By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
An overtime win, 82-80, for Virtus Olidata Bologna over APU Old Wild West Udine shaped a 2-0 start in the 2025-26 Regular Season of Italy’s LBA UnipolSai for the team coached by Dusko Ivanovic.
Taking over with five clutch points to overturn a four-point deficit late in the extra period, 27-year-old Carsen Edwards poured in a game-high 27 points. On the wrong end of the PalaCarnera battle on Saturday, Dominic Brewton netted a team-high 23 points.
Also improving to 2-0, Germani Brescia and Bertram Derthona Tortona earned home wins in Round 2, against Dolomiti Energia Trento on Saturday and NutriBullet Treviso on Sunday.
In the opener of the weekend schedule, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan jumped to 1-1 by taking down Openjobmetis Varese, 94-61. Armoni Brooks recorded a game-high 20 points in Itelyum Arena.
LBA Round 2
Openjobmetis Varese – EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 61-94
Germani Brescia – Dolomiti Energia Trento 72-63
APU Old Wild West Udine – Virtus Olidata Bologna 80-82 OT (72-72)
Napoli – Trieste 79-84
Acqua S. Bernardo Cantu – UNA Hotels Reggio Emilia 83-78
Trapani Shark – Umana Reyer Venice 109-102 OT (91-91)
Vanoli Cremona – Banco di Sardegna Sassari 79-75
Bertram Derthona Tortona – NutriBullet Treviso 107-95
STANDINGS: Virtus Olidata Bologna 4 (2-0), Bertram Derthona Tortona 4 (2-0), Germani Brescia 4 (2-0), EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 2 (1-1), Dolomiti Energia Trento 2 (1-1), Umana Reyer Venice 2 (1-1), Acqua S.Bernardo Cantu 2 (1-1), Trieste 2 (1-1), Una Hotels Reggio Emilia 2 (1-1), Vanoli Cremona 2 (1-1), Openjobmetis Varese 2 (1-1)…