PRESEASON: Double-overtime loss for Mega MIS against Virginia University
In the second game in two days against Virginia University, Mega MIS suffered the first defeat, as they lost in double-overtime thriller in Portofino.
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Second game of Mega MIS against University of Virginia in two days had a different ending than the first. After the Belgrade squad have come up with a convincing win a day before (92:73), in the second clash, the Americans have bounced back and grabbed a win in the double-overtime exhibition game in Portofino, Italy.
It has been a game, where University of Virginia quickly went up and they led by 10 points at halftime. However, the squad, led from the bench by head coach Marko Barać fought back in the second half and with the buzzer-beater by Malcolm Cazalon they forced overtime. After first 5 minutes of the extra time, there was still no winner, but in the second overtime, the University of Virginia squad pushed up the tempo and eventually prevailed with the final score of 94:87.
Malcolm Cazalon was atop of the list of scorers for the AdmiralBet ABA League side with 22 points, while Nikola Đurišić had 17 points on his record.
Preseason, Friday, 19 August 2022:
Mega MIS – UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 87:94 (11:18, 13:16, 23:18, 22:17, 10:10, 8:15) STATS
