Georgia

Regular Season Round 11: Cactus Tbilisi - Batumi 90-81

Date: March 2, 2019
Everything could happen at the game between two tied teams. Both ninth ranked Cactus Tbilisi and 8th ranked Batumi had identical 3-7 record. This time Cactus Tbilisi used a home court advantage and beat the opponent from Batumi 90-81 on Saturday night. The hosts trailed by 3 points after first quarter, but they rallied back to get the 2-point lead at the halftime and eventually won the game 90-81. Cactus Tbilisi looked well-organized offensively handing out 23 assists. It was an exceptional evening for American point guard Nickolas Neal (183-88, college: Purdue-NCent.) who led the winners and scored 31 points, 7 assists and 7 steals. His fellow American import guard Delano Spencer (190-94, college: Tennessee St.) accounted for 28 points and 5 assists for the winning side. Neal is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market. American guard Kasey Shepherd (190-94, college: La-Lafayette, agency: Duran International) came up with 26 points and 5 rebounds and Bosnian forward Dejan Jeftic (198-89) added 18 points respectively for Batumi in the defeat. Batumi's coach George Kazanjian tested ten players in this game, but that didn't help. Cactus Tbilisi (4-7) moved-up to seventh place, which they share with BC Titebi. Batumi at the other side dropped to the ninth position with eight games lost. Cactus Tbilisi's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Tbilisi to the arena Delta.
Top scorers:
Batumi: K.Shepherd 26+5reb+1ast, D.Jeftic 18+4reb+1ast, N.Gogodze 14+2reb+3ast, N.Tenieshvili 8+2reb, S.Collins 7+3reb, S.Andrejevic 6+6reb+2ast
Cactus Tbilisi: N.Neal 31+4reb+7ast, D.Spencer 28+2reb+5ast, D.Elliott 12+6reb+4ast, B.Chikviladze 9+10reb+3ast, G.Turdziladze 8+5reb+2ast, A.Boisa 2+5reb+2ast
gschID: 704061

  BATUMI (coach: Anatoli Berishvili)81
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
1 zRfUaZ, gRnij 46 8-4 (11.9%) 4-3 (90%) 0-2 (18.0%) 5 3 3 6 5 0 5 5 5 4 62 85 8
86 GIDIdJR, XIdiQ 46 3-0 (25%) 6-0 (85%) 4-4 (655%) 5 8 8 4 8 8 8 5 5 4 63 64 3
33 SjdQRnRLaZ, AURfij 87 8-9 (82.1%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 8 3 1 8 4 3 5 6 4 6 1 9 -6
8 AhRphRQd, KisRF 82 7-63 (13.4%) 8-8 (655%) 8-4 (11.9%) 8 4 0 6 6 3 4 5 6 9 81 83 4
63 vIBajishLala, SLUijdala 62 6-0 (85%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 3 2 68 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 8 65 -63
66 wRjaRshLala, XIdiQ 86 6-4 (44.4%) 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 5 8 6 3 5 5 8 2 7 2
2 CIllajs, ApRjZRQ 69 8-4 (11.9%) 5-4 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 9 9 -67
9 baVRlidJR, oQiVla 63 5-6 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 4 8 6 5 5 5 6 5 -6 -64
60 qlaidJR, vRLij 4 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 -2
65 wIBiQidJR, KiVhiMRQ 8 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 -8 -9
3 vRIjadJR, XaVIlIJ  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
64 KiliUIJashLala, vuVi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   86-36 (06.8%) 2-86 (42.6%) 60-85 (90.5%) 2 89 40 68 63 86 65 6 3 62 26 21  


  CACTUS TBILISI (coach: Dejan Prokic)90
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
3 XRil, XaZVIlis 35 2-68 (11.9%) 3-0 (25%) 4-4 (655%) 6 4 3 9 4 8 9 5 6 9 46 40 7
6 ApRjZRQ, gRlijI 42 1-64 (31.8%) 4-2 (49.0%) 9-66 (14.1%) 6 6 8 0 8 2 6 5 5 3 82 88 63
5 ChaVLalidJR, mREi 43 8-3 (05%) 6-0 (85%) 8-8 (655%) 3 1 65 4 8 6 5 5 5 6 7 63 9
48 qllaIUU, gIBajaEuR 46 1-66 (03.0%) 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 8 3 1 3 3 8 5 5 5 6 68 68 -8
69 wuQdJalidJR, GaIQDa 81 3-2 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 0 0 8 0 5 5 3 5 6 2 2 84
1 mIasi, SjiUIlaF 84 6-0 (85%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 4 0 8 0 5 8 5 5 6 8 6 2
60 XuUsuMadJR, eiUa 3 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -64
65 ciVQidJR, vuVi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
68 SBIjishLala, PUiQ  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
84 rLiQUsVhiLi, vRLij  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   89-04 (05.7%) 2-67 (38.6%) 68-62 (11.9%) 65 88 48 84 86 64 65 3 6 60 75 78  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)