The time has come for his European debut Colossus!
The Rhodes team impressed everyone with their run in last year’s Stoiximan GBL, finishing in 6th place in the regular season with a 9-13 record, before being eliminated with two losses by Peristeri in the 1st round of the playoffs.
Thus, he won the first participation in his history in a European competition, and tonight he will make his maiden appearance in the Basketball Champions League, facing away from home the French, Saint-Quentin (21:00, COSMOTE Sport 4). During the summer, he added the experienced Tsairelis and Slaftsakis to his roster, along with Odiz Toni, Gabriel Galvanini, Paulius Danusevicius and Francis Okoro, while a few days ago he also announced the acquisition of the American point guard, Tyler Nelson. At the same time, on his bench is now George Sigalaswho replaced the Spaniard, Kuro Segura.
Given the difficult task of Colossus in 3rd group of the organization, where the Spanish are also located Tenerife and the Turkish one Karsijakateams with high-quality rosters and “rich” experience at this level.
As for the Saint-Quentinlast year it finished in 6th place in the French league, completing its regular season with 17 wins and the same number of losses, while in the first round of the Playoffs it faced Villeurbanne, which it made difficult, but without being able to celebrate any victory, finally knowing the exclusion.
At the same time, it reached the quarter-finals in the Cup and League Cup, where it was eliminated by Nanterre and Paris respectively. Its start to this season was impressive, after in the LNB premiere it shocked Monaco, defeating it 68-66, while a week later it passed in an imposing manner (83-69) from the home of Le Mans.
Source: Sport Fm
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