PGE Spójnia Stargard defeated Estonia's BC Parnu Sadam 89:72 in an away game in the third round of FIBA Europe Cup.
The beginning of the match belonged to the club from Stargard. TaLon Cooper hit for 2 and 3 points, Aleksandar Langovic added a three-pointer and the guests led 8:2. From that point on, the hosts played better, who first led to a tie 8:8, and a moment later came out on top. However, the first quarter was won by PGE Spojnia, thanks to Sebastian Kowalczyk's accurate 3-point shot evenly with the buzzer ending this part.
In the second quarter, the visitors clearly began to prevail, and the driving force of the Stargard team was three-point shooting. After Yehonatan Yam's second such throw, the lead grew to 11 points. In Parnu, two threes were hit by Christian Bradford, but the unleashed PGE Spójnia did not allow the Estonian club to make up the distance. The Stargard team increased them even more. After Pawel Kikowski's 3-pointer in the 18th minute, the lead was 13 points, and after Cooper's three-pointer in the 19th minute it was 29:51. The first half eventually ended with PGE Spójnia leading by a difference of 17 points. The Stargard team won the second quarter 29:15, and after 20 minutes it already had eight 3-point shots. The most points were thrown by Jayden Martinez - 10.
For most of the third quarter, the advantage developed in the first half by the club from Stargard persisted. BC Parnu, however, played more effectively than in the first half and, thanks to three-point shooting, among other things, was able to get as close as 14 or 13 points.
In the fourth quarter the Estonian club still pressed and after two effective actions by Ajiri Johnson it was 57:67. PGE Spójnia players did not allow their rivals to break the barrier of a 10-point lead. From the 60:70 mark the game was controlled by the Stargard team. Effective actions by Dawid Slupinski and Martinez again gave a high advantage to PGE Spójnia, which won today by a difference of 17 points.
BC Parnu Sadam - PGE Spójnia Stargard 72:89 (19:22, 15:29, 20:16, 18:22).
BC Parnu: Bradford 19 (3), Johnson 15, Jarvi 13 (2), Van Tamm 9 (1), Valge 8, Suurorg 6 (2), Shevchenko 2, Stankovic, Aav.
PGE Spójnia: Cooper 18 (3), Muhammad 18, Martinez 14 (1), Kowalczyk 12 (3), Langovic 6 (1), Slupinski 6, Yam 6 (2), Gordon 5, Kikowski 4 (1), Hensler, Kruzynski.
Team stats: BC Parnu: shooting efficiency - 43.7 percent (28/64), free throw efficiency - 100 percent (8/8), 2-point shooting efficiency - 58.8 percent (20/34), 3-point shooting efficiency - 26.7 percent (8/30), rebounds - 29 (offense 12, defense 17), assists - 19, interceptions - 5, losses - 13, blocks - 0.
PGE Spójnia: shooting efficiency - 53.4 percent (31/58), free throw efficiency - 66.7 percent (16/24), 2-point shooting efficiency - 55.6 percent (20/36), 3-point shooting efficiency - 50 percent (11/22), rebounds - 36 (attack 13, defense 23), assists - 15 interceptions - 7, losses - 15, blocks - 1. In the next FIBA Europe Cup match, PGE Spojnia will play on October 30 at 7 pm at home against CSM CSU Oradea. The Stargard team has two wins, while its closest rival has won all three games and is the leader of Group E.