“Zaragoza” of Giorgi Shermadini and Viktor Sanikidze opened the 2nd group stage of Euro Cup with unexpected failure. The team of Georgian basketball players lost to Croatian “Cedevita” 67:75.
The members of Georgian national team were in lineup. Shermadini gained 8 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists in 22:58 minutes. Georgian center scored 2 2 points of 5, all 4 free throws and had 1 turnover.
As for Sanikidze, he gained 6 points, 7 rebounds and 2 block-shots in 26:47 minutes. Viktor made one mistake and has not got personal foul.
American Joseph Jones was the best in the lines of “Zaragoza” with 20 points and Croatian Damian Rudez gained 17 points.
Besides “Zaragoza” and “Cedevita”, “Lietuvos Rytas” and Turkish “Besiktas” also plays in Lithuanian P group. In the first round, these teams hold the match in Vilnius and the Turkish team won 103:101.
It should be noted that American Sundiata Ganes, who played for “Armia” Tbilisi in 2011-2012, gained 18 points and 7 assists for “Besiktas” and had the best coefficient (20).
Second round matches in P group will be held on January 15. “Zaragoza” will visit “Besiktas” in Istanbul and “Cedevita” will host “Lietuvos Rytas” in Zagreb. Recall that 2-2 best teams of 8 will go through the 1/8 final of Euro Cup.
