Scavolini Stay Unbeaten After Win Over Buducnost

02 February 2010

Scavolini Pesaro came from behind at home on Tuesday night and won impressively against Buducnost in EuroChallenge Group K.

The 90-77 victory was the second in a row for the Italians in the Last 16 while Buducnost fell to 0-2 with the setback.

11. Michael Hicks Taylor (Scavolini Pesaro)
Michael Taylor sparked the Italian side in the win over Buducnost

The visitors from Montenegro had a dream start and led 28-21 at the end of the first quarter.

Scavolini reduced the deficit to 42-38 by half-time, though, and after a tight first seven minutes of the third quarter, they took the lead for good.

With the game level at 54-54, Nebojsa Joksimovic drilled a three-pointer to start a 13-4 run.

Daniele Cinciarini had five points in that spurt that left Pesaro with a 67-58 advantage.

With 3:13 to go, Marko Simonovic's lay-up cut the Scavolini lead to 80-74.

Joksimovic buried a trey and Michael Hicks Taylor followed with a jump shot to start a 10-0 run for Scavolini that put the result beyond doubt.

Taylor's 22 points led Scavolini while Vladimir Dragicevic finished with 17 points and 11 boards for Buducnost, who are 0-2 in the Last 16.

 


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