He Surne Bilbao Basket strengthened its leadership in Group B of the FIBA Europe Cup basketball player inflicting a tremendous beating in Miribilla for 106-58 to the Caledonia Gladiators Scottish, precisely the team that was discussing it and that had arrived at the Bilbao Arena as the ‘men in black’, undefeated after the first two days.

The Biscayan team achieved the largest victory in an official match in the elite, but this result was not evident in the first half, when Caledonia had even commanded the scoreboard in a few minutes of the first quarter and kept facing the clash until the minute 15, which was only two points behind (32-30).

but it appeared Adam Smith (12 points) with 8 points in a row before the break and, above all, Christian Kullamae (25, 9/13 in field goals and 28 efficiency) at the beginning of the third quarter to open a hole in the scoreboard that continued to open until the end.

Kullamaein his second big game in Bilbao, was undoubtedly the local star in a choral effort that allowed the twelve players he put into play to score. Jaume Ponsarnau. He also excelled in statistics. Melwin Pantzar (11, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 20).

In Caledonia the best was the Czech power forward Lukas Palyza (15), who was the one who kept his team alive for 15 minutes.

This victory props up Bilbao Basket in a first place position that is already well advanced at the end of the first round of the group stage and which is the only one that secures a ticket to the round of 16. The second must finish among the six best seconds of the ten teams in the first phase to continue in the competition.

Data sheet:

106 – Surne Bilbao Basket (22+20+34+30): Renfroe (2), Adam Smith (12), Rabaseda (5), Tsalmpouris (2) and Hlinason (11) – starting five; Pantzar (11), Kullamae (25), Alex Reyes (9), Andersson (9), Killeya-Jones (10), Rigo (8) and Barandalla (2).

58 – Caledonia Gladiators (19+14+11+14): Dubose (8), Whelan (6), Onwas (5), Palyza (15) and Alihodzic (4) -starting five-; Jovicic (2), Kyle Johnson (2), Malcom (3), Clifton Moore (7), Buttrick (6), Kyle Jiménez and Baldwin.

Partials: 22-19, 42-33 (break); 76-44 and 106-58 (final).

Referees: Alexandre Deman (France), Mehmet Karabilecen (Turkey) and Jan Baloun (Czechia). No eliminated.

Source: Eitb

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