2007–08 BC Mures season
BC Mures finished the 2007-2008 half season at 8th place with 7 wins and 6 losses. The team had the best offense in the Romanian first division with 1163 points (89,46 points/game) but also holds the worst defense record with 1164 (89,53 points/game). At half season Troy Selvey and Jon Clark were waived by the management even though both players were loved by the crowd. To replace these players, the management signed with two players from the United States: Louis Truscott 29 years old, 200 cm power-forward and Frank Edward Russell 24 years old, 211 cm center. Jay Anderson, the blonde forward who was injured in the first game will miss the entire season and will be replaced by Luke McKenna. BC Mures finished the regular season on the 8th place, with a record of 15 wins and 11 losses. The team led in points scored, but also in points conceded.
In the first round of the playoffs stage BC Mures was paired against league leaders Asesoft Ploiesti. After losing the first game away from home by a narrow margin, they were defeated on their home court which meant elimination. Playing for the 5-8th place with playmaker JuJuan Cooley out, the team did not get another win, so their final league position for the season remained 8th.
2007-2008 Squad Changes
In
- Jon Clark - signed from RSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf
- Biro Ferenc - signed from Gaz Metan Medias
- Luke Mckenna - signed for the first half of the season (extended for the season)
- Louis Truscott - signed for the second half of the season from
- Frank Edward Russell - signed for the second half of the season from Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Out
- George Trif - signed to CSM Oradea
- Troy Selvey - waived in December 2007 (half season)
- Jon Clark - waived in December 2007 (half season)
2007-2008 Roster
Bc Mures 2007/2008 roster | |||||
1 | Biro Ferenc | 205 cm | 97 kg | Center | |
3 | JuJuan Cooley | 175 cm | 75 kg | Guard | |
4 | Bogdan Cormos | 177 cm | 70 kg | Guard | |
5 | Tibor Soos | 183 cm | 70 kg | Guard | |
8 | Daniel Patru | 192 cm | 92 kg | Forward | |
10 | Barnabas Szaszgaspar | 183 cm | 82 kg | Guard | |
12 | Vlad Pora | 193 cm | 91 kg | Guard | |
14 | Cristian Jakab | 205 cm | 92 kg | Center | |
15 | Bryan McCullough | 198 cm | 95 kg | Guard | |
20 | Bogdan Puscas | 194 cm | 87 kg | Forward | |
10 | Ioan Mureşan | 182 cm | 85 kg | Guard | |
33 | Luke McKenna | 201 cm | 100 kg | Forward | |
21 | Louis Truscott | 200 cm | 106 kg | Forward | |
42 | Frank Edward Russell | 211 cm | 108 kg | Center |
Pre-season
Bc Mures has played 4 games with Romanian teams and participated at an international friendly Cup in Hungary "Gocsej Cup". For details click the main article above.
- Bc Mures - CSU Sibiu 79-90 photo gallery
- Bc Mures - Gaz Metan Medias 76-80
- Bc Mures - Romanian National Team 80-79 photo gallery
- Bc Mures - CSU Brasov 69-81
Gocsej Cup, Zalaegerszeg sept. 20-23
- Zalaegerszeg KK - Bc Mures 95-67
- Dombovar KC - Bc Mures 102-90
- Falco KC Szombathely - Bc Mures 110-102
- MAFC Újbuda - Bc Mures 71-75
2007-2008 Romanian Cup
- Bc Mures - Rapid Bucuresti (1`st leg) 74-69 photo gallery
- Rapid Bucuresti - Bc Mures (2`nd leg) 84-64 (eliminated)
2007-2008 Regular season
- Leonardo Oradea - Bc Mures 87-90 (OT) game summary (RO) box score photos
- Bc Mures - Elba Timisoara 79-78 game summary (RO) box score photos
- U Mobitelco Cluj - Bc Mures 106-92 game summary (RO) box score
- Gaz Metan Medias - Bc Mures 101-85 game summary (RO) box score
- Bc Mures - Bc Targoviste 85-76 game summary (RO) box score photos
- CSU Cuadripol Brasov - Bc Mures 85-90 game summary (RO) box score
- Bc Mures - Dinamo Bucuresti 100-108
- CS Otopeni - Bc Mures 97-91
- Bc Mures - CSU Asesoft Ploiesti 77-81
- Bc Mures - BC Ramnicu Valcea 97-84
- Bc Mures - BCM Arges Pitesti 113-104 (OT)
- Bc Mures - Rapid Bucuresti 91-73
- CSU Atlassib Sibiu - Bc Mures 84-73
2`nd half-season
- Bc Mures - Leonardo Oradea 90-73 (McKenna 20pts, 9reb; Truscott 18pts, 10reb; Cooley 12pts, 12as)
- Elba Timisoara - Bc Mures 72-71 (Truscott 18pts, 10reb; Mckenna 16pts, 12reb; McCullough 15pts)
- Bc Mures - U Mobitelco Cluj 78-76 (Truscott 23pts, 9reb; McCullogh 21pts; Cooley 9pts, 5as)
- Bc Mures - Gaz Metan Medias 105-94 (McCullogh 35pts; Cooley 22pts, 10as, 5steals; Truscott 21pts, McKenna 15pts, 11reb)
- Bc Targoviste - Bc Mures 79-92
- Bc Mures - CSU Cuadripol Brasov 127-79
- CS Dinamo - Gealan Bucureşti - BC Mureş Târgu Mureş 88-82
- Bc Mures - CS Otopeni 93-85
- CSU Asesoft Ploiesti - Bc Mures 96-69
- BCM Arges Pitesti - Bc Mures 96-83
- BC Ramnicu Valcea - Bc Mures 97-100
- Rapid Bucuresti - Bc Mures 101-83
- Bc Mures - CSU Atlassib Sibiu 79-75
Playoffs First Round:
- CSU Asesoft Ploiesti - Bc Mures 88-80
- Bc Mures- CSU Asesoft Ploiesti 78-85
Standings after the regular season
- (as of 17 Feb. 2008)
Pos. | Team | W-L | Pm - Pr | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | CSU Asesoft Ploiesti | 24 - 2 | 2273 - 1885 | 50 |
2. | CSU Atlassib Sibiu | 20 - 6 | 2257 - 2049 | 46 |
3. | U Mobitelco Cluj | 19 - 7 | 2250 - 1981 | 45 |
4. | Rapid Bucuresti | 16 - 10 | 2168 - 2065 | 42 |
5. | Elba Timisoara | 16 - 10 | 2154 - 2041 | 42 |
6. | Gaz Metan Medias | 15 - 11 | 2193 - 2124 | 41 |
7. | Dinamo Bucuresti | 15 - 11 | 2213 - 2076 | 41 |
8. | Bc Mures | 15 - 11 | 2315 - 2751 | 41 |
9. | BCM Arges Pitesti | 12 - 14 | 2149 - 2224 | 38 |
10. | CS Otopeni | 9 - 17 | 2214 - 2229 | 35 |
11. | BC Ramnicu Valcea | 6 - 20 | 1944 - 2158 | 32 |
12. | CSU Cuadripol Brasov | 6 - 20 | 1959 - 2275 | 32 |
13. | Gresiloft Targoviste | 5 - 21 | 1886 - 2267 | 31 |
14. | Leonardo Oradea | 4 - 22 | 1905 - 2231 | 30 |