Second cup victory for the team of coach Menetti who passes with authority on the Aek field. The US center is decisive, producing a double double for a sumptuous 44 evaluation. Bortolani also did well
AEK-TREVISO 77-92
After two consecutive defeats in the league, Treviso overcomes the mini-crisis by winning the first European away game in its history, in the difficult field of Aek Athens. A great collective test for coach Menetti, but the performances of Sims (31 points and 13 rebounds) and Dimsa (16 points, 11 assists, 7 rebounds) stand out. In the theater of the spectacular Ano Liosia Arena the Venetian team starts off well (2-10), but the low percentages from the long run and some defensive amnesia allow the home team to quickly get back into the game, dragged by Hummer. The entry of Bortolani is another shoulder: seven points in a row by the Sicilian allow Treviso to close the first quarter ahead of five (18-23). It is an opportunity to try to escape. To bring the score to 24-35 are the baskets in speed of the external, which arise from great defenses and rebound domination. It is a solid advantage, which holds up until the long break (36-50) and also for most of the third period, in which Treviso also manages to touch +16. The Aek, however, cannot give up like this, he adjusts the defense and gnaws part of the gap, returning to -5 with a triple from Colom at the end of the fourth (60-65). Unlike last Sunday against Sassari, this time the most important 10 ‘of the Treviso match is not wrong: with two triples by Colom the Aek also reaches -4, but Sims and his teammates do not lose control and find the decisive extension. Aek: Hummer 22, Jelovac 18, Colom 17
Treviso: Sims 31, Bortolani 17, Dimsa 16, Russell 14
19 October – 20:42
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