Pallacanestro Trieste returns to the Canary Islands, this time to challenge Tenerife in the second match of the Round of 16 of the Basketball Champions League.
Gonzlez’s men are selling their lives dearly despite the absence of Ramsey, they even reach +16 after the break and for long stretches cherish the possibility of their second achievement in a row in the Cup, but they run out of fuel in the final minutes.
Brooks scores the score from outside 65-75 5 minutes before the siren, but the trio of senators Fitipaldo-Huertas-Shermadini scores a 12-2 run for the draw at 77.
The final blow was Doornekamp’s two triples, Uthoff’s basket gave hope to Trieste but the ending smiled on the home team.
It ends 84-82: Fitipaldo scores 17 points with 4 assists, Huertas scores 12 with 8 assists, Shermadini finishes with 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Trieste leaves the field with its head held high, sending 5 athletes into double figures. Brown stops at 15 with 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Uthoff (4/5 from three) at 13, while Toscano-Anderson finishes with 14 points and 6 rebounds.
