Simone Fontecchio's 27 points show carries Baskonia past Real Betis / News - Basketnews.com

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Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (11-9) cruised past Coosur Real Betis (5-13) 93-72 (22-17, 24-15, 20-24, 27-16) and won their third ACB match in the last 5 games.

Coosur Real Betis Seville / Schedule

Coosur Real Betis Seville Urbas Fuenlabrada99-83 Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Coosur Real Betis SevilleSun11:30 Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Coosur Real Betis SevilleWed19:30

Simone Fontecchio-led Baskonia ran away from their opponents at the end of the first half. The Basques closed the second quarter with a massive 14-0 run (46-32).

Even though Real Betis came within 2 points in the third (50-52), EuroLeague's team responded, and after a 9-0 spurt at the start of the last period (75-56), never looked back.

Simone Fontecchio led the route for Baskonia, registering 27 points (6/8 2PT, 4/7 3PT, 3/3 FT), 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 39 PIR.

Matthew Costello aided the Italian forward with 20 points (5/9 2PT, 2/3 3PT, 4/4 FT), 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 29 PIR.

Baskonia: Simone Fontecchio 27 (7 REB, 5 AST), Matthew Costello 20 (6 REB, 5 AST), Rokas Giedraitis 18 (5 AST).

Real Betis: Jacob Wiley 24, Anzejs Pasecniks 24, Shannon Evans 11 (8 AST).

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