Prince Cup Champions and MVP!

All the fans that watched the game this morning saw a great game with back and forth scoring the entire time! In the end Melilla won, and Taylor was MVP!

WAY TO GO!

see article and photo of Taylor here:

http://www.feb.es/NoticiaDesarrollo.aspx?idNoticia=31207

Roughly Translated:
• Melilla conquest its third Copa Príncipe (79-72)

Coppenrath, the best player in the final

31/01/2010 American Taylor Coppenrath was joined to the title of Prince Cup
champion Adecco Oro 2009/10 MVP of the competition, he wanted to dedicate it to
his fellow Melilla Baloncesto.

The power forward from Melilla Baloncesto got a rating of
20 points, 16 points (3 / 7 shooting, 2 and 10/11 from the
free throw), 6 rebounds (4 offensive) and received 7 fouls
in 23 minutes and 23 seconds it was on track.

Taylor Coppenrath joined Melilla discipline at the start of
this season, having spent two previous in Alicante. In the
regular season, Coppenrath is averaging 14 points and
5.6 rebounds.

At the conclusion of the match Taylor Coppenrath said:
"We are proud of what we did, the mental strength we have had to face the decisive
moments."

The American player said the great atmosphere that was experienced in the flag Javier Imbroda:
"The city of Melilla deserved to win this Cup, so my first autograph after achieving victory
is for them". About the title of MVP of the finals, Coppenrath was proud and distributed among
its merits "teammates and coaches.

Next Game @ HOME!

Taylor's next game is this, Sunday, 01/31/10, at 7 am at home. It is the two week mid-season break for the league so there are no regularly scheduled games. However, the top two teams play an exhibition game called the "de la Copa Príncipe" (the Prince Cup). It is a very big game and most basketball fans in Spain will be watching.

Taylor is one of only a few players who have played in the past three Prince Cups as he has been on either the first or second place team each year he has been in Spain!

Although Taylor is the top scorer for Melilla he does so coming off the bench.

The game is also interesting becuase the visiting coach used to be the coach at Melilla and 4 of the Menorca players were at Melilla last season. The current coach of Melilla was the assistant coach to the visiting Menorcan coach last year when he was at Melilla.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

GOOD LUCK!

@ Kics Cuidad de Vigo

Taylor's next game is this Friday, 01/22/10, at 3 pm at Kics Cuidad de Vigo. The City of Vigo is on the Atlantic coast in Spain, just north of Portugal. Mellila, because of their win last week, is again back in first place!!!!

After this game the regular season will pause for a two week break, during which time the Prince Cup game will be played between Melilla and Vive Menorca on Sunday, Jan 31.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

Find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces!

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

vs. Tarragona

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Friday, 01/15/10, at 3 pm at home vs. Tarragona. Because Melilla lost the last two games on the road against two teams that shot high percentage 3's, they are now tied for first place. Hopefully, with home court advantage tomorrow, they will get back on a winning track!

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

The list of games is on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces.

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Video

Check out this awesome video of Melilla!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaK2tveip1w

@ Burgos

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Friday, 01/08/10, at 3 pm at Burgos. Although they lost to Zaragoza, Melilla is still in first place!

If you watched the game you saw that Zaragoza hit an incredibly high percentage of deep 3s (they were 11/18 from 3 pt for a 61% avg ! )

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces...

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Finally, the best link to the schedule of next week's games; box
scores for last week's games; and a list of the standings is on the
www.febtv.com website (just scroll down)

@ Zaragoza

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Sunday, 01/03/10, at 12:00 noon, at Zaragoza. This is the biggest game of the season so far! Melilla is in first place and Zaragoza is tied for second. Zaragoza has the home court advantage.

The press in Spain has been promoting this game and a match up between the post players.

The Prince Phillip cup referred to is a mid-season championship game played in a couple of weeks (mid-season) between the top two teams; adding more importance to this game as the #1 team retains home court advantage for the "Prince Cup."

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces...

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Video of Taylor

Here is a Youtube link that is a short clip highlighting various members of Taylor's team:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaK2tveip1w

Melilla is in blue; Taylor is 11 with high socks; has several dunks and is in the middle of some good plays!

Happy New Year!

Taylor made it on the front page of our local paper here on New Year's Day!

Check it out!

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091231/YEARINREVIEW02/91230026/Decade-Vermont-newsmakers

He's certainly a NEWSMAKER! :)