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Levski remained on top in Group B after a win against the champion Feni

Levski remained on top in Group B after a win against the champion Feni (photo: sportal.bg)
15-12-2011 | 18:24 | Alexander Sotirov
Levski won the clash of the titans in Group B of the EUROHOLD Balkan League, defeating the defending champion KK Feni Industries by just a single point - 67:66 at home in Universiada Hall. This was Levski′s five win in a row, as they remained the only unbeaten team in Group B.   Vassil Evtimov made a free-throw to open the score - 1:0, but Jarrid Frye and Ivan Lilov quickly got Feni their first lead - 1:4. The game was tied at 4:4 and at 8:8, before Feni managed to break ahead once again - 8:11 after a three-pointer by Lilov 3.29 before the end of the first quarter. Levski′s answer was a 6:0 run, which made the score 14:11. However until the end of the first quarter the home team scored just 2 points against 7 for Feni and after 10 minutes of play the score was 16:18.

Darko Sokolov extended his team′s lead to 16:20 early in the second quarter, but Dimitar Angelov and Marcus Hall scored and leveled the score at 20:20. Dusan Knezevic scored for 20:22 and started a 6:0 Feni run which would extend their lead to six points - 20:26 with 4.09 left in the second period. In the following three minutes Levski scored 7 points against just one for Feni, as the score was tied at 27:27 with around one minute to go. Halfway through the game Feni led by one point - 27:28.
 
Levski had a slight edge in the opening minutes of the third period, as they led 34:30 with 7.09 remaining, after Hrisi Dimitrov made a 2-point shot. The home side remained with the lead in the following moments, as the score wsa 38:34 with 5.07 to go. In the next two minutes Feni scored five unanswered points and led 38:39 3.07 before the end of the third. However Levski took advantage and extended their lead to 44:39. After 30 minutes of play they were ahead 47:45.
 
The home team started the fourth period good and quickly built a 9-point lead - 54:45 with 7.48 left in the period. Feni managed to cut their deficit down to 3 points- 54:51, but Levski answered with an 8:2 run, which put them ahead by 62:53, two minutes before the end. The home side once again led by 9 - 64:55, and then Ivan Lilov, Jarrid Frye and Kiril Nikolovski scored seven points in a row, cutting the difference down to 2 - 64:62 with 16 seconds to go.
 
Vassil Evtimov was fouled and made only one free-throw - 65:62, before Sasa Ocokoljic made both attempts, reducing the difference to one point - 65:64. Marcus Hall was perfect - 2/2 from the charity stripe 11 second before the end - 67:64, but Ocokoljic once again was faultless on the other side - 67:66. Marcus Hall missed two free-throws after that, but Ivan Lilov also missed a three-point shot and the final score was settled at 67:66.
 
Marcus Hall led Levski with 20 points and 3 assists. Hrisimir Dimitrov added 15 points plus five rebounds, while Aaron Harper had 11 points and 6 boards. Dimitar Angelov scored 9, coming off the bench and Vassil Evtimov also had 9 points, along with 15 rebounds and 4 assists.   Ivan Lilov scored 21 points and added 4 rebounds for Feni. Kiril Nikolovski added 11 points, while Jarrid Frye had 9 and 4 steals.   Levski are currently first in Group B with a balance of 5-0, while Feni Industries are third with 3-2.
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