Valencia Basket seeks its turning point in the Fonteta vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

Valencia Basket returns home after three away-games to host LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in a Turkish Airlines Euroleague round 6 game (Friday 1, 7:00 p.m., Fonteta, DAZN). The Taronja squad will seek to become strong in the Fonteta to add its first win in continental competition by adding the home-court advantage to the defensive improvement shown in the last games in which the victory has been resisted.

 

Valencia Basket has in its favor both its personal history against this rival in Fonteta (4-0 for the taronja) and against rivals of this nationality in Valencia (14-3). Sam Van Rossom is the only confirmed sidelined player while Mike Tobey, who has missed the last three games, has joined practices today and is doubtful for the match.

 

Jaume Ponsarnau

"We play against an athletic team, their main virtue. They have great one-on-one players plus they have confidence because they won several games, plus they have another day of rest. We have respect for them and how they do things, but we want to keep improving and moving ahead. We must get energy from wherever so we can compete at a physical level."

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Quino Colom

España

Base

1.88

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

3

Jordan Loyd

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

5

Maurice Ndour

Senegal

Ala-pívot

2.06

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

12

Brock Motum

Australia/Lituania

Ala-pívot

2.08

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

Sidelined

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

LDLC ASVEL VILLEURBANNE

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Edwin Jackson

Francia

Escolta

1.91

2

Jordan Taylor

EE.UU

Base

1.85

3

Tonye Jekiri

Nigeria

Pívot

2.13

5

Charles Kahudi

Francia

Alero

1.99

9

Rihards Lomazs

Letonia

Escolta

1.93

11

Charles Galliou

Francia

Alero

2.02

12

Amine Noua

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.03

17

Livio Jean-Charles

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.06

19

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base

1.93

21

Ismael Bako

Bélgica

Pívot

2.08

23

David Lighty

EE.UU

Alero

1.98

33

Adreian Payne

EE.UU

Pívot

2.08

 

Zvezdan Mitrovic

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: RYZHYK, VILIUS, JURAS