79-78: UCAM lost in a close final in Patras

he UCAM Murcia’s brilliant record came to an end. Europewon eight consecutive games in the Champions League, but lost 79-78 on the court. promytheas Patras in Greece.

team led by Saito Alonso They will have to continue looking for a place in the quarter-finals of this continental tournament, but will still remain the leaders of the group.

The Murcia team were aiming to surpass their best result in international competitions (equivalent to their performance in the 2018/2019 season), and despite a rather unremarkable performance, they were one shot away from achieving their goal.

Reasons for maintaining leadership promytheas beat him Murcia 9 points difference (90-81). Now, the people of the capital are safety They remain with 3 wins and 1 loss, which is the same background that their rivals have in this match, and are in second place in Group L of the “Top 16”.

The Spanish team was not very good in the early stages, but when they adjusted their goals to a minimum, they achieved three times more points. Radebeau and dustin SlevaAlthough the advantage remained at three points (13-16) at the end of the first quarter, the gap began to widen to 11-16.

Two more long-range baskets by the Rodions with three-pointers as their main offensive weapon Kurti and troy Kopan-, Cito’s team continued to lead (22-27).In front of Jaime Echeniquedid damage in the red zone with 9 points.

Between the Columbia Center Act and the Awakening of American Outsider Anthony cowan and hunter Hale The Greek team responded even harder defensively, reversing the score and taking a five-point advantage at 39-34. Ilias Papateodoro’s team scored 26 points in the second quarter and went into halftime up +3 (39-36).

The third quarter did not show any improvement on the corporate side. UCAMthey especially missed Dylan Ennis, who had been the team’s life insurance policy during this season, and barely took a free kick until the 30th minute.

Sleva was the team’s highest scorer, scoring 16 points (19 in the end) and keeping his team in the game despite all the odds.

59-55, going into the final 10 minutes after the college students were down 8 multiple times.

We had to show more aggressiveness and that’s what the Catholic team did. They also scored 6 points with the same attack and took the initiative with the basket (61-63). Kopan A foul on Moussa Diagne, a free kick taken by Copan himself after a technical signal to the local coach, and a triple by Saint Luce.

It was clearly supposed to be a turning point in the match, but Prometheas responded strongly to the blow, and the match remained a draw until the end.

Cowan hit three consecutive triples and ended up being the tournament’s top scorer with 22 points, giving his team back control. Patras (already 75-72 within the last 3 minutes).

The game will be heads or tails, and now UCAM Murcia took the back.Triple and penetration from Sleva ennis The only basket in play gave the Spanish team the last ball and allowed them the victory, but Rodions failed Kurti In this area, the previous suspension was converted to: Hale The Greeks won by a narrow margin of 79-78.

data sheet

Prometheas, 79 – UCAM, 78

79. Prometheas Patras (13+26+20+20): Cowan (22), Hale (14), Reynolds (7), Stevens (6), Krysikopoulos (5) (starting 5), Jones (6), Baginas (2), Coffey (-), Echenik (17).
78. UCAM Murcia Club Balonsest (16+20+19+23): Saint-Luce (10), Ennis (3), Radebeau (9), Sleva (19), Todorovic (6) (starting 5), Rodion Kurtis (15), Kopan (9), Radovic (2), Diagne (5), Arturs Kurkus (-).
Referee: Wojciech Liszka, from Poland. Martin Vulic, from Croatia. Gvidas Gedvilas from Lithuania. There are no exclusions.
Incident: A match corresponding to the fourth group day of the “Top 16” Group L of the FIBA ​​Champions League, played in front of a crowd of approximately 3,000 people at the Dimitris Tofalos Arena Pavilion in the city of Patras.