S17 - SBBL - National TV Match - Vincent Katic career high 55pts dealt Eric United a home loss 96-89
Surprises kept coming, and as always, no home court is safe.
The unstoppable of the night, Vincent Katic, single-handedly dropped 55pts to bring Cheesecake send Eric United to their second straight losses, surprisingly played with guts to overcome the host team with final score 96-89.
Eric Utd, led by their balanced attack, only held a 4 points lead after three quarters. And then cheesecake heated up, with Katic scored first five points on the first 60 seconds to take their first lead 68-67.. Eric kept trailing, and hardly able to contain Katic, finally run out of time and surrendered the game.
Sergi Mateu led Eric with 20pts, Fu Erqiang with 16pts and 7asts. Augusto Gomez, played at SF, held to 7-21 shooting and only scored 15pts.
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On Shohoku Arena, Tadeušas Genišauskas and Aniol Soler each scored 22pts led Backers' strong second half to narrowly hold Pekanbaru Jaguars 88-84.
Shohoku were horrible on 1st quarter, letting Jaguars dominated them with 24-7. After cutting it to 41-28, Aniol Soler heated up on 3rd, hitting pair of three pointer combined with Genisaukas drive-in to get as close as one points 57-58. Jaguars still able to put away, narrowly lead by 3 after 3rd. But Shohoku doesn't stop there, running 10-0 to start the 4th, leading 68-61. Seemed on their downstir, Jaguars Tommy Kupila & Petrus Debrier chase it back, tying at 74-74 with Debrier's two straight treys. With Acay and Genisaukas kept scoring on paint, combined with Jaguars' offensive fouls error, Shohoku Backers finally able to get away with 88-84.
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Meanwhile, Esplanade BC still not stopping yet, dominating Xavis with impressive 104-73 win. Diego Zago scored 20pts, led six players with at least 10pts scoring.
With their latest victory, EBC now has four games winning streak, and earned them a 3rd spot on the crowded Big 8 division.