Partizan snap Metropolitans' winning streak, stay perfect at home / News - Basketnews.com

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Partizan NIS Belgrade (10-5) scored their second EuroCup win over Boulogne Metropolitans 92 (9-6) this season, crushing the French team by 87-72 (14-17, 29-14, 21-10, 23-31) in the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall.

Player of the Game EFF 25 Balsa Koprivica Points 14 Accuracy 7-10 Rebounds 13 Assists 1

The team coached by Zeljko Obradovic kept its perfect home record (8-0) intact, while putting an end to Metroplitans' five-game winning streak, during which Vincent Collet's squad averaged 87.8 points.

After a sluggish start, when Boulogne were up 17-14, Partizan came around with a partial score of 29-14 in the second quarter to only get the lead, but to lay down the foundation for an easy win. Twenty minutes of high-quality basketball were enough for the Serbian side, as they outscored their opponents by 50-24 over the course of the second and third period.

Zach LeDay and Balsa Koprivica led Partizan with 15 and 14 points, respectively.

After his comeback last week against Hamburg Towers, Jordan McRae scored points for the French squad, which surrendered without any resistance in the second half of the contest.

Partizan NIS Belgrade: Zach LeDay 15 (5/8 FG, 2/3 FT, 3 REB), Balsa Koprivica 14 (7/10 FG, 0/1 FT, 13 REB), Kevin Punter 13 (5/12 FG, 3 REB, 3 AST), Mathias Lessort 9, Tristan Vukcevic 8.

Boulogne Metropolitans: Jordan McRae 18 (5/11 FG, 6/8 FT, 3 REB, 5 AST), Miralem Halilovic 12 (6/8 FG, 4 REB, 4 AST), Will Cummings 11.

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