Eurocup. Cantu vs. BC Khimki 7 january 2015

BC Khimki slip to defeat at Mapooro Arena as FoxTown Cantu clinch a 88-99 (23-22, 14-34, 21-20, 30-23) victory courtesy of a great second quarter. The next game our team will play on Sunday, January 11, 2015 in Volgograd vs. BC Krasny Oktyabr. The beginning of the meeting is at 17.00 msk.

BC Khimki: Rice (25 + 4 assists), Koponen (14 + 6 assists + 4 rebounds), Popovic (9 + 3 assists + 2 steals), Pateev (8 + 8 rebounds), Monya (7 + 9 rebounds + 4 assists + 2 blocks), Vyaltsev (7), Ilnitsky (6), Honeycutt (6), Davis (4 + 2 rebounds), Lauvergne (2 + 2 rebounds), Augustine (DNP), Sheleketo (DNP).

POST-GAME QUOTES

Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki head coach:

"First at all, congratulations to Cantu on a great game. This evening they were stronger than us. We lost a little bit of energy. We had a long a long series of victories and some players probably think that it is sufficient to play good offense to win. It’s not true. Today Cantu scored 99 points. That is too much in the Eurocup. In the second quarter we didn’t have a time out and players lost control of the game and Cantu score 34 points. Is the key of the game. It’s really difficult to play when you are down 20. It is an away game and there are a lot of games to play because it’s only the beginning of the Last 32. So we have to think about the next game."