Amedeo Della Valle leads Italy to the win with a 26-point performance against Iceland / News - Basketnews.com

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In Group H of the FIBA 2023 World Cup qualifiers, Italy (2-2) got their revenge against Iceland (2-2) and won 95-87 (27-28, 26-17, 21-17, 21-25)

Amedeo Della Valle kept shooting effectively from three-point, leading Italy to a comfortable lead that coach Sacchetti's side were able to maintain without too much stress. This time Iceland couldn't oppose any reaction to the Italian's shooting night.

In the third quarter, Italy extended their lead to a maximum of 16 points (61-45). Coach Sacchetti found some good minutes off the bench from young point guard Matteo Spagnolo.

In the first half, Iceland found a very good performance from Elvar Fridriksson, who had 17 points in the first two quarters. Italy struggled in the first quarter but had a much better reaction in the second quarter, scoring 26 points, with great efforts from Della Valle and Mannion, and ending the first half up by 8 (53-45).

For Italy the top scorer was Amedeo Della Valle, who finished with 26 points (1/5 2PT, 4/8 3PT, 12/13 FT), 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 turnover, and 27 PIR.

For Iceland, on the other hand, the top scorer was Elvar Fridriksson with 30 points (7/10 2PT, 3/9 3PT, 7/7 FT), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, and 23 PIR.

Italy: Amedeo Della Valle 26 (5 AST), Michele Vitali 17, Nico Mannion 16

Iceland: Elvar Fridriksson 30, Jon Axel Gudmundsson 16, Tryggvi Hlinason 14 (8 REB)

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