Italian League, Regular Season, Game 22: March 21, 2010 - ITALY

May 22, 2013

Italian League, Regular Season, Game 22: March 21, 2010

Lottomatica Roma handed defending champion Montepaschi Siena its first loss of the season, 93-85, on Sunday in the Italian capital. Jacopo Giachetti scored 20 points to lead Roma on an outstanding three-point shooting performance – 13 of 22 attempts from beyond the arc. Montepaschi remains atop the table with 21-1 record, while Lottomatica is now 12-20. Pepsi Caserta scored a come-from-behind 85-87 win at Vanoli Cremona to stay in second place with a 15-7 record, the same as Sigma Coating Montegranaro, which beat Scavolini 89-93 on the road in Pesaro. Armani Jeans Milano thrashed Banca Tercas Teramo 78-56 as Mason Rocca scored 21 points. Canadian Solar Bologna recorded a 79-82 win over Air Avellino behind 13 points from Patricio Prato. Cimberio Varese edged Benetton Treviso 90-82 behind 17 points from Jobey Thomas. And NGC Cantù took a 75-86 road win over Angelico Biella behind 24 points from Ben Ortner, while Carife Ferarra beat Nuova AMG Sebastiani 50-176 as Luke Jackson scored 40.

Lottomatica Roma handed defending champion Montepaschi Siena its first loss of the season, 93-85, on Sunday in the Italian capital. Jacopo Giachetti scored 20 points to lead Roma on an outstanding three-point shooting performance – 13 of 22 attempts from beyond the arc. Ibby Jaaber added 13 points for the winners, Andre Hutson and Luigi Datome scored 12 apiece, Luca Vitali 11 and Angelo Gigli 10. Ksistof Lavrinovic paced Montepaschi with 14 points, Terrell McIntyre scored 13 and dished 8 assists and Ben Eze and Romain Sato netted 12 apiece. Lottomatica led 30-16 at the end of the first quarter and increased the cushion to 62-39 on a Jaaber jumper of Jaaber at the midway point of the third quarter. A 6-21 third-quarter run for Siena cut the cushion to 68-60, but Lottomatica opened the last quarter with 9 unanswered points to seal the victory.

Armani Jeans Milano thrashed Banca Tercas Teramo 78-56 as Mason Rocca scored 21 points. Alex Acker added 15 points, Massimo Bulleri 11 and Marco Mordente 10, while Drake Diener was the only player in double figure for the lossers with 17 points. Cimberio Varese edged Benetton Treviso 90-82 behind 17 points from Jobey Thomas and 16 apiece from Michel Morandais and Marko Tusek. Gary Neal had 21 and Sandro Nicevic 18 with 8 boards for the visitors. Nicevic gave a slim 76-78 advantage to Benetton early in the last quarter, but a 10-0 run for Varese capped from beyond the arc by Childress gave the lead to the hosts, who never looked back

LAST GAME GAME 22 March 21, 2010
Day	Match	Result
Mar. 21	Lottomatica vs. Montepaschi	93-85
Mar. 21	Cimberio Varese vs. Benetton	90-82
Mar. 21	AJ Milano vs. Banca Tercas	78-56
Mar. 21	Air Avellino vs. Canadian S.	79-82
Mar. 21	Angelico Biella vs. NGC Med.	75-86
Mar. 21	Nuova AMG vs. Carife Ferrara	50-176
Mar. 21	Scavolini Spar vs. Sigma C.	89-93
Mar. 21	Vanoli Cremona vs. Pepsi Ca.	85-87

NEXT GAME GAME 23 March 27-29, 2010
Day	Match
Mar. 27	Montepaschi vs. Air Avellino
Mar. 28	Banca Tercas vs.Angelico Bi.
Mar. 28	NGC Medical vs. Lottomatica
Mar. 28	Pepsi Caserta vs. Canadian
Mar. 28	Benetton Basket vs. N. AMG
Mar. 28	Carife Ferrara vs. Cimberio
Mar. 28	Sigma Coatings vs. Vanoli C.
Mar. 29	Scavolini Spar vs. AJ Milano

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Montepaschi Siena	22	21	1	1990	1479
2	Sigma Coatings Montegranaro	22	15	7	1790	1722
3	Pepsi Caserta	22	15	7	1904	1658
4	Armani Jeans Milano	22	14	8	1692	1631
5	Canadian Solar BO	22	14	8	1725	1582
6	NGC Medical Cantu'	22	13	9	1734	1638
7	Air Avellino	22	12	10	1743	1657
8	Lottomatica Roma	22	12	10	1785	1660
9	Benetton Treviso	22	10	12	1795	1811
10	Banca Tercas Teramo	22	9	13	1677	1655
11	Cimberio Varese *	22	10	12	1677	1765
12	Angelico Biella	22	9	13	1759	1780
13	Vanoli Cremona	22	8	14	1819	1772
14	Scavolini Spar Pesaro	22	7	15	1789	1823
15	Carife Ferrara	22	7	15	1740	1746
16	Nuova AMG Sebastiani **	22	0	22	1268	2508