Cagliari –
Virtus Segafredo Bologna vs BC Gran Canaria: 79 – 62
(Q1 16-9; Q2 35 – 30; Q3 57 – 51)
Virtus Segafredo Bologna: Accorsi, Pajola 2, Clyburn 16, Visconti 4, Cooke 1, Hackett 4, Morgan 7, Polonara 4, Diouf 6, Zizic 6, Akele 12, Tucker 17.
Coach: Banchi
BC Gran Canaria: Urbaniak 2, Maniema, Homesley 13, Albicy, Brussino 8, Alocen 6, Pelos 3, Shurna, Bordon 3, Tobey 16, Thomasson, Diop 11.
Coach: Lakovic
Nikola Akele’s words to Dinamo TV: “We are happy with the steps forward, friendlies serve to assess our improvements, and we have grown from the previous one. Dinamo? They started early, they are already on the ball and it will be a good game.”
Coach Banchi’s statements after the game: “We tried to give value to this first game of the tournament in spite of absences and we tried to find that consistency despite a state of form that is still rough. This must serve us to compete and build a team spirit that will have to accompany us throughout the season. Tomorrow’s match with Sassari will put us in front of a team with a high level of efficiency accomplice to a different timing with which they began the preseason. We will find them in their best version: one more test to find the energy we need to compete.”
Tomorrow at 9 p.m. Segafredo will face Dinamo Sassari, who beat PAOK 83-70 in the first semifinal.
