21 unanswered points in the second half gave the visitors control for good
Buducnost cruises past Trento, 64-85, for first win
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Buducnost VOLI Podgorica celebrated its first victory of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup campaign by thrashing Dolomiti Energia Trento 64-85 at Il T Quotidiano Arena on Wednesday. The visitors dictated the tempo from the off and they practically put the game to bed thanks to a 0-21 run spanning the last two quarters. The two teams currently boast the same record, as Buducnost improved to 1-2.
Yogi Ferrell led all scorers with 21 points, with Nikola Tanaskovic and McKinley Wright adding 13 and 10, respectively. For the visitors, Myles Cale recorded a team-high 13 points, Anthony Lamb had 12 and Selom Mawugbe added 11.
Buducnost started strong with Tanaskovic hitting in transition before buckets from Andrija Slavkovic, Rasheed Sulaimon, Ferrell and Udoka Azubuike gave the visitors a 2-11 lead. Trento bounced back, as 4 unanswered points from Lamb were followed by a Quinn Ellis jumper to bring the hosts within 8-13. Then, Andrea Pecchia responded to a Sulaimon open triple with 5 points of his own before a long Lamb three-pointer allowed Trento to cut the difference to 16-18 heading into the second quarter.
Lamb made 2 from the charity stripe and Mawugbe completed a three-point play to give Trento its first lead, 21-20. Yet, Fletcher Magee nailed a tough triple and Buducnost responded with a 0-7 run. A Mawugbe slam was followed by a Cale bucket from inside and Trento trimmed the deficit to 4, but Ferrell triples in quick succession extended Buducnost’s lead to 31-41. Trento was quick to respond, with Cale and Jordan Bayehe netting a bucket each to make it 35-42 at halftime.
The opening stages of the second half turned into an on-court battle between Ferrell and Ford, with the former netting 5 points and the latter responding with two baskets inside, 39-47. Buducnost looked dominant in the paint, with Kenan Kamenjas nailing a bucket before 5 points from Tanaskovic boosted their lead to 44-54 midway through the third quarter. Then, Ferrell sank a midrange jumper and Alen Omic scored inside, with Magee drilling a triple to extend Buducnost’s run to 0-18 and the visitors took a 44-65 lead into the closing quarter.
Magee nailed a triple to open the fourth before Toto Forray netted a floater to finally put an end to Buducnost’s surge, 46-69. In fact, the Trento captain scored his team’s first 6 points in the last quarter before Ford squeezed one from beyond the arc to cut the difference to 53-70. Yet, following a timeout by head coach Andrej Zakelj, the visiting side tightened up its defense and found some easy baskets through team play on the other end to seal the victory.
