Eurocup
London Lions return to Europe but lose in Kostas Koufou debut
Kostas Koufos was great, but for the London Lions, who were beaten by Hapoel 76-59 in Tel Aviv, it wasn’t enough for Day 1 of the EuroCup.
With small but steady steps, the London Lions are trying to approach the highest level of European basketball. On Tuesday evening (November 10th), the English team celebrated their premiere in the EuroCup 2022/23 with a bitter away defeat against Hapoel Tel Aviv (76:59).
Kostas Koufos finished 50th, trying to lead and being really reliable but also the leader of his team if not the whole game. The veteran expatriate center played 24:46, scored 14 points (7/9 twos), racked up 10 rebounds, gave an assist, stole a ball, blocked a shot and racked up 23 points in the standings.
Tomislav Zumcic scored 21 points for the lions with 21 shots, a bad one from Czech top scorer Voytek Hruban (7 points in 31:26 at 3/6 2 points, 0/4 3 points and 1/1 field). night had goal). Hapoel Tel Aviv was led by Jay Cowan Brown with 19 points (1/4 2-pointers, 4/11 3-pointers, 5/6 shots) in 32 minutes.
Source: sport 24
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