Zoran Lukic/ head coach BCNN:
It seemed we had two diffrent teams on the court today. One of them took full control of the game during the first quarters. During the second half, when Burtt and McGratt came into play we lost control and totally failed the struggle. Primoz Brezec was not ready to play, yet at some point we even thought of letting him out to play. I think it was a lesson to learn for some of our players. Sometimes they can't understand why foreigners play leading roles at many teams. So today we saw why. Petr Gubanov didn't defence well and lost the attack three times. Spartak played well in terms of defence, but we missed too many opportunities of open shots.
Gundars Vetra / head coach BC Spartak:
Today we've defeated a strong team which plays confidently in VTB United League and Eurocup It was one of our best games this season. I think Nizhny's act was weakened by the absence of its leaders while they still tried to surprise us with new combinations. Nevertheless we played a good team game, worked hard in defence. My congratulations to the team. We continue our struggle for playoff till the very last chance.
«Spartak» - «BCNN»: 83 – 68 (20 – 23, 17 – 20, 17 – 5, 29 – 20)
«Spartak»: Burtt (22), McGrath (14 + 5 as.), Bostic (12 + 8 reb.)
«BCNN»: Antonov (15 + 4 reb.), Gubanov (12), Ivlev (10 + 5 reb.), Khvostov (8), Panin (7+4 reb.), Rochestie (7 + 4 as.), Korobkov (5), Layons (4), Baburin (0), Savelyev (0), Brezec – did not play.
Nizhny Novgorod landed Sean Denison
BC Nizhny Novgorod signed a one-year deal with Canadian bigman Sean Denison (211 cm, 111 kg, 32 y.o.). Last season he spent in Romanian CSM Oradea, participating in the national championship and Basketball Champions League. From 2011 till 2013 he played in Russian clubs Spartak-Primorye and Ataman.
Nizhny Novgorod terminated the contract with American forward Erik McCree who’d joined the team this august. The decision was made by mutual agreement. At the moment Nizhny is in search of a new player for the vacant place.
BC Nizhny Novgorod signed Erik McCree
BC NN signed a two-year contract with American forward Erik McCree (23 y.o., 203 cm, 102 kg). From 2013 to 2017 he was playing for Louisiana Tech in NCAA. Last season he showed his best statistics averaging 17,7 points, 8,9 rebounds, 1,3 assists in 33 games.
Sterling Gibbs joins BC Nizhny Novgorod
BC NN signed a two-year deal with American point guard Sterling Gibbs (188cm, 84kg, 24 y.o). In his college years he played for Seton Hall Pirates and Connecticut Huskies in NCAA. In 2016-2017 spent his first season overseas as he joined Hungarian team Kormend. He helped the team to semifinals in Hungarian Cup and Hungarian League averaging 14,4 points, 2,1 rebounds, 3,3 assists in 27 games.
