Valencia celebrate historic EuroCup record with triumph over Buducnost / News - Basketnews.com

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Valencia Basket (8-3) cruised past Buducnost Voli Podgorica (7-4) 103-76 (25-17, 28-16, 22-22, 28-21), becoming the winningest team in EuroCup history.The Spanish team now has 162 wins in Europe's second-tier competition. Despite being depleted, they have come out victorious in seven of their last eight games, a feat which has allowed them to be Group B leaders. and extending this winning run would not only set the EuroCup record for wins but put Valencia in first place in the group.

2-pointers this season

54%22,5Points made:22,5Accuracy:53,8%Place in standings:4Record max:28Record min:18Most made 2FGs:Willie ReedTeamEuroCupStatisticsSchedule

The winners had six players in double digits, with Martin Hermannsson going for 16 on 7/8 field goals plus 4 assists, and Jasiel Rivero adding 15 on 6/8 from the field.

Justin Cobbs and Vladimir Micov tried to save the day for the Montenegrin squad, but came up short although they logged 15 points apiece.

In contrast to what happened in the first game between them, the Spanish side didn't leave much room for contention to Buducnost, as Joan Penarroya recovered all five of his players that had been down with COVID the past week and had missed the road game against Promitheas on Patras.

Bojan Dubljevic, Jasiel Rivero, Nenad Dimitrijevic, Klemen Prepelic, Xabi Lopez-Arrostegui came back, helping the four-time EuroCup champs get an easy victory. The game broke open in the second quarter, when they increased their lead to 20 points (53-33) at the break.

By then, all but one Valencia player had seen playing time, 10 out of their 12-man squad had scored and 6 had made at least one three-point shot. Nothing could go wrong for the hosts, as they went 8/11 from distance in the first 20 minutes.

Excluding Justin Cobbs and Willie Reed, Aleksandar Dzikic saw his team get outplayed in every aspect of the game. Buducnost never really competed, even though the third quarter ended in a tie (22-22).

Valencia kept making shots, up until the final buzzer. They finished the game on 25/42 two-point shots, 14/24 three-point shots and 29 assists, for a team PIR of 127!

Valencia Basket: Martin Hermannsson 16 (7/8 FG, 1/1 FT, 4 AST, 2 ST), Jasiel Rivero 15 (6/8 FG, 2/4 FT, 3 REB, 2 AST), Sam Van Rossom 12 (4/4 FG, 1/1 FT), Mike Tobey 12 (3/11 FG, 5/6 FT, 8 REB), Jaime Pradilla 11 (5/6 FG, 1/4 FT, 5 REB), Bojan Dubljevic 10 (4/8 FG, 4 REB, 4 AST).

Buducnost: Justin Cobbs 15 (6/11 FG, 1/3 FT, 5 AST, 4 TO), Vladimir Micov 15 (6/9 FG, 2/2 FT), Willie Reed 13 (6/13 FG, 1/4 FT, 6 REB), Dennis Seeley 13 (4/12 FG, 4/5 FT, 4 REB).

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