3 matches of 11th round is held today at Tbilisi Olympic Palace, one of which is already over. Cactus and Batumi met each other. Both teams are fighting to stay in the Superleague.
They had equal scores before this match. Accordingly, the result of the meeting was of great importance for both of them. The match turned out quite tense, the fate of which was decided in the final period in favour of the hosts. Batumians won the first quarter 21:18 and they were leading almost the whole second period. However, the team trained by Archil Jghenti tied the game in the decisive 3 minutes and went to the big break with 2 points leadership – 41:39.
With the lead of Nicholas Neal and Delano Spencer, Cactus won the third period 30:13 and advanced by 15 points. Batumians tried their best in the remaining period, but all they could manage was reducing the difference to 5 points. Batumi trained by Gia Kazanjiani lost 81:90 eventually. Cactus advanced in the standings.
Nicholas Neal led the winners with 31 points and 7 assists. Delano Spencer scored 28 points. Dominic Elliot collected 12 points. Kasey Shepherd was the most effective with 26 points in Batumi. Dejan Jeftic scored 18 points, Nodar Gogodze had 14 points.
