Italian League, Regular Season, Game 25: April 10-11, 2010 - ITALY

May 23, 2013

Italian League, Regular Season, Game 25: April 10-11, 2010

Another week, another win for defending champion Montepschi Siena, which downed Vanoli Cremona 83-70 behind 17 points and 11 boards from Ksistof Lavrinovic. Siena improved its league-best record to 24-1. The excitement is in the battle for second, which is now tie amongst five teams –Sigma Coatings Montegranaro, NGC Cantù, Pepsi Caserta, Armani Jeans Milano and Canadian Solar Bologna – with 16-9 records. Montegranaro and Bologna, which shared second entering the weekend, both lost. Joe Smith scored 24 points and dished 5 assists to help Angelico Biella scored a 76-73 win over Montegranaro. Cantu took a thrilling 76-80 road win over Bologna behind 17 points from Jerry Green. Caserta thrashed Benetton 90-66 after leading already 46-29 at halftime. Timmy Bowers led the way with 20 points. Armani Jeans beat Air Avellino 74-63 by staying in control for all 40 minutes. Massimo Bulleri paced the winners with 16 points. In a crucial game with relegation implications, Scavolini Pesaro took a 73-85 road win over Carife Ferrara behind 21 points from Michael Hicks and 16 from Dusan Sakoa. And Cimberio Varese got 31 points from Ronald Slay to beat Nuova AMG Sebastiani 120-57.

Montepaschi Siena downed Vanoli Cremona 83-70 led by 17 points and 11 boards from Ksistof Lavrinovic to improve its league-best record to 24-1. Terrell McIntyre added 13 points and David Hawkins 12 for the winners. Troy Bell led all the scorers with 19 for Vanoli and Marco Cusin amassed 16 points and 10 rebounds. The hosts took a slim 16-13 lead after ten minutes, but increased their pace in the second quarter to go up 40-27 at halftime. They reached their biggest margin, 61-45, early in the last quarter on a three-pointer posted by Marco Carraretto and remained in control till the final buzzer.

Pepsi Caserta thrashed Benetton 90-66 after leading already 46-29 at halftime. The cushion grew to 72-47 after 30 minutes as Timmy Bowers led five Caserta scorers in double figures with 20 points. Fabio Di Bella and Ebi Ere added 17 apiece and Philip Martin and Jumaine Jones scored 12 each. Benetton got 23 from 18 year-old-guard Alessandro Gentile. Armani Jeans Milano beat Air Avellino 74-63 by staying in control for all 40 minutes. Massimo Bulleri bagged 16 points, Marco Mordente added 15 and Jonas Maciulis 11 for the winners. Cenk Akyol netted 13 for Avellino. In the first quarter, Milano held the guests to just 9 points and led 15-9. Filip Dylewicz from mid range gave Avellino its only lead, 25-27, and after Sani Becirovic completed a three-point play, the hosts went on top and never looked back.

LAST GAME GAME 25 April 10-11, 2010
Day	Match	Result
April 10	Carife Ferrara vs. Scavolini	73-85
April 11	Pepsi Caserta vs. Benetton B.	90-66
April 11	Banca Tercas vs. Lottomatica	79-89
April 11	Canadian S. vs. NGC M. Cantu	76-80
April 11	AJ Milano vs. Air Avellino	74-63
April 11	Angelico Biella vs. Sigma C.	76-73
April 11	Cimberio Va. vs. Nuova AMG	120-57
April 11	Montepaschi Siena vs. Vanoli	83-70

NEXT GAME GAME 26 April 17-18, 2010
Day	Match
April 17	Benetton B. vs. Canadian S.
April 17	Lottomatica vs. Cimberio Va.
April 18	Sigma Co. vs. Montepaschi
April 18	Vanoli Cremona vs.AJ Milano
April 18	Scavolini Spar vs. Angelico
April 18	Nuova AMG vs. Banca Tercas
April 18	NGC M. Cantu vs. Carife Fe.
April 18	Pepsi Ca. vs. Air Avellino

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Montepaschi Siena	25	24	1	2260	1695
2	Sigma Coatings Montegranaro	25	16	9	2026	1945
3	NGC Medical Cantu'	25	16	9	1974	1847
4	Pepsi Caserta	25	16	9	2133	1879
5	Armani Jeans Milano	25	16	9	2000	1824
6	Canadian Solar BO	25	16	9	1943	1792
7	Lottomatica Roma	25	14	11	2010	1890
8	Air Avellino	25	13	12	1982	1912
9	Benetton Treviso	25	12	13	2102	2000
10	Banca Tercas Teramo	25	10	15	1924	1917
11	Cimberio Varese *	25	11	14	1929	1995
12	Angelico Biella	25	10	15	1976	2003
13	Scavolini Spar Pesaro	25	9	16	2051	2071
14	Vanoli Cremona	25	9	16	2059	2040
15	Carife Ferrara	25	8	17	1953	1959
16	Nuova AMG Sebastiani **	25	0	25	1401	2954