By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Montenegro prevailed over Romania with 85-69 on Thursday evening, while both teams have made it to the next round, finishing third and fourth in the Group respectively.
The star: Bojan Dubljevic finished the game with 13 points and 9 boards in total.
Turning point: Montenegro had a 12-point advantage at halftime, 42-30. 23 minutes in the game, Vranjes pushed his team’s lead to 15 points at 50-35. The Montenegrin squad kept a double-digit lead by the end of the third quarter, with 66-53. Despite a slow-paced game in the final period, Vucevic kept his team safe with his leadership, reaching a morale-boosting win.
Key players: Nemanja Durisic was the leading scorer for the winners with 14 points, Nikola Vucevic followed with 11 points and 6 rebounds, Dino Radonic also scored 13, while Nemanja Vranjes finished with 10.
For the Romanian side, Andrei Mandache achieved the first triple-double since Kucoc’s era with 14 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds!
(Photo: FIBA)