Red Star finished today his great Eurocup's first round with an easy victory over Benetton Treviso (104-83), and finishing first of group F with a 5-1 record. Bosnian prospect Elmedin Kikanovic ('88) didn't waste his time and with only 23 minutes he collected 22 points (8/11 FG and 6/8 FT), 3 rebounds and 1 assist. The first round of the forward has been very erratic, with great performances and also some of them without the same level, but at the end averaging 13.3 points and 59% on field goals. Against italians his teammate Marko Keselj ('88) nailed 12 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in 22 minutes. For Benetton point-guard Andrea de Nicolao ('91) played 16 minutes: 3 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal. 

 

Other good performances of prospects today at Eurocup have been: 

-Antoine Diot ('89, Le Mans): 4 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds at home against Valencia (80-44).

-Tornike Shengelia ('91, Valencia): 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals in 13 minutes.

-Stefan Markovic ('88, Hemofarm): 8 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds at home against Triumph (78-79).

-Milan Macvan ('89, Hemofarm): 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

-Boban Marjanovic ('88, Hemofarm): 12 points and 9 rebounds in 16 minutes.

-Andrey Mateyunas ('88, Triumph): 8 points and 2 assists in 10 minutes.

-Mindaugas Kuzminskas ('89, Siauliai): 19 points (7/9 2FG) and 2 blocks at Zadar (110-87).

-Tim Ohlbrecht ('88, Bonn): 11 points and 2/4 threes in 17 points at home against Besiktas (87-86).

-Alexey Shved ('88, Dynamo): 8 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds at Cholet (75-70).

-Pietro Aradori ('88, Biella): 19 points with 2/4 threes and 5 rebounds at home against Brose (80-72).

-Carl Ona Embo ('89, Biella): 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.   

-Dairis Bertans ('89, Ventspils): 14 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds at home against Nymburk (59-85).

 

Teams qualifyied for the Last-16:

Group I: Alba, Aris, Le Mans and Joventut.

Group J: Valencia, Unics, Galatasaray and Hapoel Jerusalem.

Group K: Bilbao, Panellinios, Benetton and Brose.

Group H: Red Star, Nymburk, Turk Telekom and Gran Canaria. 

 

Photo: Adriatic League