Georgia

Regular Season Round 2: Black Fortress - Griffin 88-84

Date: January 27, 2026
The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Griffin in Tbilisi on Tuesday night. Visitors were defeated by Black Fortress 88-84. Griffin was trailing by 7 points at halftime but managed to get 1-point lead after three quarters before a 22-17 charge of Black Fortress, which allowed them to win the game. Strangely Griffin outrebounded Black Fortress 50-32 including a 35-24 advantage in defensive rebounds. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when Black Fortress made 10 blocks. American Troy Simons (191-1996, college: Kent St.) orchestrated the victory by scoring 24 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Guard Levan Aptsiauri (187-2003) contributed with a double-double by scoring 17 points, 10 assists and 7 steals for the winners. Black Fortress' coach Lasha Elbaqidze used a ten-player rotation in such tough game. American guard Gregory Hammond (201-2001, college: S.Arkansas, agency: 0z Sports Agency) replied with a double-double by scoring 19 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists and his fellow American import forward Alex Matthews (196-2001, college: UTPB) added 21 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists (on 7-of-9 shooting from the field) in the effort for Griffin. Four Griffin players scored in double figures. Black Fortress' supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Tbilisi to the arena Akhaltsikhe.

  BLACK FORTRESS (coach: Lasha Elbaqidze)88
  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 +/-
65 SpUsaiuQa, vRLij 42 3-7 (33.3%) 8-0 (35%) 4-3 (90%) 8 8 3 65 4 3 9 5 6 4 69 81 65
4 AaBIjs, wQIF 49 2-64 (16.0%) 8-2 (80%) 8-4 (11.9%) 6 2 7 0 4 6 8 5 5 5 83 81 -8
0 ballRQ zQ., viLiQ 46 4-2 (49.0%) 0-68 (36.9%) 6-8 (05%) 5 8 8 5 3 4 6 5 4 8 88 1 -1
3 yiulVjRQ-ABaUh, KRFsRij 46 8-3 (05%) 6-6 (655%) 6-3 (80%) 8 0 9 6 4 8 5 7 5 6 2 62 -8
61 biasuQidJR, SlRVsijdQR 63 5-4 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 6 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 -0 -2
44 bRsVha, vishi 80 8-8 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 5 3 65 62
1 bMaUuFaBiji, SjDRlI 64 6-6 (655%) 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 4 6 5 8 5 5 5 2 63 61
9 OaQUsVhRlaija, vRLij 65 8-3 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 8 6 4 5 0 6 6 5 6 5 0 6 1
5 kiVhUijDidJR, SlRVI 4 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -8 -1
80 GIDai, GaIQDa 4 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 -1
22 bRUQRLRla, giLaU  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
66 SjijILa, XaVi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   88-31 (39.2%) 68-45 (35.5%) 2-60 (04.4%) 2 83 48 85 84 63 64 65 0 9 22 74  


  GRIFFIN (coach: Giorgi Simonishvili)84
  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 +/-
5 HiBBIjd, GQRDIQF 41 8-9 (82.1%) 0-65 (05%) 5-8 (5%) 6 65 66 2 5 8 5 8 8 1 67 88 -4
8 biUUhRTs, SlRx 40 3-3 (655%) 4-0 (15%) 3-9 (09.6%) 3 9 66 3 4 4 6 5 5 4 86 87 6
6 gIuDhUF, K'Bija 46 3-7 (33.3%) 5-9 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 4 0 2 3 4 9 5 6 8 3 66 7 -66
67 KIMaishLala, giLaU 45 8-0 (35%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 4 0 6 4 5 6 5 4 5 3 6 6
66 baQJaishLala, bRQiMa 87 4-1 (05%) 5-4 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 3 6 0 8 6 8 3 6 5 6 7 63 6
85 eijsIB, gijaRl 86 0-9 (96.3%) 6-4 (44.4%) 1-65 (15%) 5 7 7 8 8 1 5 6 8 8 67 84 6
86 KIJishLala, XaVIlIJ 68 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 -4 -0
99 AuliVLRladJR, olai 66 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 -0
64 NijashLala, SLUijdal  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
65 wiMuishLala, wiQaRl  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
2 OipuishLala, giLaU  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
9 SVhlIuQa, XaVIlIJ  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   85-47 (06.4%) 7-87 (46.5%) 69-87 (02.1%) 60 40 05 88 60 86 1 0 65 61 23 71  


Height: 191 cm
Position name: SG
Born: Jul 3,1996
Weight: 87kg / 191.4lbs
37
MINS
35
24
POINTS
21
8
D.REB
7
1
O.REB
4
9
T.REB
11
5
ASSISTS
4
2
STEALS
1
0
TO
3
0
BLOCKS
0
8/13
61.5%
2FGP
4/4
100.0%
2/8
25.0%
3FGP
3/5
60.0%
2/3
66.7%
FT
4/7
57.1%
26
RANK
29
Height: 196 cm
Position: F
Born: Oct 30,2001
Born: 2001
VS
88
Points Scored
84
71
Starting Five Points
64
17
Bench Points
20
24
Defensive Rebounds
35
8
Offensive Rebounds
15
32
Rebounds
50
20
Assists
22
13
Steals
6
7
Turnovers
16
10
Blocked Shots
5
23
Personal fouls
15
22/46
47.8%
2FGP
20/39
51.3%
12/30
40.0%
3FGP
9/29
31.0%
8/15
53.3%
FT
17/29
58.6%
93
Rank
96

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)