The Spanish side won both of its games against the Italian outfit this season
Gran Canaria comes out on top at Trento, 70-81
Dreamland Gran Canaria has improved to an 8-2 record in Group A after defeating Dolomiti Energia Trento 70-81 on the road in Round 10, with the hosts dropping to a 3-7 mark. Jaka Lakovic’s men led for the final 25:30 minutes of the contest to come out on top, having also beaten Paolo Galbiati’s squad 84-81 back in Round 1.
Caleb Homesley was Gran Canaria’s leading scorer on the night, finishing with 15 points, and he was joined in double figures by Mike Tobey on 11 and Nico Brussino on 10. Trento’s Jordan Ford ended up scoring a game-high 17 points, with Anthony Lamb netting 16, and Myles Cale had 12.
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Tobey scored Gran Canaria’s first 4 points of the game, but Cale soon stepped up for the hosts by netting 7 points to make it 10-10. Lamb and Ford helped put Trento five points ahead, 15-10, but Homesley, Brussino and George Conditt helped tie things up at 17-17. However, Trento held a 22-19 lead at the end of the first quarter after a three by Toto Forray and a couple of free throws by Ford and Jordan Bayehe.
When Lamb went a perfect 3 for 3 from the line to start the second period, Trento led 25-19. Yet, 5 straight points by Tobey and a tip-in by John Shurna quickly saw Gran Canaria go 25-26 ahead. Quinn Ellis hit back to give the hosts a 27-26 edge, and Lamb’s three made it 30-29, but that would prove to be Trento’s last lead on the night. A 10-0 Gran Canaria run put the visitors in charge at 30-39, and they did enough to go into the halftime break with a 40-45 advantage.
Gran Canaria swelled the lead with an 11-0 run to start the third quarter, which made it a 40-56 ballgame and completely took the air out of the arena. There was a fightback by Trento after a timeout, with the hosts reducing the gap to eight points, 48-56, but Homesley stepped up to ensure it was 56-66 after 30 minutes.
Carlos Alocen netted the first six points of the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 16 points once more, 56-72, and Gran Canaria was rarely threatened from there on out. There was a three-pointer by Lamb followed by 4 points by Ford, which cut the gap to eight points, 70-78, but there were only 30 seconds left at that point. Joe Thomasson sealed the win in style for Gran Canaria by stealing the ball and racing away for a dunk to set the final 70-81 scoreline.