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Dustin Thomas
Coincidentally all hosts won their games. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.
The game between Top Four teams took place in Nahariya. First ranked Israeli host I.Nahariya (7-2) defeated second-best Kosovan Prishtina (6-4) 83-74. Worth to mention a great performance of American forward Dustin Thomas (203-1995, college: Arkansas) who helped to win the game recording 19 points and 9 rebounds and Russian-Israeli center Alexey Chubrevich (212-1986) who added 14 points and 6 rebounds during the contest. I.Nahariya’s coach used an eleven-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. The best for the losing side was American guard Dachon Burke (193-1997, college: USA) with 21 points and 5 rebounds. I.Nahariya maintains first position with 7-2 record. Defending Kosovan champion Prishtina keeps the second place with four games lost.
Balkan League top team – Israeli I.Nahariya (7-2) managed to deliver another win. This time they beat fifth ranked Montenegrin Ibar (3-6) 69-57. The winners were led by American guard Stephaun Branch (196-1995, college: UWG, agency: Slash Sports) who scored that evening 15 points and Dustin Thomas supported him with 13 points and 6 rebounds. I.Nahariya’s coach used entire bench and allowed the starting five to rest. Even 12 points and 7 rebounds by Serbian point guard Nemanja Simovic (192-1995) did not help to save the game for Ibar. I.Nahariya maintains first position with 7-2 record. Ibar at the other side keeps the fifth place with six games lost.
In the last game of round 12 Beroe lost to TFT on the opponent’s court 88-95.
The most impressive stats of the last round was 29 points and 7 rebounds by Landrius Horton of TFT.
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I.Nahariya – Ibar 69-57
Balkan League top team – Israeli I.Nahariya (7-2) managed to deliver another win. This time they beat fifth ranked Montenegrin Ibar (3-6) 69-57. The winners were led by American guard Stephaun Branch (196-1995, college: UWG, agency: Slash Sports) who scored that evening 15 points and the other American import forward Dustin Thomas (203-1995, college: Arkansas) supported him with 13 points and 6 rebounds. I.Nahariya’s coach used entire bench and allowed the starting five to rest. Even 12 points and 7 rebounds by Serbian point guard Nemanja Simovic (192-1995) did not help to save the game for Ibar. Serbian Nikola Pavlovic (204-1996) added 9 points and 10 rebounds. I.Nahariya maintains first position with 7-2 record. Ibar at the other side keeps the fifth place with six games lost.
Top scorers:
I.Nahariya: S.Branch 15+4reb+3ast, D.Thomas 13+6reb+1ast, Y.Atias 8+5reb, O.Ben-Yakov 6+1reb, D.Drapic 6+3reb+2ast, C.Rosenberg 6+2reb+1ast
Ibar: N.Felec 16+3reb+1ast, N.Simovic 12+7reb+3ast, N.Pavlovic 9+10reb+3ast, A.Kalic 7+3reb+2ast, M.Ljujic 7+7reb+3ast, N.Knezevic 4+2reb
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I.Nahariya – Prishtina 83-74
The game between Top Four teams took place in Nahariya. First ranked Israeli host I.Nahariya (7-2) defeated second-best Kosovan Prishtina (6-4) 83-74. Worth to mention a great performance of American forward Dustin Thomas (203-1995, college: Arkansas) who helped to win the game recording 19 points and 9 rebounds and Russian-Israeli center Alexey Chubrevich (212-1986) who added 14 points and 6 rebounds during the contest. Four I.Nahariya players scored in double figures. I.Nahariya’s coach used an eleven-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. The best for the losing side was American guard Dachon Burke (193-1997, college: USA) with 21 points and 5 rebounds and his fellow American import guard Kenny Brown (188-1991, college: Ferris St., agency: BIG) scored 10 points and 6 assists. I.Nahariya maintains first position with 7-2 record. Defending Kosovan champion Prishtina keeps the second place with four games lost.
Top scorers:
I.Nahariya: D.Thomas 19+9reb+2ast, S.Branch 15+2reb+3ast, A.Chubrevich 14+6reb, Y.Ohayon 10+2reb+8ast, C.Rosenberg 9+6reb+2ast, O.Ben-Yakov 9+5reb+1ast
Prishtina: D.Burke 21+5reb+2ast, Z.Lejson 14+3reb+2ast, K.Brown 10+3reb+6ast, Z.Jetmir 8+7reb+2ast, M.Ismaili 7, W.Mitchell 5+2reb
gschID: 965874
TFT – Beroe 95-88
The game between closely ranked teams ended with 5th ranked Bulgarian Beroe‘s (3-7) road loss to fourth ranked North Macedonian TFT (5-5) 88-95. TFT players were unselfish on offense dishing 21 assists. The winners were led by American guard Landrius Horton (193-1998, college: Columbus St., agency: BIG) who scored that evening 29 points and 7 rebounds and point guard Aleksandar Kostoski (186-1988, agency: BIG) supported him with 17 points and 8 assists. TFT’s coach allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Even 24 points and 9 rebounds by forward Aleksandar Georgiev (203-1990, agency: 011 Sports) did not help to save the game for Beroe. Swingman Martin Sotirov (201-1999) added 21 points and 8 rebounds. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. TFT moved-up to third place, which they share with Akademik P. Beroe at the other side dropped to the sixth position with seven games lost.
Top scorers:
TFT: L.Horton 29+7reb+1ast, A.Smith 18+6reb, A.Kostoski 17+4reb+8ast, T.Viktor 12+1reb+1ast, J.Bishop 7+3reb+5ast, A.Maslinko 7+4reb+2ast
Beroe: A.Georgiev 24+9reb+1ast, M.Sotirov 21+8reb+2ast, M.Damyan 12+2reb, C.Raines 12+9reb+6ast, A.Cook 7+3reb+3ast, J.Burns 7+3reb+2ast
gschID: 968993
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