EC: Defeats for Cedevita Olimpija and Partizan NIS
In the fouth round of the EuroCup Regular Season, Cedevita Olimpija and Partizan NIS have suffered defeats against ratiopharm Ulm and Moranbanc Andorra, respectively.
Jaka Blazic (Photo: Cedevita Olimpija/Tine Ruzic)
In Stožice Arena, ratipharm Ulm have needed two overtimes to crack the resistance of Cedevita Olimpija, even though, they led by 17 points at halftime. In the fourth quarter, the Dragons already had an 8-point advantage, but failed to stick to it and ratipharm Ulm forced an overtime. In the end, the score was 101:96 for the Germans. For Cedevita Olimpija Jaka Blažič was the most efficient, as he scored 26 points, while Edo Murić added 21.
Partizan NIS have been defeated on the road in Andorra, in a game, where they almost came up with a major comeback in the final quarter, but missed the win by only a point. The final score has been 61:60 in favour of the Spanish side. For Partizan NIS, Kevin Punter scored 13 points and Zach LeDay contributed 12.
A day before, Budućnost VOLI have suffered their first EuroCup defeat of the season, on the road in Venice against Umana Reyer Venice.
Round 4, Wednesday, 10 November 2021:
Cedevita Olimpija – RATIOPHARM ULM 96:101 (12:29, 19:19, 31:11, 9:12, 10:10 15:20)
Blažič 26, Murić 21 | Blossomgame 26, Christon 24.
MORABANC ANDORRA – Partizan NIS 61:60 (16:12, 8:28, 24:8, 13:20)
Arteaga 15, Miller-McIntyre 11 | Punter 13, LeDay 12.
Tuesday, 9 November 2021:
UMANA REYER VENICE – Budućnost VOLI 72:67 (18:19, 15:21, 18:12, 21:15)
Watt 25, Sanders 11 | Seeley 18, Atić 12, Cobbs 12.
