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Good 30 minutes give Kumanovo second win in a row

Good 30 minutes give Kumanovo second win in a row
19-10-2016 | 22:27

KK Kumanovo 2009 won its second straight game since the start of SIGAL-UNIQA Balkan League season. The Macedonian team visited KB Bashkimi and played very good 30 minutes before winning 86-83. In the final ten the hosts tried to mount a comeback but fell short in the final seconds. This was second straight loss for Bashkimi as the team will travel to Bulgaria to play Beroe next week. Kumanovo will rest and then will host Kozuv in Macedonian derby.

 

Kumanovo had the better start and scored the first 12 points of the game. After that they kept leading and despite the fact the difference went down to 6 at the end of the quarter, it quickly went up. Still Bashkimi tried to stay close and cut the deficit to only 2 points with 2.30 left in the first half but in those minutes the visitors managed to pull away again and led by 10 at the break. 

 

A 9-2 run to start the second half increased the advantage to 14 points in just three minutes. This time Kumanovo controlled the lead and it reached 20 points after the third quarter finished. With less than 6 minutes to go the difference was 19 and after that Bashkimi finally made it happen. The hosts made a 10-0 run to close the gap to 9 but despite that Kumanovo managed to held on. In the final minute the lead went down to just 3 points but it was too late for the home side.

 

Kumanovo hit 11 triples from 28 attempts while Bashkimi had 7 of 27. That turned out to be an important factor as it gave big advantage to the visitors.


Miladin Pekovic was the top scorer for the winners with his 21 points. Aleksandar Kostoski did well with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists while 10 points apiece had Dimitar Karadjovski and Marjan Janeski.

 

Kejuan Johnson had another good game for Bashkimi finishing with 25 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Gazmend Sinani had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds while Kayel Locke added 14 and 7.


FULL STATS FROM KB BASHKIMI - KK KUMANOVO 2009 GAME

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