EC: Second win in a row for Cedevita Olimpija
Cedevita Olimpija defeated UNICS Kazan and stayed in the race for the TOP 16 stage. Partizan NIS suffered road defeat against Tofas Bursa.
Mikael Hopkins (Photo: Cedevita Olimpija/Ales Fevzer)
Cedevita Olimpija are still in the race for the 2019/20 EuroCup TOP 16 stage! The Dragons defeated Russian giant UNICS Kazan this Wednesday evening and scored their 2nd win in a row in the group stage.
Mikael Hopkins led the Green troops toward this big win with 20 points. Ryan Boatright added 14 points, while Cody Miller-McIntyre finished the match with 13 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Cedevita Olimpija now have the overall score of 2-5, while they will host Germani Brescia Leonessa in the next round.
Partizan NIS suffered road defeat in the match against Turkish side Tofas Bursa. The black & whites were trailing by 8 points already after the opening quarter and they haven’t managed to take over the lead in the rest of the match. The good thing is that Partizan NIS will remain at the top of Group B despite this defeat.
2019/20 EuroCup Regular Season, Round 7, Group B, Wednesday, 13.11.2019:
TOFAS BURSA - Partizan NIS 82:72 (18:10, 24:21, 21:23, 19:18)
Mehia 26, Lojeski 15 | Gordić 15, Birčević 11.
Group C, Wednesday, 13.11.2019:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – UNICS Kazan 81:76 (24:18, 17:13, 22:20, 18:25)
Hopkins 20, Boatright 14 | Smith 26, Morgan 15.
Group D, Tuesday, 12.11.2019:
Dolomiti Energia Trento – BUDUĆNOST VOLI 69:76 (22:13, 19:20, 8:31, 20:12)
Blackmon 16, Kelly 12 | Martin 18, D. Nikolić 13.
