Italy
After the loss against "Galatasaray" at EuroChallenge, "Cantu" of Manuchar Markoishvili lost at Italian Championship. The team of Georgian player played against "Kazerta" in the 7th round. "Kazerta" won only one match before that.
After 3 quarters, the hosts had only 2 points advantage (54:52). Finally, the team of one of the best players of Georgian team lost the match 65:73.
Markoishvili was in the main staff but spent only 18 minutes on the field. He scored 11 points (3 2-point from 5, 1 3-point from 3, both 2 penalties), like Serbian Vladimir Mikov (played during 28 minutes). "Manu" added 2 turnovers and 1 rebounds to 11 points. He received 3 personal fouls. Players of "Kazerta" committed 2 fouls against him.
After this loss, "Cantu" has 4 wins and is sharing the 3rd-6th places with 3 teams. "Virtus" of Viktor Sanikidze is among them. "Virtus" is playing against "Vareze" today.

Adriatic League
"Olimpija" of Giorgi Shermadini is winning at home and losing away at the curret Adriatic League. "Olimpija" broke this tradition in the second round when they beat "Zadar" away.
Yesterday, the team of Georgian player played against "Buduchnost". "Olimpija" won the first quarter with 10 points (19:9). They added 6 points in the second period (16:10). Nothing special happened in the last two periods and "Olimpija" beat its opponent 68:53.
Shermadini played during 12 minutes. He scored only 2 points, 2 turnovers and 1 rebound-assist. Shermadini lost the ball 3 times and it is too much for 12 minutes. After 9 rounds "Olimpija" has 6 wins and is leading Adriatic League with KRKA and "Hemofarma".



Luka Andriadze