Eurobasket edged Titans 74-71 at lux gare in a tight Bascol Division 2 matchup, flipping the game late after Titans had dominated long stretches.
The opening swung wildly. Eurobasket jumped to 0-6 and later 5-11, but Titans answered with a massive 17-0 run to 22-11, punctuated by two triples from Miguel Gonzalez Vargas and inside work by Corentin Guissard and Liviu Constantin Rusu. Titans led 24-19 after 10 minutes and protected a 42-37 cushion at halftime, despite an unsportsmanlike on Olivier Maillet that briefly handed momentum to Coach Raphal Barelli's team.
Rusu opened the third with four straight points (46-37), yet Coach Roberto Schiano's side clawed back. Giovanni Carandente and Rimgaudas Greicius brought Eurobasket level at 49-49, and the quarter closed 60-57 for Titans after steady free throws from Guissard and Loic Bolimba. Notable sequence: Stylianos Gkikas committed a personal and a technical in quick succession, a momentum check for the hosts.
At 60-60 early in the fourth, Eurobasket delivered the game's decisive blow: a 9-0 burst (Svajunas Piepolis, Michele Simonato, a big three from Valentin Mitov, then Simonato again) for 60-69, their largest lead. Titans countered 6-0 to 66-69 and later pulled within 71-72 on Gonzalez Vargas free throws, but an unsportsmanlike by Jeandey gave Greicius a key point and possession, and Baptiste Bessire added another from the line to close it out.
Scoring leaders
- Titans: Rusu 20 (2 threes), Guissard 20, Gonzalez Vargas 15 (9 FTs, 2 threes).
- Eurobasket: Simonato 19 (7 2P, 5 FTs), Maillet 14, Greicius 13 (2 threes), Mitov 10 (3 threes), Alonso 11.
Team scoring profile
- Titans: 17 FTs, 21 two-pointers, 4 threes.
- Eurobasket: 13 FTs, 23 two-pointers, 5 threes.
Discipline shaped the finish: Wozniak committed consecutive fouls in Q2, Piepolis had back-to-back P2 in Q4, and the late unsportsmanlike on Jeandey proved pivotal for the game winners Eurobasket.
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