Surne Bilbao has easily defeated Prievidza (93-51) and will play first place in the group in Thessaloniki
Jaume Ponsarnau's team has won the last eight games, including the FIBA Europa Cup and the Endesa League.
Justin Jaworski scored 19 points.
Surne Bilbao has defeated Prievidza, 93-51, in Miribilla, on the fifth day of the second phase of the FIBA Europa Cup 2025-2026, in group M. Therefore, those of Jaume Ponsarnau, who have won the five matches played in that second phase, are in the first position of the group and are close to securing that first place , for which they will probably have to confirm the 22 points of advantage achieved in Bilbao.
Surne Bilbao is doing very well because, considering the FIBA Europa Cup and the Endesa League, it has won the last eight games. On Tuesday, they gave no choice to the opponent; the Basque team advanced 12-0 in the first few minutes, and Prievidza, from there, was only able to prevent the Surne Bilbao advantage from growing too fast.
In the break, the Biscayan team had 28 points of advantage, 47-19; in the second half of the match, with everything decided, they put more points on the Surne Bilbao, but it remained very solid in attack and, in the end, the local team achieved 42 points of advantage, 93-51.
Data sheet
93 - Surne Bilbao (24+23+25+21): Pantzar (5), Jaworski (19), Font (11), Petras (13) and Bagayoko (7) -five initials- Frey (-), Normantas (7), Krampelj (16), Hilliard (4), Hlinason (2), Errasti (5) and Madariaga (4).
51 - BC Prievidza (8+11+12+20): Bishop (2), Thomas (6), Tolbert (9), Toussaint (1) and Zeliznak (4) -five initials- Reynolds (5), Jass (1), Hlivak (2), Smith (17) and Alihodzic (4).
Referees: Blaz Zupancic (Slovenia), Tolga Edis (Turkey) and Valerio Grigioni (Italy).
It should be noted that 3,114 fans have attended Miribilla.
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