Italian League, Regular Season, Game 11: December 17-18, 2011 - Italy

May 18, 2013

Italian League, Regular Season, Game 11: December 17-18, 2011

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano took advantage of Montepaschi Siena’s bye week to move into a tie with the defending champion for first place with 8-2 records. Milano bested Fabi Shoes Montegranaro 88-72 behind 15 and 14 points, respectively, from Mason Rocca and Leon Radosevic. Drew Nicholas and Nicolo Melli nailed back-to-back three-pointers as part of a 10-0 second-quarter run that gave Milano its first double-digit lead, 40-29. Tariq Kirksay cut it to 44-37 at halftime, but Radosevic dominated the third quarter and helped the hosts climb to 59-41, from which it never looked back. Nicholas finished with 13 points and 6 assists and Meli scored 11 for the winners. Ivan Zoroski and Dejan Ivanovic scored 15 each for Montegranaro. Third placed Angelico Biella missed a chance to join the leaders on wins when it lost 79-73 at Cimberio Varese. Rok Stipcevic scored 25 and Yakhouba Diawara tallied 17 points and 7 rebounds for the victors, who are tied with Canadian Solar Bologna and Pepsi Caserta for fourth place. Novipiu Casale Monferrato started strong, lost the lead, but came back to beat Bennet Cantu 69-65. In an exciting fourth quarter that featured five lead changes and four ties, Giorgi Shermadini tied the score from the line at 65-65 in the final minute. But Matt Janning put the hosts up for good with 2 free throws and after Gianluca Basile missed a triple, Stefano Gentile iced the win from the line. Mustafa Shakur paced Monferrato with 20 points, Janning scored 17 and David Chiotti posted a double double. Nicolas Mazzarino scored 15 for Cantu, Vladimir Micov had 12 and Shermadini a double double. Benetton Treviso managed an 80-72 victory over Banco di Sardegna Sassari as Jobey Thomas came through with 17 points and Vlad Moldoveanu scored 14.

LAST GAME GAME 11 December 17-18, 2011
Day	Match	Result
Dec. 17	EA7 Armani vs. Fabi Shoes	88-72
Dec. 17	Benetton vs. Banco Sardegna	80-72
Dec. 18	Cimberio Varese vs. Angelico	79-73
Dec. 18	Canad. Solar vs. Umana Ve.	88-80
Dec. 18	Acea Roma vs. Sidigas Av.	96-99
Dec. 18	Pepsi Caserta vs. B. Tercas	97-82
Dec. 18	Vanoli Braga vs. Scavolini	78-81
Dec. 18	Novipìu Ca. vs. Bennet Cantù	69-65

NEXT GAME GAME 12 December 26-27, 2011
Day	Match
Dec. 26	Bennet Cantù vs. EA7 Armani
Dec. 27	Montepaschi vs. Novipìu Ca.
Dec. 27	Sidigas Avellino vs. Pepsi
Dec. 27	Canadian Solar vs. Benetton
Dec. 27	Scavolini vs. Cimberio Va.
Dec. 27	Fabi Shoes vs. B. Sardegna
Dec. 27	Banca Tercas vs. Acea Roma
Dec. 27	Umana Ve. vs. Vanoli-Braga

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	10	8	2	772	683
2	Montepaschi Siena	10	8	2	774	675
3	Angelico Biella	11	7	4	839	811
4	Canadian Solar Bologna	10	6	4	804	797
5	Cimberio Varese	10	6	4	777	780
6	Pepsi Caserta	10	6	4	801	775
7	Bennet Cantù	11	6	5	807	776
8	Sidigas Avellino	11	6	5	899	902
9	Umana Venezia	10	5	5	772	761
10	Benetton Treviso	10	5	5	776	770
11	Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro	10	5	5	711	741
12	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	10	5	5	780	787
13	Acea Roma	11	4	7	872	904
14	Novipiù Casale Monferrato	10	3	7	713	746
15	Fabi Shoes Montegranaro	10	3	7	750	788
16	Vanoli Braga Cremona	11	3	8	798	886
17	Banca Tercas Teramo	11	2	9	795	858