Lokomotiv Kuban finished Top 16 in style vs Murcia

2017-02-08T23:12:27+00:00 2017-02-08T23:14:58+00:00.

Antonis Stroggylakis

08/Feb/17 23:12

Eurohoops.net

Lokomotiv Kuban would’ve finished first in Group E no matter the result of the game againt Murcia but that didn’t prevent them from finishing the Top 16 stage with a road win.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

With Mardy Collins scoring 20 points and Andrey Zubkov adding 16 plus 5 rebounds, Lokomotiv Kuban finished the EuroCup Top 16 in style by beating already eliminated Murcia 85 – 77 in Spain.

The hosts entered the match aggressively, gaining a 35 – 25 lead at the mid of the second quarter but all went downhill from there. Lokobasket quickly came back and even closed the first half ahead 38 – 40.

Murcia momentarily gained the lead once more in the mid of the third period (54-53) but Loko once went ahead, this time sitting at the driver’s seat for good.

Billy Baron finished the match with 21 points, Nemanja Radovic had 17 plus 6 rebounds and Jose Antelo 13 for Murcia.

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