Titebi defeated the current champion in Rustavi

Praiseworthy victory of the basketball club Titebi in Rustavi. The current Super League champions, who started the season poorly and replaced 2 legionnaires, lost to one of the direct rivals and outsiders at home after 2 wins in a row. To the praise of Titebi, it must be said that despite the disastrous start, they still managed to win today’s match.

The meeting held in Rustavi started with a great advantage of the hosts. Qvemo Qartli won the first period 28:12, and soon increased the advantage to 20 points. It was like a match that would soon be given a fictitious look, as the advantage of one team, in this case, the host Rustavi was so big.

The head coach of Titebi, Beso Lezhava, took a minute break and his players, who returned to the court, started playing over-effectively. Titebi started to reduce the difference and after annulling 20 points before the big break, they even took the lead. However, at the last second Christian Keeling scored a two-pointer and Rustavi went to the big break with a 1-point lead – 41:40.

Equal game took place from the third period. One team would advance after another. The game went to the end evenly, where everything was decided by Titebi’s perseverance. With the background of good defense, the members of Lezhava’s team were excellent in the attack as well, and after achieving a 6-point lead at the last minute, they decided the fate of the game in favor of themselves.

Eventually, Titebi defeated Rustavi 88:79 (Statistics). Javion Ogunyemi was unstoppable among the winners, he scored 31 points and 15 rebounds. Jordan Robertson had 18 points, Isaac Asrat had a double-double – 17 points and 12 assists. Ishmael Hollis was the most effective in Rustavi with 22 points and 7 rebounds. Christian Keeling scored 19 points and 10 assists. 

All five matches of the next round will be held on December 18 and 19 in Tbilisi.