Euroseason is finished

Triumph Lyubertsy finished its 2009-10 Eurocup season in style by rallying from a 21-point deficit in the final 8 minutes to edge Hemofarm Stada 78-79 at home in Vrsac, Serbia on Tuesday night.
Triumph was third in Group B with a 3-3 record due to its tie-break disadvantage against Le Mans Sarthe Basket. Meanwhile, Hemofarm was fourth with a 1-5 record.
It was an earlier than expected exit for Hemofarm, that made it to the Eurocup semifinals three times since 2005 and registered all its 4 losses by 7 points on less.
Triumph opened its Eurocup seasons with back-to-back wins, but 3 consecutive losses prevented the guests from making it to the next round despite its final loss.
Brion Rush had 18 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter to fuel the winners' comeback. Paul Miller added 18 while Valeri Likhodey had 13, including the game-winning dunk seconds before the final buzzer.

BC Triumph Head Coach Stanislav Eremin:
- I am very happy and I may say we are very lucky to beat Hemofarm for the second time. Both matches were similar with the same scenario. Hemofarm is very good team but I am glad that we did not give up when Hemofarm had advantage of 20 points.

13 january 2010