Georgian young basketball player Tornike Shengelia played one more memorable matches in Euro League, his “Belgacou Spirou Basket” sensationally won over Turkish “Anadolu Efes Istanbul” – 80:79. Tornike played for 16:48 minutes, but in spite of such short time, he was top-scorer (16) is his Belgian team.
Traditionally he was in the main staff and scored two two-point kicks from and 4 penalty kicks from 6, rebounded 9 and 4 assists. Georgian forward got five personal fouls and as a result left the pitch 2 minutes before final whistle. His opponents got two fouls due to him.In rival team Ersan Iliasov gained the most points (21 points, 6 rebounds).
Belgian club competing in C group has one victory-failure, they hold the next match against “Partizan” Belgrade on November 3.
Giorgi Shermadini also was distinguished player in “Bennet Cantu” of Italy. His club played against Spanish “Caja Laboral” (69:81), Georgian centre forward gained 17 points. Shermadini played for the same time as Shengelia did – 16:48 minutes. During this time he gained 11 points, 5 rebounds and one assist. He scored 3 two-point kicks from 4 and 5 penalty kicks from 7, lost the ball once and got one personal foul. His opponents got 5 personal fouls, while playing against him.
Another Georgian basketball player, Manuchar Markoishvili player for 13:32 minutes for “Bennet Cantu”, he gained 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 block-shot and 2 assists. “Manu” scored 2 three-point kicks from 3, could not manage to score two-point kicks from four chances, got personal foul twice and his opponents got two personal fouls while against him.
The last quarter was decisive in this match when “Caja Laboral” won 20:10, before it Italians were showing strong resistance against them. In A group “Bennet cantu” has one victory-failure, in the third round they play against Spanish club “Bizkaia Bilbao Basket”.
