Basketball, Eurocup: Virtus Bologna-Bursaspor 98-94

Against the Turks of Bursaspor, Segafredo flies to 77-59 but a wild Andrews (37 points) signs the overtaking at 86-88. The American takes care of it

Waiting for Daniel Hackett’s debut, Virtus interrupts the streak of three consecutive defeats and beats the Turks of Bursaspor 98-94 in the recovery of the 10th round of Eurocup, returning above 50% in the standings with 7 won and 6 lost. Mam Jaiteh was the best scorer with 23 points, Kyle Weems (18) and Isaia Cordinier (17) also did well. Thirteen assists for Milos Teodosic.

the match

Strong start of the guests, who closed the first quarter above 9 (23-14) with a wild Andrews. Belinelli takes care of triggering the comeback of the V-Nere, which in the space of 5 ‘draw at an altitude of 30. It is then Jaiteh, Pajola and Weems to bring Bologna to 51-44 at the break. In the second half Segafredo accelerates and digs a furrow of 18 points on 77-59. It seems done. Instead, Bursaspor scores a 14-0 run with the unstoppable Andrews. With 4 ‘from the end, the guest overtaking on 86-88 arrives. Weems will take care of it with 8 points in the last 3 ‘to get the Bolognese out of trouble. The last basket, 40 “from the siren, definitively closes the accounts.

Virtus Bologna:Jaiteh 23, Weems 18.

Bursaspor: Andrews 37, Bitim 19.

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