Teodo led from start to finish to defeat Levski 2014

KK Teodo are now tied at the top of group B in SIGAL-UNIQA Balkan League. The team from Tivat hosted BC Levski 2014 and recorded its fourth win after 81-70 over the visitors. The hosts led from start to finish but still had to survive some runs from their Bulgarian opponent. With this win Teodo are now tied with Peja at the top of the group with 4-1 record while Levski are in fourth position with 2-2. On Thursday the Bulgarians will visit KK Lovcen while next week Teodo is playing against Bashkimi in Prizren.   The hosts started the game very well and were up 8-0 in less than two minutes. A bit later the difference reached 15 points but Levski finished the quarter on a 13-0 run to cut the deficit to only 2. After that the visitors stayed close and even tied the game but a 15-2 run from Teodo put the team ahead by 13. They led by 10 at the break and were controlling the game. Shortly before the end of the third quarter they scored 8 straight points to go up by 18 but with six minutes to go in the game Levski cut the deficit to only 7 points. Teodo however answered with 5 straight and then held on for the win.   The size advantage the hosts had proved to be vital as they had 14 offensive rebounds and 13 second chance points compared to Levski′s 4 and 3 respectively.   Nikola Vucurovic was the top performer for the home team with 21 points and 7 rebounds. Masan Vrbica had 15 points and 5 assists as Manuel Johnson had a double double of 12 points and 11 rebounds.   Aleks Simeonov was the top scorer for the visitors with 20 points. 17-year old Yordan Minchev had a very good game with 15 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals while Milen Zahariev also did very well with 15 points off the bench.

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FULL STATS FROM THE GAME KK TEODO - BC LEVSKI 2014