Valencia Basket kicks off its 2025 home season at La Fonteta hosting Turk Telekom Ankara

Valencia Basket men's team returns to La Fonteta to play their first home game of 2025, hosting a streaking Turk Telekom Ankara (Tuesday, 7th, 20:30h, Fonteta, #Vamos) in a game of the 14th round of the BKT EuroCup.

 

The team will look to take advantage of the support from their fans to change their recent dynamic in this competition and as an extra boost for the accumulated effort in a match that concludes a demanding run of games, as Pedro Martínez's men will be playing their twelfth game since December 7th.

 

If the taronja squad wins, they will mathematically secure their spot in the BKT EuroCup knockout stages. However, they will face a tough opponent who is in good form and already knows what it's like to win at La Fonteta, having triumphed in their first visit just under 23 years ago. The most recent precedent as hosts, and the first-leg game (one of the strongest performances of the season from our team), ended with a Valencia victory.

 

Valencia Basket will definitely be without Ethan Happ. They will wait until the last moment to determine if they can recover the Dominican Jean Montero, who has been sidelined from the last three games due to a right ankle sprain.

 

Valencia Basket starts this round in first place in Group B, with a record of 11-2.

 

Rosters

PLANTILLA VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Brancou Badio

Senegal

Escolta

1.91

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Nate Reuvers

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.11

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

5

Sergio De Larrea

España

Base

1.98

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/ARM

Base

1.88

8

Jean Montero

Rep.Dominicana

Base-Esc

1.88

16

Stefan Jovic

Serbia

Base

1.98

24

Matt Costello

EE.UU/CIV

Pívot

2.08

35

Amida Brimah

Ghana

Pívot

2.13

37

Semi Ojeleye

EE.UU/NIG

Alero

2.01

77

Nate Sestina

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.05

 

Injured list

 

 

 

22

Ethan Happ

EE.UU/MKD

Pívot

2.08

Pedro Martínez

Entrenador

 

TURK TELEKOM ANKARA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Berkan Durmaz

Turquía

Ala-pívot

2.06

5

Ismet Akpinar

Alemania

Base

1.93

7

Kyle Alexander

Canadá

Pívot

2.08

8

Anthony Brown

EE.UU

Alero

1.98

9

Melih Tunca

Turquía

Escolta

1.95

11

Braian Angola

Colombia

Alero

1.98

12

Arda Ozdogan

Turquía

Pívot

2.13

13

Mahir Agva

Alemania

Ala-pívot

2.06

20

Javon Bess

EE.UU

Alero

1.98

21

Olivier Hanlan

Canadá

Escolta

1.93

38

Kaan Tarla

Turquía

Alero

1.99

44

Kenneth Smith

EE.UU

Base

1.91

55

Yoan Makoundou

Francia

Pívot

2.07

 

Erdem Can

 

Entrenador

 

 

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