BCL: Perfect week for ABA League teams in the Basketball Champions League

Wednesday, 11. January 2017 at 22:47

All four ABA League teams have scored wins in the 12th round of the Basketball Champions League!

Cameron Tatum (Photo: Mornar/MEDIA Pro)

All four ABA League teams have scored wins in the 12th round of the Basketball Champions League!

Well this was a perfect week for ABA League teams in the Basketball Champions League! Everything started with that thrilling victory of Partizan NIS on Tuesday evening, while it has continued one day later.

Mega Leks, Cibona and Mornar were also victorious in this round!

Mega Leks outplayed Strasbourg at home mostly thanks to a stunning performance of Vlatko Čančar. Young power forward played one of his best games in the season as he scored 20 points and had 9 rebounds.

At the same time, Cibona outplayed Juventus at home after making a comeback in the last quarter. The Wolves were down by 54:60 before the last 10 minutes, while then they won the final period by 27:12 and clinched an important win. Željko Šakić (21 points) and Scott Reynolds (18 points, 9 assists) just picked up where they left off last weekend.

Finally, in the last game of the day, Mornar pulled off a huge upset in Italy by beating Avellino on the road. Cameron Tatum shined in the winning team by making 17 points.

Basketball Champions League Regular Season, Round 12, Group D, Wednesaday, 11.1.2016:

CIBONA - Juventus 81:72 (21:20, 14:22, 19:18, 27:12)
Šakić 21, Reynolds 18; Sulskis 15, Diggs 12.

MEGA LEKS - Strasbourg 86:82 (23:20, 23:16, 28:23, 12:23)
Čančar 20, Novak 17; Walker 19, Travis 18.

Avellino - MORNAR 53:60 (13:20, 13:8, 10:17, 17:15)
Thomas 13, Randolph 9; Tatum 17, Pavic 14.

STANDINGS:

Group D W/L P
1  Iberostar Tenerife 10/2 22
4  Sidigas Avellino 8/4 20
2  SIG Strasbourg 7/5 19
3  Juventus Utena 7/5 19
5  Cibona 5/7 17
6  Telenet Oostende 4/8 16
7  Mega Leks 4/8 16
8  KK Mornar 3/9 15

Group E, Tuesday, 10.1.2016:

Proximus Spirou - PARTIZAN NIS 63:65 (20:14, 14:16, 17:14, 12:21)
Shepherd 31, Bowman 10; Andrić 14, Vrabac and Veličković 11.

STANDINGS:

Group E W/L P
2  Besiktas Sompo Japan 10/2 22
1  MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg 8/4 20
3  Partizan NIS 8/4 20
4  AEK 7/5 19
5  Dinamo Sassari 5/7 17
6  Proximus Spirou 4/8 16
7  Stelmet Zielona Gora 4/8 16
8  Szolnoki Olaj 2/10 14

 

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