EC: Important win for Cedevita Olimpija over Bourg
In the 3rd round of the EuroCup Top 16, Cedevita Olimpija have outgunned JL Bourg at home in Stožice Arena in Ljubljana. Mornar and Partizan NIS have suffered defeats against Unics and Lokomotiv, respectively.
Jaka Blazic (Photo: Cedevita Olimpija/Ales Fevzer)
Cedevita Olimpija have played a great game against JL Bourg at home in Stožice Arena in Ljubljana, as they have been in front of JL Bourg throughout the game and have eventually celebrated a 94:91 win after a thrilling finish, scoring their second triumph of the Top16 phase of the EuroCup competition. This puts them on the second place in the standings right now. For Cedevita Olimpija Jaka Blažič shined this time as he scored 30 points, while Mikael Hopkins and Jarrod Jones contributed 16 points each.
At home in Topolica Sports Hall in Bar, Mornar, without injured Jacob Pullen on their squad, have suffered a defeat by Unics of Kazan. The Russians have made the crucial difference in the second and third quarters, which they have won combined by 17 points, which was also the final margin (70:87). For Mornar, the top scorer was Isaiah Whitehead, who scored 17 points, while Kenny Gabriel added 12 to his team’s record.
Partizan NIS were defeated on the road in Krasnodar by Lokomotiv Kuban with the final score of 74:67, in a game where both teams remained close for the majority of the playing time, but the hosts went up by 7 points by the big break and did not let go of their lead until the end. For Partizahn NIS, Novica Veličković scored 15 points and Marcus Paige 12.
On Tuesday, Budućnost VOLI were already on court in Bologna, where they have been defeated by Virtus Segafredo.
2020/21 EuroCup Top 16, Group G, Round 3, Wednesday, 27 January, 2021:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – JL Bourg 94:91 (24:21, 31:30, 15:20, 24:20)
Blažič 30, Hopkins & Jones 16 | Anđušić 25, Courby 15.
Group F, Round 3, Wednesday, 27 January, 2021:
LOKOMOTIV KUBAN - Partizan NIS 74:67 (19:17, 18:13, 17:19, 20:18)
Cummings 15, Crawford 14 | Veličković 15, Paige 12.
Group H, Round 3, Wednesday, 27 January, 2021:
Mornar – UNICS KAZAN 70:87 (22:21, 14:22, 18:27, 16:17)
Whitehead 17, Gabriel 12 | Morgan 14, Holland 13.
Group G, Round 3, Tuesday, 26 January, 2021:
VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA - Budućnost VOLI 87:65 (26:14, 22:14, 20:19, 19:18)
Belinelli 21, Hunter 13 | Cobbs 15, Della Valle 12.
