A lot of work ahead
On Tuesday Spartak had the second game in the Eurocup qualifying round with Etha Engomis and won 83:64.Spartak blew a big lead last week at ETHA in Cyprus but didn't make the same mistake twice as we stormed into the Eurocup.
After edging the first leg of the Qualifying Round tie, 60-59, despite leading by 14 in the second half in Nicosia, coach Jurij Zdovc and Spartak returned to Russia and rolled to an 83-64 victory.
Point guard Patrick Beverley erupted for a game-high 26 points and also came up with five steals for Spartak.
Spartak had only a 24-21 advantage early in the second quarter but went to half-time with a 49-36 lead.
Beverley, Valery Likhodey and Loukas Mavrokefalidis each had 10 points and Yotam Halperin nine with five assists at the break for the home side.
Our team stayed in command for the remainder of the second leg and clinched a 20-point triumph on aggregate.
Halperin finished with seven of his team's 19 assists.
ETHA's Nigerian center Patrick Okafor led the team with 15 points.
This week is a very tough for Spartak. On Wednesday the team will play with Aris from Greece in the semifinal of Kondrashin and Belov's Cup. The gamec will start at 18.10 CET. In the other semifinal Kalev and Prokom play.
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