The decisive attack in the second half of the match. Prometheus defeated Venice

On Wednesday, November 22, BC Prometheus (Ukraine) and BC Reier Venezia (Italy) met in the penultimate match of the first round of the Eurocup regular season. Ukrainian and Italian teams had 3 wins and 4 losses before the match.

In the week before this match, changes took place in the Slobozhansky club. The contracts with Keene and Petrov were terminated. Wojnalovich went to Poland on loan. Ronen Ginzburg’s team has been strengthened by former Monaco defender Rob Gray. Gray won the EuroCup with the Monegasques team in the 2020/21 season and became the MVP of the final and semi-final. He made his debut with the Titans in the following LEBL tour. In the match against Estonian Parnu, Gray became the most productive player and Prometheus won 80:49.

The first quarter of the match between “Titans” and “Venice” was a balanced fight. Unfortunately, the Slobozhan team suffered a lot of losses in simple situations, which definitely affected the final score of the first game period. Italians won the match with a minimal advantage: 20:21. Venice players started the second quarter much better and made a breakthrough of 7:0. It was quite difficult for Ginzburg’s team to balance the game, but they still managed to get out of the difficult situation. As a result, Venice won the first half of the match with a score of 44:40.

The start of the third quarter was unsuccessful for the Ukrainian team. In the first minutes, the Italians increased their advantage to nine points. But then “Prometheus” seized the initiative and gained the game advantage. After Lipovoy’s third long-distance shot of the match in the 26th minute, Prometheus finally took the lead after a long break, 59:58. The quarter ended with the giants winning by 5 points.

Sanon was “on fire” at the opening of the final quarter. His two accurate three-pointers helped the team keep the opponent at bay. Even in the first half of the quarter, the handicap of the Ukrainian team reached the limit of “10+”. The Italian club fought until the end. 86 seconds before the final siren, Tessitori reduced the gap with Venice to 4 points. However, his attempt to hit Prometheus’ basket from a distance at the last minute almost destroyed the Italians’ hopes. Leaving the Italians behind by 5 points in the last quarter, the Slobozhan team ended the match with a victory with a score of 89:82.

Titans won their second consecutive match in the Eurocup. After 8 matches, they had 4 wins and 4 losses. In the rankings, “Prometheus” is ahead of its current rival.

European cup. Group A.

“Prometheus” (Ukraine) – “Venice” (Italy) – 89:82 (20:21, 20:23, 31:25, 18:13)

“Prometheus”: Mart (5 points+1 rebound+1 assist), Sanon (12+5+2), Gray (7+0+0), Sidorov (12+2+5), Agada (12+4+5), Tkachenko (5+2+0), Bobrov (3+1+1), Lipovoy (11+0+0), Balvin (15+8+3), Odiase (7+4+0).

“Venice”: Kazarin, De Nicolao, Januzzi, Tucker, O’Connell, Yanelidze, Parks, Brooks, Simms, Wilcher, Tessitori, Vanin.

“Arena Riga” (Riga, Latvia).