By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Milos Teodosic scored 10 out of his team-high 23 points in the last six minutes of the game and dished out five assists, Julian Gamble posted 13 points and 11 rebounds and Virtus Bologna beat Dolomiti Energia Trento 73 – 67 on the road in EuroCup’s all-Italian clash for Round 3 in Group E of the Top 16.
With Trento up 63 – 60 and less than four minutes left to play, Teodosic and Gamble hit back-to-back buckets to put their team ahead 63 – 65. The Serbian guard then scored four unanswered points and Vince Hunter dunked the ball for Bologna to go up 65 – 71 with 38 seconds remaining.
Trento went scoreless in the last 1:37 to suffer a loss that kept them the only winless team in the Group. Toto Foray led the hosts with a game-high 24 points.
Bologna captured its second win in the Top 16 and is now tied with Partizan Belgrade and Darussafaka Tekfen at the top of the standings. Darussafaka handed Partizan its first loss in the stage by taking a 65 – 63 win in Istanbul.
Berk Demir (13 points), Jarrod Jones (12 points) and Gary Browne (11 points, nine assists) stood out for Darussafaka. Rade Zagorac (13 points, five rebounds), Marcus Paige (13 points) and James McAdoo (13 points) were the top players of Partizan.
| Group E | W | L | PTS+ | PTS- | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Partizan NIS Belgrade | 2 | 1 | 245 | 204 | 41 |
| 2. Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 2 | 1 | 237 | 238 | -1 |
| 3. Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul | 2 | 1 | 210 | 215 | -5 |
| 4. Dolomiti Energia Trento | 0 | 3 | 194 | 229 | -35 |
Photo: Trento via EuroCup Basketball