"Dynamo Sassari" (Italy) - BC "Prometey" (Ukraine) - 79:87 (22:13, 22:25, 19:27, 16:22). October 27. Champions League. Group round. Group "A". 3rd round. Sassari. "Palaserradimidjni".
Senior Judge: Georgios Pursanidis (Greece); Judges: Ilias Konnelles (Cyprus), Mihkel Manniste (Estonia).
Dynamo Sassari: Clemmons * (13), Barnell * (14), Bendzius * (14 + 7 rebounds + 3 interceptions), Mekovulu * (3), Battle * (10 + 5 assists), Logan (11), Trayer (14), Gentile (0), Gandini (0).
BC "Prometey": Sydorov * (14), Stephens * (10), Harrison * (16), Kennedy * (17 + 10 rebounds + 5 assists), Evans * (7), Dowe (17), Lukashov, captain 0), Petrov (0), Lypovyy (2), Bilan (4).
With the match against Italian "Dynamo Sassari", "Prometey" once again to some extent opened the Champions League, as they held its first away match. In addition, this confrontation was of great tournament importance: it determined which of these two teams would finish the first round in third place, which also gives a tikcet to the next stage of the competition.
It is possible that the psychological burden put so much pressure on the opponents that they did not have the best start to the starting quarter. The hosts of the field in these ten minutes suffered 5 losses, and "Prometey" - one more – they are indicators that indicate significant problems in the game at this time. In addition, each team missed significant jerks from the opponent. It all started with four consecutive points by D'Angelo Harrison, to which the team of Demis Cavina responded in the form of a 10:0 jerk. Then "Prometey" gave his "dry" series of 7 points, and with a score of 15:13 in their favor, "Sassari" conducted a similar one.
The handicap in 9 points of the Italian club was largely explained by 4 accurate throws from the arc against 1 by "Prometey". At the beginning of the second quarter, the "long-range artillery" of the hosts also worked properly. In some cases, Sassari players made open throws from the perimeter and after 15 minutes of the match their advantage was 16 points. It is good that at this point in the attack of our Chris Dowe had some arguments, thanks to which "Promeey" continued to "stay in the game." And before the long break, the "red and whites" in general began to improve their performance: two consecutive long-range hits "under 45" by DJ Stephens allowed to go on vacation with a gap of only 6 points.
It was eliminated very quickly in the debut of the third quarter by the efforts of former Dynamo Sassari player Miro Bilan, and Harrison's three-point shot in the 22nd minute gave Prometey the lead after a long break. One of the distinguishing features of the match was that one of the players of "Prometey" showed himself perfectly in different segments. In addition to Dowe, Harrison, Stephens, Bilan, all this fully applies to DJ Kennedy, Illia Sydorov, Sean Evans. The first two did not hesitate to take over the game, and Kennedy's 10 rebounds eventually helped him record a double-double. As for Sean Evans, his time fell on the last minutes of the confrontation, when 4 minutes before the end of regular time the score was equal to 74:74. The necessary aggression of Sean and his partners helped the team keep their hoop intact for 3 (!) minutes. When Sassari guard Clemmons 53 seconds before the siren hit from afar, his team was only "-6" behind. Prometey also spent the last part of the match perfectly.
There is the first victory in the Champions League! It allowed our team not only to keep the third place, but also to break away from today's rival and to be located behind "Lenovo Tenerife", which in a parallel match lost to "Riesen Ludwigsburg" in Germany - 69:80. It is with Tenerife that Prometey will play an away match of the fourth tour of the tournament on November 10.
