Further details of Maurice Spillers

Vitals

Height: 6’7” (200cm)
Weight: 235lbs (107kg)
Position: Forward (3)
Date of Birth: August 1, 1973
Passport: United States

Outlook

Maurice is a strong and aggressive player with good ball handling skills and the ability to score both in the post and from the perimeter. He is competitive player who plays hard at all times. Maurice is force on the backboards on both ends of the court, aggressively securing rebounds. He is capable of playing either forward position because of his physical gifts of his strength and agility.Pro Basketball Experience  2010-11  VIVO/FRANCA BASQUETE SAO PAULO, Brazil (BRA-NBB)

2009-10  Obras Sanitarias Buenos Aires, (Argentina-LigaA) 45 games: 12.9ppg; 5.5rpg; 1.4apg.

2010      Obras Sanitarias Buenos Aires, FIBA Liga de Las Americas  18ppg; 9 rpg; 1 apg; 1.7 spg
2009      Sol de America Asuncion, (Paraguay- NL) named Top Rebounder and Best Assist Man in leading Sol de America to National League Finals
2008-09 Sionista de Parana (Argentina Liga A)  56GP; 26.7min per game; 11.1ppg; 6.8rpg; 2.2apg; 1.2spg
2008      Eurobasket Summer League - Salt Lake City Champions (Sevilla Delta Jammers Play2Win)
2008      UNIVERSO/BRB BRASILIA (BRA-BNL) 12.3ppg: 6.3rpg: 2.7apg; 1.2spg
2008      UNIVERSO/BRB BRASILIA (BRA-BNL) FIBA Liga de Las Americas  25.7 minuntes per game: 13ppg: 4.7rpg
2007-08  Universidad Catolica, Chile (DIMAYOR) 35.2 minutes per game: 21.4ppg: 8.9 rpg: 4.6 apg
2007     Southern California Summer Pro League (Play2Win Delta Jammers)
2006-07 Boca Juniors Capital Feder (ARG-LigaA)
1st stage

2006 South American Club Basketball Championships - SACHAM in Venezuela (Boca Juniors) 19.0ppg and named MVP

2006  Ben Hur of Rafaela, Argentina (ARG-LigaA) 15.5ppg; 6.5rpg; 3apg; 3spg
2006 Southern California NBA Summer Pro League (Play2Win-Delta Jammers)
       26min per game; 17ppg: 7.8rpg: 1.7apg: 1.3spg
2006 Trotamundos de Carabobo (VEN-LPB) 10ppg
2005-06 Club River Plate Buenos Aires (ARG-Liga A) 15ppg: 6.5rpg
2005 ABA Summer Pro League (LA Aftershock)
2005 Southern California NBA Summer Pro League (NBA Pros)
2005 Nebraska Cranes (USBL) 15.2ppg; 6.2rpg; 3.1aspg
2004-05 Gary Steelheads (CBA) 12.9ppg; 6.6 rpg; 3.1apg; FG% --57.7%
2004-05 California Buzz ( ABA)
2004-05 Long Beach Jam (ABA) 21.4ppg; 6.4rpg; 3.4apg; FG %- 56%; 3PT % - 24%
2004 Denver Nuggets (NBA) camp
2004 NBA Southern California Summer Pro League (Hoosier Daddy Hoops )
2003-04 Tijuana Tazmania Diablos (ABA)
2003-04 Residence Walferdange (LUX-N1) Luxemburg
2003-04 Tender BC (KBL) Korea 14ppg; 11rpg
2003 NBA Southern California Summer Pro League (Frontline)
2002-03 Nike Battlegrounds 1-on-1 championship in Los Angeles – winner
2002-03 Black Star Mersch (LUX-N1) Luxemburg
2002-03 RAIKA Furstenfeld Panthers (AUT-A) Austria
2002 EA Sports All-Star touring team - played exhibition games against NCAA teams
2002 NBA Southern California Summer Pro League (Frontline)
2002 St. Joseph Express (USBL)
2001-02 U.M.F. Tindastoll (ISL) Iceland
2000-01 Thor AK (ISL) Iceland
2000-01 San Diego Wildfire (ABA) 19ppg; 7 rpg; 1apg
2000 drafted by Anaheim Roadrunners (ABA) 11th round – 102nd overall
2000 NBA Southern California Summer Pro League ((Anaheim Roadrunners)
1999-00 Thor AK (ISL) Iceland 24.7ppg; 12.8rpg
1998-99 Thor AK (ISL) Iceland
1994-1995 through 1996-1997: Utah St, ; NCAA division 1 – Big West Conference 

Awards/Achievements

2009 Paraguay National League finalists (Sol de America)
2009 Paraguay National League Top Rebounder - LatinBasket
2009 Paraguay National League Best Assist Man – LatinBasket
2008 Eurobasket Summer League (ESL) All-Tournament Team - Salt Lake City
2008 Eurobasket Summer League - Salt Lake City Champions (Sevilla Delta Jammers Play2Win)
2008 BNL Finalists (UNIVERSO/BRB BRASILIA)
2008 LatinBasket All-Chile DIMAYOR (U.Catolica)
2008 FIBA Liga de Las Americas (UNIVERSO/BRB BRASILIA)
2007 Southern California Summer Pro League Champions (Play2Win Delta Jammers)
2006 Tourneo Super 8 Finalist (Boca Juniors - Argentina)
2006 South American Club Basketball Championships (SACHAM) MVP in Venezuela (Boca Juniors)
2006 South American Club Basketball Championships (SACHAM) Champion in Venezuela (Boca Jrs)
2006 Southern California NBA Summer Pro League Champions (Delta Jammers-Play2Win)
2006 Argentinean LigaA All Star Game (Club River Plate Buenos Aires)
2006 Argentinean LigaA All Star Game Slam Dunk Contest Finalist (Club River Plate Buenos Aires)
2005 USBL Post-Season All-Tournament Team(Nebraska Cranes)
2005 USBL 6th Man Award (Nebraska Cranes)
2005 USBL Semi-Finalists (Nebraska Cranes)
2005 USBL Player of the Week for May 2-8 2005 (Nebraska Cranes) 22.8ppg 10.0rpg; 4.2 apg – 5games
2004 NBA Southern California Summer Pro League All-Star team (Hoosier Daddy Hoops)

ONE DOES WITHOUT MARCUS SIKES SERVICES .

The leadership of the professional basketball of the Athletic Echagüe Club, it informs that one has decided to do without the sports services of the player Marcus Sikes.
After evaluating his performance and by mutual agreement with the technical body it has come near to the above mentioned decision.
In addition the leaders want to emphasize the good behavior of the foreigner, who was anoticiado in the day of this Monday on the disposition.
For some days the leaders and the trainer Ricardo De Cecco, are in the search of the one who will be Sikes's reemplazante, to occupy the foreigner's card in this season of the National Tilt of Ascent.

It is necessary to emphasize that, though one is working arduamente for this contracting, the times help, since the AEC will return to play newly on Friday, the 28th of current when it has to receive in the Luis Butta to Oberá Tenis Club of Missions.
Since he gets used in these cases, one is working before a good number of possibilities, between which there is evaluated who is the best for the club, having in it counts the strictly sports thing and without altering the economic thing, premise that headed the action plan of this leadership for two years.
In another order of things the nursery returned to train this Tuesday after having on the free Monday. It did it in double shift for the mñana in the gymnasium and in the evening in the stadium, these day I recess of the activity, they will be important to continue being employed at the physical thing and at the technical - tactical thing.

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U. PROGRESISTA 72 - ECHAGÜE 56

This Sunday, the Athletic Echagüe Club, visited to Progresista Union of villa Ángela in the province of the Snare, in the frame of the sixth date of the Zone North of the National tilt of Ascent 2011-2012.
The result was 72 to 56 in favour of progresista Union that is still unconquered.
A positive closing of tour for the AEC, which brought a victory of charata and gave him fights to the best equipment of the zone North of the National Tilt of Ascent.
The first partial one started with a marked supremacy of the equipment paranaense especially in the perimeter, zone from where a good performance constructed mercy itself to David Oviedo's bombs and Roman Rodriguez's efficiency that the triple one fixed in order that the boy closes Echagüe arrives for 21 at 15, also the equipment was based on a very good defense of De Cecco.

In the second quarter everything spoilt in offensive and both had a drought of 3 min without turning and this inefficiency met marked into that when it was dividing equally the second alone quarter two points had turned nothing more. Progresista was still inconvinient and Echagüe was reaching well the game by the end of the first time the difference it stretched and the equipment paranaense remained also with the partial one gaining it for 35 to 24.
In the third partial one, the place fitted the defensive intensity and could shorten distances grace sa a good night of Rassio and Bailey that close to the contribution in Schoppler's penetrations, put the partial one from 8 to 2 for acrotar differences.

The end paired off thanks to a Mauro Rotschy that I handle Echagüe's assaults.
It was quite an inconvenience for the place that was meeting overcome for I raise of the AEC, the closing of the third party was 48 to 40 again in favour of the visit.
In the last ten minutes Progresista it dominated the instances putting the partial one from 10 to 2 going on to the front for the first time in the game, but Echagüe wanted to follow fence and it could do it with the contributions of Sikes, Negri and Basualdo that fought and much in the identical zone.

Of Lisandro Rassio's hand the place extracted when his good moment shone and could stretch differences to close a game with a bulky result that for nothing marked what had to fight to be able to obtain his fifth consecutive victory.
One was OK with the forehead in high place Echagüe that in both visitor's parties in the province of the Snare showed maturity and personality to turn into an equipment that is going to give battle to anyone in the TNA.


Synthesis:
U. PROGRESISTA 72: Paciotti 3, Grutzky, Avalle 10, Laphitzborde 6, Ojeda 1, Schoppler 16, Osores 6, Cajal, Bailey 16, Gallizi, Aleksandrowic, Rassio 14. DT: Lobera
ECHAGÜE 56: Catelotti, Rodriguez 3, Todone J., Díaz 3, Sepúlveda 3, Oviedo 10, Alley, Todone A., Sikes 7, Basualdo 7, Rotschy 16, Negri 7. DT: De Cecco

Umpires: Piedrabuena - Vassal
Stadium: Or. Progresista.


The rest of the date number 6 had these results:
San Francisco 87 vs. A. Italiana 76
Union (S) 78 vs. Alvear (GOES) 74
A. Española 70 vs. Rocamora 65
Free: Estudiantes (C) and Oberá TC.


Near parties for the AEC: on Friday, the 28th and Sunday, the 30th of October, it receives Oberá TC and Students respectively.
The nursery will have on the free Monday, after arriving at the capital entrerriana, later he will train in double shift on Tuesday and Wednesday, the alone Thursday will do it in the evening and Friday will return to train two times.

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CONCENTRATION IN VILLA ÁNGELA, TRAINING AND PREVIOUS OF PROGRESSIVE UNION

This Saturday, it served to rest and in the night to work thinking what one comes, for the Athletic Echagüe Club.
After the victory before Charata's Spanish Association, the delegation had dinner and stayed in this city, to make the trip of 90 km towards villa Ángela, at 11 a.m..
The equipment lodged at the Hotel Bariloche, in full downtown, and after having lunch it rested to wait the night where it had his first contact with the stadium of Progressive Union.
The party corresponding to the date number 6 of the current season of the TNA, will begin this Sunday at 22 a.m. and will take Maximiliano Piedrabuena and Sebastián Vasallo as judges.

The night training of this Saturday, began to the orders of the trainer, who arranged the accomplishment of a regenerative work after the significant effort of the party before Spanish woman.
Then the technical body headed for Of Cecco arranged works with ball and emphasized tactical details thinking about Progressive.
The good environment in the bosom of the equipment is perceived by facility, the victory and for especially the form in which the equipment obtained it, not only emphasizing the good closing but also the maturity that showed the group during 45 minutes that the game lasted, they promoted the desires with the one that is trained and centers thinking of continuing with this good squall.

The good climate was promoted after the party before Spanish woman, since two members of the delegation expire years this Saturday, the player Lucas Calleja and the chief of equipment Guillermo Ragone, both were "more" that greeted by the whole group.

The rest of the sixth date will be played of the following way, for the Zone North of the TNA, all at being disputed this Sunday:
20:00 hs. San Isidro vs. Asoc. Italiana (Zanabone-Baroto)
21:30 hs. Union (S) vs. Alvear (Rosas-D'Anna)
22:00 hs. Asoc. Española vs. Rocamora (Wasinger-Ponzo)
Free: Estudiantes (C) and Oberá TC.

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THEY SUMMARIZE ESPAÑOLA 78 - ECHAGÜE 80

This Friday the Athletic Echagüe Club disputed his fifth party in what it goes of the season of the TNA, in this case he visited to Charata's Spanish Association.
The meeting finished 80 to 78 in favour of Echagüe, which gained it in supplementary time in an end of the last quarter, with many spices.
The best game of the AEC, which showed solidarity, maturity and concentration to steal a party of visitor, the first one of the season.
The first quarter gave a face of what was going to be the whole game, absolute parity, since both alternated good and bad of equal way and in equal times.

The boarders were the protagonists of this one partially, Negri and Sikes for the side of the visit and Miller and Sparrow for the Spanish woman's side, monopolized a high percentage of balls and decisions.
The first partial one reached 17 to 16 above the place.
In the second quarter one saw a difference in favour of the equipment of Cottonaro that extracted 7 of difference and handled better the offensives, the fret in the identical zone was doing that Mauro Negri is loaded with lacks (finally it went out for 5) and to sorrow that Sikes realized his better action of the season, the equipment had to extract a good defense to be based on the same one to remain in game.
The second quarter was closed with the parity that had the game, again one of difference, in this case it was 33 to 32 in favour of the AEC.

The same parity was kept in the end of the third quarter since they started weighing on equal parts, the good moments of Rotschy for the side of the visit and of Forte's hand.
In the "black" Rodríguez and Sepúlveda were outlined also, all well commanded by David Oviedo.
The place extracted 7 of difference when it was dividing equally the third quarter and there one saw the better thing of the AEC, which the partial one put from 13 to 0 to remain above for 6, it differentiates that later it would diminish.
After 53 to 52 with the one that was closed the third partial one, the last quarter was not going to be the exception, they were even him final span to span, the AEc was remaining without Negri, Spanish woman was remaining without Sparrow and Echagüe's perimeter had to extract the face, with a Sepúlveda helped by Basualdo that they were important in the rebounds, the defense of the visit was very strong to be able to be kept always above for 1 or 2 units.
The end had of everything, it was gaining the place for 68 to 67, he still had them 3 " 7 tenths to the AEC, it extracts Oviedo and Roman Rodríguez controls and throws fixing a bomb that made rave to the bank of substitute that entered to the field to feast when the clock was marking that alone he still had 4 tenths to the game, the technician of the umpires was not made wait and Forte from the line put 70 to 70 with that course was given for the supplementary one.
The supplementary one was a pure suffering for both and a good attitude in defense mas the efficiency from the line of the "black" they did that the last ball in hands of the place was not transcendental and Echagüe remained with a victory that costs much more than two points.


Synthesis:

A. ESPAÑOLA 78: Correnti 2, Naón 10, Forte 7, Lotus, Corazza, Frencia 15, Cequeira 7, Reingenborn, Rodríguez 5, Sparrow 15, Mendez, Miller 17. DT: Jose Cottonaro.

ECHAGÜE 80: Rodríguez 10, Díaz 2, Sepúlveda 11, Oviedo 11, Alley 2, Todone A., Sikes 11, Basualdo 4, Rostchy 16, Negri 13. DT: Ricardo De Cecco

Umpires: Tosello and Salguero.
Stadium: Cement giant.



Other results of this one 5ta. It dates in the Zone North of the TNA:
Oberá TC 76 - students 61, Or. Progressive 94 - T. Rocamora 77, Union (S) 89 - To. Italian 86 and San Isidro 67 - Alvear (GOES) 82.

After the game the AEC, it will divide this Saturday morning to the city of Villa Ángela to concentrate in the hotel Bariloche, to the wait of the game before Unión Progresista agreed for this Sunday to 22 a.m..


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Arrival to Charata, training and more info.

After the party before Sunchales's Union of this Tuesday, the Athletic Echagüe Club, trained in an alone shift on Wednesday to wait for the trip to Charata, headquarters of the near party before Spanish Association of this city of the Snare.
This Thursday the delegation divided from the club at 13:30, arrived at " The Pearl of the West Chaqueño ", at 21:30 and it went directly to the stadium of the rival to realize his first training of this periplus.
To the orders of the PF (Roberto Pulido) diagramó the warming then to begin to exercise tactical questions at the expense of Ricardo De Cecco and Gustavo Eggel.
Once reached the work the nursery went when Holy Inés lodged to the hotel where it concentrates habitually Echagüe, whenever he visits Charata.
The continuity of the activities, brand that this Friday will be trained from 12 a.m. then to have lunch and to wait for the beginning of the game, ruled for 22 hours.
The judges for this fifth date of the TNA of the AEC, will be: Tosello and Salguero.
In addition they play:
San Yokel (Fco.) vs Alvear of Villa Ángela, Union of Sunchales vs. Asoc. Italian, Unión Progresista vs. Tomás de Rocamora and Oberá Tenis Club Vs Estudiantes Concordia.
It is necessary to emphasize the good reigning spirit in a group that he managed of the same way since one began to work, as far back as September 15.
Wait like that Echagüe, to confront both games of the weekend (Sunday he visits to Progressive Union in Vila Ángela), then to continue working, bearing in mind that the near game will be of place and newly on Friday, the 28th of October, since next weekend there will be recess for the electoral act in the whole country.

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ECHAGÜE 94 -UNIÓN DE SUNCHALES 88

The Athletic Echagüe Club disputed this Tuesday night, his fourth game of the present season of the National Tilt of Ascent.
The game ended in favour of the place that won for 94 88.
The party Luis Butta developed in the Stadium and was televised for the whole country across TyC Sports's alternative sign.
The beginning of the party it had better unemployed person to the place, which with successes of three points, of Rostchy, and the presence in the low post of Negri and SIkes achieved to extract rapidly advantage (11-5). The minute asked by Vico did not fall badly the joint visitor, who with a series of precise offensives put in divided rapidly, but it him did not last very much. It is that Echagüe extracted one of his better defensive digests, and using simple systems in assault, it managed the first boy closed to his favor, for 26 to 22.
In the second boy the moment came from those of Sunchales, which with a series of successes of long distance, and with the partial one of 11-3, it went on to the front in scoreboard, demonstrating that also it had his weapon to give battle (33-29). Of there in more blow was exchanged by blow, where the most effective was the AEC, because with Roman Rodríguez's accurate successes, and with a defense for others solid, it was possible to go to the rest above in the scoreboard, 52-46.
The third boy brought the better of the place, which again betting on the aggressive zone defense and personnel, started cutting the circuits of game that him brought solutions to those of Sunchales, since without leaving it to throw to Rivers and it having contained to Coleman, it knew that the difference in the scoreboard alone was going to appear. And it was like that, because distributing I make goals, alternating the offensives in the low post, more the launches of long distance, it started constructing the victory by the end of the third period (68-58).
Everything was looking like a color of rose for the AEC in the last ones ten, but Union woke up. Because with aggressive assaults, taking advantage of the desconcentración of the place and obviously efficiency in his launches, it gave the blow to little of the end (recovering after 16 points being below), and he placed to only three units, for lack of a few minutes. Nevertheless, there the good deployment appeared in offensive of them of Of Cecco, that with many tranquility, and betting on the simple and effective shots, could liquidate in time the history (94 to 88), to be able to feast for the first time in the season, in this TNA that so hard appeared him.


Synthesis:

ECHAGÜE 94: Rodríguez 19, Díaz 6, Sepúlveda 3, Oviedo 12, Alley 3, Todone To. 2, Sikes 6, Basualdo 2, Rostchy 26, Negri 15.

UNION (S) 88: Lizarraga, Podestá 8, Bernhard 8, Vittar 15, Radavero 7, Rocks 3, Rivers 24 and Coleman 23.

Umpires: Hole and Wasinger

Commissioner: Eduardo Soria

Stadium: Luis Butta

HONORING

In the in-between season an emotive honoring was carried out to the players who ascended to the maximum category of our National League in the year 1985.
The Managerial Commission of the institution delivered a commemorative plate to this nursery composed for: Carmelite convent "Cholo" Mendoza, Sergio Benedetich, Sergio Padula, Michael Zandomeni, Hernán Bonarrigo, Horace Pacheco, Diego Mugherli, Fabian Arroniz and the missing persons Aníbal Sanchez and the juvenile Lopez. The foreigners were Charles Parker and Glenn Shudop, all directed by Horace Seguí.


In another order of things, the AdC, already it confirmed the umpires' designations, days and schedules for the next two dates of the AEC:

Date 5: Friday 22:00 hours, Spanish Association vs. AEC, in Charata (Tosello-Salguero)

Date 6: on Sunday 22:00 hours, Progressive Union vs. AEC, in Villa (Piedrabuena-vassal) Ángela

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Click Photos: Bernardo Albisu