 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 3 fouls), Cabaro 12 (1/4 3-pointers), 4 rebounds, 4 errors), Jackson, De Colo 9 (1/4 three-pointers, 5 assists, 4 errors), Egbunu 2, Fall 4 (7 rebounds), Lighty 4
VALENTIA: Harper 6 (1/6 3-pointers), Claver, Puerto 8 (2/2 3-pointers, 4 rebounds), Rovers 5 (1), Pradija, Jones 14 (4/8 3-pointers, 5 assists, 4 turnovers), Inglis 7 (8 rebounds), Govic 2 (4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 turnovers), Toure 7 (5 rebounds), Robertson 5 (1), Davis 8, Otzelege 16 (6/8 2-pointers, 1 /1 3-pointer, 1/1 shot, 5 rebounds)
Statistics of the Villeurbanne team: 17/35 2-pointers, 4/25 3-pointers, 9/15 shots, 40 rebounds (28 defensive – 12 offensive), 15 assists, 9 steals, 18 turnovers, 5 blocks
Valencia team statistics: 17/31 2-point shots, 10/30 3-point shots, 14/18 shots, 36 rebounds (27 defensive – 9 offensive), 18 assists, 7 steals, 15 fouls, 5 blocks
The next games of the two teams: On matchday 14, Villerban hosts Panathinaikos AKTOR (December 14th, 10:00 p.m.), while Valencia travels to Greece and takes on Olympiakos (December 15th, 9:15 p.m.).
Source: sport 24
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