Italian League, Regular Season, Game 16: January 11, 2012 - Italy

May 25, 2013

Italian League, Regular Season, Game 16: January 11, 2012

In a rare occurrence, the three Euroleague teams in Italy all lost on Wednesday. Canadian Solar Bologna moved into a tie for second place by beating leader and defending champ Montepaschi Siena. EA7 Emporio Armani Milan failed to take advantage when it fell in the closing seconds at home to Benetton Treviso. And Bennet Cantu dropped into a tie for fourth with a loss at Fabi Shoes Montegranaro. Giuseppe Poeta recorded 13 points and 6 assists and Viktor Sanikidze had 10 points and 19 rebounds as Bologna held off Montepaschi 75-71. A 7-0 run early in the fourth quarter gave Bologna a 64-50 advantage. David Andersen and Bo McCalebb helped lead Siena back and Igor Rakocevic twice made it a 4-point game, but Bologna did not let Siena any closer than that. The result dropped Siena to 11-4 and lifted Bologna to 10-5, which ties it for second place with Milan. Sani Becirovic scored the last 4 points of the game to steal the win for Benetton, 80-81. Omar Cook free throws put Milan up 80-77 in the final minute. After Becirovic made a pair of free throws, Drew Nicholas came up empty at the line with 15 seconds left for the hosts, Ben Ortner was first to the rebound and Becirovic raced downcourt to put Treviso ahead with 6 seconds left. After a timeout, Alessandro Gentile, who left Benetton for Armani last month, missed at the buzzer. Ortner finished with 13 points for the victors; Gentile and Stefano Mancinelli combined for 28 points and 19 rebounds to lead Milan. Montegranaro spanked Cantu 89-73 by dominating the middle two quarters 56-35. Ivan Zoroski scored 22 and Dejan Ivanov 15 for the winners. Nicolas Mazzarino led Cantu with 19 points and Giorgi Shermadini posted 15 points and 9 rebounds off the bench. Victories for Umana Venezia and Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro brought those teams into a tie for fourth place with Cantu at 9-6.

LAST GAME GAME 16 January 11, 2012
Day	Match	Result
Jan. 11	EA7 Armani vs. Benetton	80-81
Jan. 11	Cimberio Varese vs. Sidigas	94-78
Jan. 11	Canad. Solar vs. Montepaschi	75-71
Jan. 11	Acea Roma vs. Scavolini	73-77
Jan. 11	Otto Caserta vs. Angelico	90-76
Jan. 11	Fabi Shoes vs. Bennet Cantù	89-73
Jan. 11	Novipìu Casale vs. B. Tercas	60-62
Jan. 11	Umana Ven. vs. B. Sardegna	91-71

NEXT GAME GAME 17 January 14-15, 2012
Day	Match
Jan. 14	Bennet Cantù vs.Canad. Solar
Jan. 14	Benetton vs. Vanoli Braga
Jan. 15	Montepaschi vs. Fabi Shoes
Jan. 15	Sidigas Avellino vs. Umana
Jan. 15	B. Sardegna vs. Otto Caserta
Jan. 15	Scavolini vs. Novipìu Casale
Jan. 15	Angelico vs. EA7 Armani
Jan. 15	Banca Tercas vs. Cimberio

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Montepaschi Siena	15	11	4	1177	1058
2	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	15	10	5	1147	1081
3	Canadian Solar Bologna	15	10	5	1187	1157
4	Umana Venezia	15	9	6	1173	1132
5	Bennet Cantù	15	9	6	1108	1047
6	Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro	15	9	6	1107	1118
7	Cimberio Varese	15	8	7	1163	1162
8	Sidigas Avellino	15	8	7	1214	1222
9	Otto Caserta	15	7	8	1185	1176
10	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	15	7	8	1164	1210
11	Angelico Biella	15	7	8	1119	1122
12	Acea Roma	16	7	9	1269	1300
13	Fabi Shoes Montegranaro	15	6	9	1136	1152
14	Benetton Treviso	15	6	9	1134	1166
15	Vanoli Braga Cremona	15	5	10	1075	1166
16	Banca Tercas Teramo	15	5	10	1068	1118
17	Novipiù Casale Monferrato	15	4	11	1090	1129