Thijs de Ridder and Sacha Killeya-Jones They led the tight victory against the BG Gottingen German with which Surne Bilbao Basket started the Last 16 of the FIBA ​​Europe Cup, a 75-73 victory in Miribilla that was not decided until the last second.

Because it was 90 hundredths from the final horn when the decisive double action of the young Belgian occurred: a block on guard Fedor Zugic as he entered the basket and the subsequent defensive rebound with the score 74-73.

A later free kick from his own De Ridder (18 points, 6 rebounds and a PIR of 23) left the score at 75-73 to which he also contributed decisively during the 40 minutes Killeya-Jones (22, 7 and 24).

Kristian Kullamae (11, 4 rebounds and 4 assists) and Xavi Rabaseda (4 offensive rebounds and 3 steals) also shined at times on a particularly gray day for point guards Alex Renfroe and Melwin Pantzar.

In the German team the best were Zugicthe also exterior Zach Ensminger and Umoja Gibson and the Latvian center Karlis Sinlins.

Gottingen opened the scoring with a basket from Monnunghoff, but Surne responded forcefully with an 11-0 lead thanks to the work of Rabaseda and the superiority of Killeya-Jones in the paint. The visitors reacted and, led by Gibson, approached the minimum distance (11-10) and led the match to a dynamic of equality that was maintained until the end of the first quarter (20-18). The parity in the game continued at the beginning of a second quarter that was a festival of triples and, when not, dunks. They reached halftime with the score 44-45.

The second half began more difficult than the first, the ideal scenario for the constant fight of the young man from Ridder. The main reason why his team tried to go back on the scoreboard to 7 points (56-49, 58-61) with which they reached the end of the third quarter (60-53).

A triple by Kullamae changed the direction of the match and De Ridder ended up being decisive for the local victory. A free throw from De Ridder himself left the final score at 75-73.

DATA SHEET:

75 – Surne Bilbao Basket (20+24+16+15): Renfroe, Adam Smith (7), Rabaseda (7), Andersson and Killeya-Jones (22) -starting five-; Pantzar (5), Kullamae (11), Reyes, De Ridder (18), Tsalmpouris (2) and Rigo (3).

73 – BG Gottingen (19+26+10+18): Gibson (11), Burns (6), Hume (6), Monninghoff (2) and Silins (13) -starting five-; Ensminger (11), Zugic (16), Anticevich (8), Hemschemeier and Wullner.

Partials: 20-19, 44-45 (rest); 60-55 and 75-73 (final).

Referees: Petar Pesic, Orhan Cagri Hekimoglu and Aurimas Borusas. Burns eliminated due to fouls (m.37).

Source: Eitb

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