Euroleague. BC Khimki vs. Strasbourg 5 november 2015

BC Khimki defeated French team SIG Strasbourg at home court — 88-62 (23-15, 16-11, 25-14, 24-22) with 16 pts by Rice and Shved apiece! The next game our team will play in Khimki, Basketball center, on Sunday, November 8, 2015 vs. Kalev. The beginning is at 16.00 msk.

BC Khimki: Rice (16 + 6 assists), Shved (16 + 4 rebounds + 3 assists), Dragic (15 + 3 rebounds), Davis (11 + 5 rebounds + 2 assists), Honeycutt (8 + 8 rebounds), Koponen (5 + 4 assists + 3 rebounds), Todorovic (5 + 2 assists + 2 rebounds), Augustine (4 + 5 rebounds + 4 assists), Monya (4 + 4 rebounds), Vyaltsev (4 + 3 rebounds).

Post-game quotes

Vincent Collet, Strasbourg head coach:

“Congratulations to Khimki on a good win. I think we played very bad in the first half and the whole game generally. We didn’t control defensive rebounds at all and many times got some good stops on the first possession, but despite this Khimki got second chances that they used quite well. Also in the offense we were not organized enough in the first half. That’s why our opponent got that lead by halftime. After that Khimki played the second half very well, much better than the first one. We couldn’t come back and it made a difference in the second half".

Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki head coach:

“I’m happy that we’ve won. As I had said before, it was very important to win all the games at home and try to get some wins on the road. Now we go on our schedule. I’m happy with the quality of the game, as it was good defense and sometimes really great offenses. That was exactly what we wanted. I would like to thank the guys who gave maximum effort, good energy and showed nice basketball".

Petteri Koponen, BC Khimki guard:

“It was a good matchup as we controlled the game from the very beginning and took a pretty easy win. We’ve been playing well at home and now have to find the way to win away because we have two tough matches coming up in the Euroleague. We need to be ready to compete and fight for the wins. We were very focused tonight and had the lead all the time. Everybody played a good game".

Paul Davis, BC Khimki center:

“Initially the game was tough. It was a good Euroleague win, but now we have to continue to go up. We need to go on a streak and have our own identity. Today was a good start, but it was only one step. We can be happy with a good win against a good team and will continue to advance. We started well and set a tone in the first half. We got a good lead and the bench guys were too motivated to come in and played well. We defended our court from the very beginning. Strasbourg has really good players that can do a lot of things, but we really need to concentrate on us. We did that and can obviously improve. When a team beats a Final Four team, that is obviously a good squad. They have good chances to go to the next round".