Group B Recap: Brescia lives to fight another day

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Germani Brescia beat Mornar Bar 72 – 70 to stay alive in the qualification battle in EuroCup Group C.  Christian Burns hit the game-winning basket for the Italian side with 11 second to left and then Isaiah Whitehead missed the 3-pointer that could hand Mornar Bar the victory.

Kenny Cherry led Brescia with 20 points while Dusan Ristic had 15 points and six rebounds. Jacob Pullen (20 points), Whitehead (14 points) and Kenny Gabriel (13 points, 11 rebounds) stood out for Mornar Bar.

Earlier on Wednesday, Unicaja Malaga routed Buducnost 90 – 66 on the road behind the efforts of Deon Thompson (15 points), Dario Brizuela (15 points) and Francisc Alonso (15 points). Nikola Ivanovic had 20 points for the hosts.

Standings (via EuroCup Basketball)

Group B W L PTS+ PTS- +/-
1. Unicaja Malaga (qualified) 6 2 702 638 64
2. Boulogne Metropolitans 92 5 2 572 545 27
3. Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 3 3 484 489 -5
4. ratiopharm Ulm 3 5 619 606 13
5. Mornar Bar 3 5 615 649 -34
6. Germani Brescia 2 5 523 588 -65
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