Final Four In The Lokhalle

...in case you didn't see it on FibaEurope yesterday...

FIBA Europe announced on Wednesday that the 2010 EuroChallenge Final Four will be staged in Göttingen, Germany between April 30 and May 2.

Hosts BG Göttingen will take on Roanne Basket from France and Russian outfit Krasnye Krylia play against Scavolini Pesaro from Italy in the two semi-finals.

"We are happy to come to Germany for one of our events for the first time in many years," commented FIBA Europe President George Vassilakopoulos.

"I am sure that Göttingen will be a formidable host and their Lokhalle will provide a special atmosphere, suitable for a European Final Four."

"Göttingen have a strong tradition in Germany and have proven throughout the year that they are a very professional organisation that will put a lot of effort into their EuroChallenge campaign" added FIBA Europe Secretary General Nar Zanolin.

"I am looking forward to seeing four determined teams meeting in the heart of Europe to become the EuroChallenge champion."

The city of Göttingen in the German state of Lower Saxony is famous for its Georg August University that has seen a total of 44 nobel price winners.

It is also a traditional basketball stronghold in Germany and Göttingen fans are said to be among the most enthusiastic in Europe.

The exact times and order of the games will be announced later as the television agreements are currently being finalized.

Find out more about the EuroChallenge Final Four on www.fibaeurope.com.

...and No this is not an April Fool's Day joke...at least I hope it's not...

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BG74 Gottingen vs. Kransye Krilya Samara 89:68

German Goettingen overcame Krasnie Krilya for the top position in Group I. Taylor Rochestie paced all the winners with 22 points as Goettingen celebrated 89:68 victory. Both sides traded baskets throughout the majority of the opening period, but 7-0 run gave the hosts 25:16 at the end of the first period. The visitors could not be shaken off that easily as they stayed in touch throughout the remainder of the half. Biggs made it 27:24, while Oliver scored for 36:26. Jason Boone was the last to score at the half for 42:39 home side advantage. In the second half, the visitors kept themselves in touch through Luis Flores and Marcus Douthit baskets. Goettingen again played better at the end of the period and enjoyed 66:54 after thirty minutes. In the final period the visitors could not get themselves back into the game and lost the period 14-23. McNaughton made the lay-up at the end for the final 89:68win. John Little posted 15 for the winners and Boone nailed 14. Flores responded with 16 points in the losing effort. Marcus Douthit notched 15, while Zelenskiy Gannadi was responsible for 12 points. The Russian side dropped at 3-2 record on the second position.

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KRASNIE KRILYA SAMARA (Coach: Mikhailov, Mikhail)

			Field Goals			Rebounds
#	Name	min	2pm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	bs	pts
15	Flores, Luis	35	6-8	1-3	1-3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	16
14	Vasylius, Valdas	33	4-5	0-3	2-2	1	3	4	3	2	0	1	10
33	Zelenskiy, Gannadi	29	3-5	2-4	0-0	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	12
25	Douthit, Marcus	28	6-11	0-0	3-6	3	4	7	2	5	0	0	15
10	Voronov, Eugeny	24	3-4	0-0	2-3	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	8
8	Biggs, Ralph	31	0-0	1-3	0-0	0	6	6	4	3	0	0	3
21	Karaulov, Sergey	12	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	4
13	Trushkin, Andrei	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
6	Ivanov, Andrei	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
30	Yakovenko, Artem	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Khloponin, Denis	DNP - Coach's Decision
Total			24-35	4-13	8-14	7	20	27	13	19	1	1	68

MEG GOETTINGEN (Coach: Patrick, John)

			Field Goals			Rebounds
#	Name	min	2pm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	bs	pts
21	Boone, Jason	30	5-7	0-0	4-8	4	4	8	3	2	2	1	14
23	Oliver, Chris	29	3-8	0-2	0-2	4	5	9	0	1	2	1	6
11	Little, John	28	3-4	3-4	0-0	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	15
13	Frazier, Chester	26	3-5	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	3	3	2	0	6
5	Kulawick, Robert	8	0-0	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3
12	Jacobson, Ben	30	2-4	1-7	3-3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	10
10	Rochestie, Taylor	22	5-5	4-6	0-0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	22
7	McNaughton, Christopher	11	2-4	0-2	2-5	3	1	4	1	3	2	1	6
30	Jordan, Antoine	9	1-2	0-1	2-2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	4
15	Meeks, Michael	7	0-0	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
8	Welzel, Tobias	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Anderson, Dwayne	DNP - Coach's Decision
Total			24-40	10-26	11-20	12	15	27	16	19	13	3	89

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BG74 Gottingen Vs. Krasnye Krylia Russia

Krasnye Krylia came from behind to force overtime and then beat BG Gottingen 82-74 in the EuroChallenge Last 16 on Tuesday. Beaten in their opener last week by EiffelTowers Den Bosch, Samara trailed 64-59 with just 25 seconds to play following two free-throws by Göttingen's Chester Frazier. Two possessions later Göttingen's John Little lost the ball out of bounds to hand possession back to Krasnye Krylia. Ernest Bremer took advantage by burying a three-pointer for the home team to cut the deficit to two before Ralph Biggs knotted the game at 64-64 with two free-throws. Biggs hit back-to-back three-pointers to begin the Overtime and Samara led the rest of the way. Biggs poured in 11 of his 22 points in the OT and also grabbed nine rebounds. Bremer also scored 21 points. The Russian outfit hit 10 of their 25 shots from long range compared to Gottingen's woeful two-of-23 performance. The Violets, who are now 1-1 in the Last 16, turned the ball over 20 times to just 16 for Samara. Jason Boone finished with 17 points and eight rebounds for Gottingen, who also got 14 points and nine boards from Dwayne Anderson.

KRASNIE KRILYA SAMARA (Coach: Mikhailov, Mikhail)

			Field Goals			Rebounds
#	Name	min	2pm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	bs	pts
22	Bremer, Ernest	45	2-4	5-10	2-4	2	2	4	3	2	2	0	21
15	Flores, Luis	42	2-10	2-6	0-0	2	4	6	5	2	2	0	10
8	Biggs, Ralph	35	2-4	3-6	9-9	1	8	9	2	1	1	1	22
14	Vasylius, Valdas	33	2-3	0-2	2-4	1	5	6	0	1	0	0	6
13	Trushkin, Andrei	23	2-6	0-0	4-6	2	1	3	1	5	2	0	8
25	Douthit, Marcus	19	3-7	0-0	1-1	4	6	10	0	5	1	1	7
10	Voronov, Eugeny	15	3-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	3	2	0	6
30	Yakovenko, Artem	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
21	Karaulov, Sergey	7	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	2
4	Chernov, Sergey	DNP - Coach's Decision
12	Arteshin, D.	DNP - Coach's Decision
9	Khloponin, Denis	DNP - Coach's Decision
Total			17-40	10-25	18-24	14	27	41	12	23	10	3	82

MEG GOETTINGEN (Coach: Patrick, John)

			Field Goals			Rebounds
#	Name	min	2pm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	bs	pts
22	Anderson, Dwayne	37	6-11	0-4	2-3	4	5	9	0	2	3	0	14
12	Jacobson, Ben	32	2-3	1-5	2-2	3	3	6	1	5	1	0	9
5	Kulawick, Robert	32	2-2	0-5	0-0	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	4
11	Little, John	31	2-3	0-2	0-0	1	2	3	0	4	0	0	4
21	Boone, Jason	26	6-8	0-0	5-8	4	4	8	0	5	0	1	17
7	McNaughton, Christopher	21	4-6	0-1	4-6	2	3	5	1	3	1	1	12
10	Rochestie, Taylor	20	2-5	0-3	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	4
13	Frazier, Chester	19	1-1	0-2	4-4	0	2	2	1	4	0	0	6
15	Meeks, Michael	7	0-0	1-1	1-2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	4
25	Schiecke, Jan	DNP - Coach's Decision
Total			25-39	2-23	18-25	15	25	40	5	27	6	2	74

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