By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Starting the Basketball Champions League Regular Season in Arena Savaria, Unicaja earns a win. The team based in Malaga pulled away late for the 87-78 victory versus Falco Vulcano Szombathely on Wednesday.
David Kravish and Will Thomas shared a team-high 15 points in Gameday 1 of Group A. Nihad Djedovic chipped in 13 points. Completing the double-digit scoring pack, Tyson Carter put in 11 points and Yankuba Sima had 10 points. Melvin Ejim was ruled out for the trip to Hungary, joining Augusto Lima on the injury list.
The team coached by Ibon Navarro was coming off a convincing win against Joventut Badalona to improve to 2-3 in Spain’s Liga Endesa on Saturday. Returning to Spain from Szombathely will be combined with a 1-0 start in the Champions League.
The Hungary NB I/A champions enjoyed a few brief leads, but eventually trailed for 35 minutes. Stefan Pot tallying all of his 20 points in the second half kept it close. Akos Keller paired 11 points with eight rebounds in the losing effort, the fifth across six BCL season openers in team history.
Postgame press conference
Photo Credit: Basketball Champions League