The qualifying series for the final ticket of the Superleague is up to a decisive match. Cactus, taking the 9th place in the regular championship, is fighting for staying in the Superleague. second team is CIU, finalist of A League. CIU defeated Cactus 74:69 today, equalizing the score in the series 2:2.
It will be revealed tomorrow weather a decisive match will take place on May 4 or 5. The winner will gain a ticket for the Superleague 2019-2020. As for today’s match, it went on with a transitional advantage. At first, Cactus led by 10 points, however, CIU managed to tie the game in the second quarter and now they advanced by 10 points.
Richard Matiashvili and Wendell Lewis played very effectively together, Beqa Tsivtsivadze and Andre Walker were also very good behind the arc.
Cactus reduced the difference to a minimum point on the last minute, but couldn’t manage to take one last step. Matiashvili led the winners with 18 points. Lewis scored 17 points. Davit Barbaqadze had 15 points. Delano Spencer was the most effective with 19 points in Cactus.