Her seventh victory in this year’s Euroleague was celebrated by Virtus Bolognaprevailing 87-79 her Fenerbahce and returning to positive results after its defeat by Panathinaikos AKTOR in OAKA.
Luca Banki’s side had the upper hand throughout the match against his side Dimitris Itoudis, who had very strong complaints from the referee and was ejected at the start of the third period. The fact that the Greek coach did not even put a second on the floor caused a sensation Tyler Dorsey.
Virtus improved their record to 7-3 to stay atop the standings, while Fenerbahce dropped to 5-5 and 9th place.
Top for the winners are Sengelia (15pts, 8 rebs, 5 assists) and Hackett (13p), while for Fener they stood out Motley (25p, 8 rib) and Wilbekin (13p).
The match:
The match started with Lantern to enter stronger on the floor and having an excellent evening Motley (he had 15 points on 7/7 2-pointers in the first period), led 16-9, however the Virtues managed to close the gap thanks to her accuracy on three-pointers and reduced for the 25-27 of the first quarter.
The hosts found in his face Hackett their protagonist in the second quarter, with the experienced guard providing both scoring and creation. The teams went hand-in-hand on the scoreboard until Bologna took a 40-35 lead and went into the locker room ahead with 46-44.
Missed in the first minutes of the third period Fenerbahce, which also lost its coach, who was ejected with consecutive technical penalties. With… their frontmen Sengelia and HackettLuca Banki’s team escaped with +11 (57-46), closing the third quarter with a 12-point lead (70-58).
In fact, the hosts made the biggest difference in their favor up to that point of the match, at the beginning of the fourth period (+15, 73-58) thanks to a three-pointer by Smith, Motley and Wilbekin tried to put Fener back in contention for victory, Hayes cut it to 82-74 at 36′, but the Virtues he finally managed to “clean up” the game, beating me 87-79.
The quarters: 25-27, 46-44, 70-58, 87-79
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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