The first round of Italian basketball championship was planned to be held on September 29-30, but the season was renovated with the second round delayed match between “Montepaschi” and “Enel Brindis”. The match ended in favor of “Montepaschi” 92:65, where Sanikidze plays.
It worth mentioning that “Montepaschi”, which was favorite was beating the opponent with one point after the first quarter (43:42), in the second time they advance and beat the guests.
Due to such superiority, leaders of “Montepaschi” rested. Sanikidze of course was among them, he rested in the last quarter, in total he spent 23 minutes on the field. Georgian forward was in the start five of host team and gained 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block-shot. Viktor scored all the three-point kicks and 3 penalties from 6, lost the ball once and was given one foul. Opponents committed mistake 5 times against him. According to coefficient, Georgian basketball player was the third in “Montepaschi” (16) and he was behind only Benjamin Eze (12 points, 111 rebounds) and David Moss (15 points, 4 assists, 3 steals, 3 rebounds). Boby Brown’s good playing is also newsworthy (18 points).
“Montepasch” holds the first round match on September 30, when they host “Regio Emilia”.