Prometey Slobozhanske shifted its potent offense into a top gear and downed U-BT Cluj-Napoca 105-82 on Wednesday night behind a strong second half. In a battle of a pair of EuroCup newcomers, Prometey used 15 three-pointers and six double-digit scorers to get back to winning ways, snapping a two-game losing streak and improving to 4-4 in Group B. Cluj remained winless in its four road games and dropped to 3-5 on the season.
Prometey's offense slams Cluj with big second half



Ondrej Balvin had 23 points and 6 rebounds, while DJ Kennedy tallied 23 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 steals. Gian Clavell finished with 17, Oleksand Lypovyy netted 13, Issuf Sanon scored 12 and Denys Lukashov had 10 points in the victory. Patrick Richard posted 19 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists for the visitors. Leonardo Meindl scored 17, Andrija Stipanovic had 12 of his 14 points in the first half, and Emanuel Cate also scored 14 in a losing effort.
Prometey opened the game hot from long range. The hosts made five of their first six attempts in less than 5 and a half minutes, including a pair from Sanon and one from Kennedy that made it 22-16. But Cluj had its offense clicking early, especially from close range. Stipanovic strung together 8 points bridging the first and second quarters to put Cluj up, 28-31. Stipanovic scored 4 more points, and Victor Sanders a triple to extend it to 33-40, but Kennedy and Lypovyy quickly erased the deficit. Cluj, however, did well getting to the line and restored the lead, taking 51-57 into halftime.
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Kennedy fueled a 9-0 run for the hosts early in the third quarter to re-take the lead, 60-59, and then Balvin took over, stringing together 10 points, including a triple and a three-point play, to help make it 79-67. Richard and Stipanovic cut it to 79-72 at the end of the third, but Lypovyy netted 2 more three-pointers for the hosts early in the fourth, fueling a 12-2 run to open a 91-74 margin. Two triples from Clavell broke the 20-point barrier, 99-79, as Prometey was cruising to victory.