Zoran Lukic / head coach of BC "Nizhny Novgorod"
In the first quarter we were not able to realize a part of our plan in defense. But in the second half my team was able to stabilize the game and you can see the result of it on the scoreboard. Of course, our game during the match wan't stable: sometimes we played well, sometimes - bad. Some players of our rotation weren't able to increase our advantage. In any case, I thank my guys for what they have coped with the pressure of the enemy and were able to earn the victory, and chance to compete in EuroCup semifinals.
"Nizhny Novgorod" - " Hapoel": 88 - 72 (15 - 21, 25 - 16, 23 - 13, 25 - 22 )
" NN" : Rochestie (18), Antonov (17 + 7 rebounds), Thompson (15 + 13 rebounds ), Khvostov (15), Brezec (10), Korobkov (6), Baburin (3), Ivlev (2), Gubanov (2), Panin (0) Savelyev – did not play.
"Hapoel" : Kitchen (15), Elijah (13), Parahovsky (12)
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.
