Four in a row for Bashkimi
KB Bashkimi once again showed its good form in recent weeks. The Prizren team hosted BC Beroe and won 83-66 for its fourth straight victory in group A. The difference was important as the home side will now have the advantage in a potential tie-breaker with its opponent. With it Bashkimi is now at 4-4 record and has a very good chance of goind further. Beroe on the other side is with 4-3 record and is also in a good position.
After an even first quarter Bashkimi made a lot of damage in the second. A 12-2 start to it made it a 9-point game but still Beroe stayed in it. In the last 90 seconds of the first half though the hosts scored 7 points in a row to go up by 11.
A 9-2 run in the third quarter brought the visitors back to just 4 points deficit and they stayed close after. They never tied the score but still after 30 minutes were down only by 6. A 7-0 run by Bashkimi made it 11-point difference with 7:40 to go and after that the visitors never recovered.
Eric Palm was the top scorer for the winners with 24 points while also adding 6 assists. Kejuan Johnson had another good game with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists as Marko Popovic added 16 points.
Shane Gibson was the top scorer for Beroe with 15 points. Three other players - Omari Gudul, Tihomir Zhelev and Aaron Jones had 10 points each which however wasn′t enough.
FULL STATS FROM KB BASHKIMI - BC BEROE GAME
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1 | KB Sigal Prishtina | 8 - 2 | 18 |
2 | PAYABL EKA AEL | 6 - 4 | 16 |
3 | KB Peja | 6 - 4 | 16 |
4 | KK Lovcen 1947 | 4 - 6 | 14 |
5 | KK Plevlja | 0 - 8 | 8 |