EC: First win for Partizan NIS
Partizan NIS have scored their first EuroCup win of the season, by beating Zenit St. Petersburg at home in Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade.
Rade Zagorac (Photo: Partizan NIS)
In Belgrade, Partizan NIS have achieved their first EuroCup win of the season. After they lost in Trento in the previous round, they have beaten Zenit of St. Petersburg in the second one. It has been anybody’s game throughout the 40 minutes of the playing time, but Partizan NIS have managed to pull away late in the game and to eventually celebrate the win.
The final score was 89:82 in favour of Partizan NIS, for which Rade Zagorac and Jock Landale scored 16 points apiece.
Cedevita, Crvena zvezda mts and Mornar are yet to play their second-round games, on Wednesday.
EuroCup Regular Season Group C, Round 1, Tuesday, 9.10.2018:
PARTIZAN NIS – Zenit St. Petersburg 89:82 (21:22, 18:24, 26:19, 24:17)Ž
Zagorac & Landale 16 | Uthoff 25, Reynolds 16.
Other games, Group B, Wednesday, 10.10.2018:
Cedevita - Alba Berlin (19:30)
Group A, Wednesday, 10.10.2018:
AS Monaco - Crvena zvezda mts (19:45)
Group D, Wednesday, 10.10.2018:
Fiat Turin - Mornar (20:30)