Bologna –
The race for the Eurocup play-off grid has Segafredo facing Ljubljana, an adversary with an even record (7-7) with four consecutive victories in Europe and the Slovenian Cup just won.
In the recent success against Patras, Cedevita enjoyed the mid-range goleada with 25 on 38, with the vivid signature of Zach Auguste, scoring with all his eight attempts from the field. A good vehemence of a game also resting on the comfortable cushion of the triples, 10 on 23 (43,5%), with four scoring more than once: Jacob Pullen, Jaka Blazic, Zoran Dragic and Yogi Ferrell. Ferrell himself has become the go-to-guy since joining the club, in each of his eight appearances in the competition he’s scored 16.3 points on 50% from both two and three, while dishing out 4.8 assists, for a PIR (Performance Index Rating) of 17.1. Ninety-two points in the last three victories and in one of them, against Buducnost, Slovenian center Alen Omic signed a season record of 19 points, 8 of 8 from the field and 2 of 2 at the free-throw line, adding 8 rebounds as well. Overall, the Slovenians remain one of the best teams in the Eurocup from the field: third from 6,75 with 38,3%, fourth from midrange with 57,5%.
