The UCAM Murcia CB disputes its first final of the season this afternoon. It will be in the previous basketball Champions League, the continental competition of which it is already a classic. But to be this course in the FIBA competition, Sito Alonso's team, which has already won two games, has to overcome a third party, this time against Elan Chalon (7:00 p.m., popular television), a rival that will require more than the Lublin Polish and Juventus Utena Lithuano.
The university staff, despite having up to seven new faces this campaign, has already given a feeling of being a team in the two precedents. Above all, he has shown that it does not depend on a player, put in the games he has played in Bulgaria, the protagonists have been different. Before the Lublin, where up to five players ended in double scoring digitsDevontae Cacok (17 points), Michael Forrest (13), Wil Falk (11), Emanuel Cate (15) and Toni Nakic (14); And against the utena only repeated Cate (15 and 11 rebounds), adding David de Julius (19), Jonah Radet (12) and Dylan Ennis (11). That is the best weapon that has been shown to have the whole of Sito Alonso, who has more bench depth of his rival although the coach only uses ten players in the rotation -Diagne and Dani García did not play in the first meeting and in the second they had an almost testimonial contribution.
The UCAM has lived two different encounters in Samolyon Arena in Samokov. In the first it reached 100 points, with 70 field shots, despite averaging only 25.7% in the triples; And in the second, where the defenses had more prominence, launched 62 times with 33.3% in triples and a poor percentage in free throws (9 of 21 for 42.9%).
This is Elan Chalon
Today is going to find an Elan Chalon who likes to develop a quick game, with a rotation of ten players. In the first two games of the previous basketball Champions League he averaged 103 points, with a 44.9% effectiveness in triple, 22.5 assists and 35.5 rebounds, 18 of them offensive, Despite not having pivots with many centimeters. The French like to play many possessions. In fact, in the victory against Porto, it launched 76 field shots with a 51.2% effectiveness in 2 -point and 39.3% shots in the triples. And at the premiere to the Friburg he made 65 launches with A spectacular success of 52.4% in the triples. Therefore, defend the perimeter well, because it is a team where all players have a license to launch from afar except oneand control the rebound well to avoid rapid transitions with easy baskets –has scored 22 points on the average in counterattack-, it will be one of the keys to UCAM, which will also find a very dynamic defense.
The Elan Chalon is the representative team of the Burgundy region of a city bathed by the Saona River, near the border with Switzerland, where rugby is the king sport. They have a population of 46,000 inhabitants. The team of bolancefounded in 1995, he was champion of the French League in 2012, but after a few years of crisis, he descended to the PRO B in 2021 to rise again in 2023. He was a finalist of the Saporta Cup in 2001 and the Eurochallenge in 2012. Last campaign he held the ninth place in Pro A.
His coach is Elric Delord, who has a contract until 2027, He was an assistant of ASVEL between 2012 and 2019, to debut as the first coach with Le Mans in December 2019where it was until the conclusion of the 2023-2024 season. In December 2024 he took over Elan Chalon.
The technician usually uses ten players. The top scorer is an old acquaintance of the ACB, Jeremiah Hill, a nationalized Americanized Cameroonian escort who played in Spain in the 2022-2023 season. First he was in Betis and then signed for Girona. The last campaign averaged 15 points in the PRO to French. In the first two games he played an average of 26:30 minutes in which he averaged 19 points. The other escort is Yohan Chouupas, French of 1.93 meters French who played in As Monaco, Pau Orthez, Lille, Angers and Alsace. Last season he signed for the Elan Chalon and has averaged 13.5 points in 21 minutes.
The second player with more scoring weight is Nate Darling, an American eaves that the last four seasons was in the G League with San Diego Clippers and that played seven games in the NBA in the 202-21 season at Charlotte Hornets. He has averaged 17.5 points.
In the base post, Matheo Leray, French formed at the Cholet and that last season was at Stade Rochelais, is the headline. In the first two games averaged 22:30 minutes, 4.5 assists and 5 points. Its relay is Clarence Nadolny, formed in the NCAA and that comes from the Rouen, from the second French category (11 minutes, 4.5 points, 3 rebounds and 2.5 assists).
In the inner game, the most scoring player is Justyn Mutts, a pivot wing last year in Israel with the Hapoel Ass. After finishing his stage at the NCAA, he was two seasons in Japan. He played an average of 23 minutes in the first two games with 14 points and 7 rebounds. There is also the French of 1.98 Lionel Goudoux, who lives his fourth season in the Chalon. It does not pull three and in 22 minutes on average in the Bulgarian phase has averaged 11.5 points and 5.5 rebounds.
And in the position of 'five', Zachary Cathbertson, although it only measures 2.01 meters, is the headline. Sweden, Israel, Germany, Argentina and Poland are the countries in which he has played. It has an average 27 minutes per game, with a 5 of 10 in triples, 10 points and 2.5 rebounds. The other pivot is Obina Anchili-Killen, 2.05 meters and that comes from the University of Marshall. He has played 15:30 minutes in the first two games with 7 fucking and 4.5 rebounds. The third in the rotation is Yanis Tonnelier, 2.14 meters from 21 years raised in the quarry of Elan Chalon. In the Champions League has played an average of 13 minutes, with 4.5 points and 2.5 rebounds.
In addition, there are two young people who have had little prominence in the two Champions League, Akram Naji, 18 years old, and Jelini Kante, 17. n
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