A dream debut for Teuta after a thriller at home
KS Teuta had the perfect debut in the Balkan League. In its first ever international game the Durres team celebrated an 89-86 home win against BC Akademik Bultex 99. It was a real thriller in Durres which had to be decided in overtime as both sides had chances to win. The game went to extra five minutes with a buzzer beater by the hosts and then they showed better nerves in the decisive moments. Next week they′ll be looking to make it 2 of 2 as they will host Bashkimi. Akademik will have a week off and then on November 6th will visit the team from Prizren.
The hosts started a bit nervous and the visitors took advantage of that by going up 9-2. Teuta managed to respond and cut the deficit to just 2 points but a 7-0 run by Akademik made it a 9-point game. Still at the end of the first quarter the difference was just 4 points and in the second the teams started exchaning baskets. Just after the middle of it the hosts tied the game and just before the break took their first lead. Akademik responded with a triple by Hristov to be up by 1 after 20 minutes of play after a hard fought half by both sides.
The second half started as the first - with a run by the visitors. They scored the first 7 points to go up by 8 points but then Teuta responded. They not only tied the score at 47 points with a 10-2 run but then even took the lead. In the middle of the fourth quarter the hosts led by 11 points and were in a very good position. Akademik however showed character and with a 17-2 run turned the things around and took a 4-point lead in the last minute. The hosts still had a chance to tie but Shestani missed an important free throw but Knight did the same on the other side. That gave another opportunity to the hosts and after Shestani scored at the buzzer the game went to overtime.
The drama continued in the extra five minutes as well. Teuta scored the first 6 points but the visitors answered right back with a 9-2 run to go up by 1. The next two baskets however were scored by the hosts to go up by 3 and then Knight cut the deficit to 1. Wilson was fouled in the final seconds, managed to score twice and that decided the outcome.
Eric Copes was the top performer for the winners with 30 points and 13 rebounds. CJ Wilson also did very well with 26 and 9 while Kyle Meyer scored 8 points.
The visitors were led by Daishon Knight with 31 points and 10 rebounds while Mladen Vitkovic added 15 points but on 5 of 24 shooting.
FULL STATS FROM KS TEUTA - BC AKADEMIK BULTEX 99 GAME
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