Basketball Champions League. Qualification Round 1. Game 1.
Keravnos Strovorou (Nicosia, Cyprus) vs. Avtodor Saratov (Russia) - 72-83 (25-22, 18-23, 20-19, 9-19).
Avtodor Saratov: Frazier (19+2 assists+1 steal), Downs (10+4 assists+2 rebounds+2 blocked shots), Hummer (9+4 rebounds+1 steal), Klimenko (9), Zabelin (9), Robinson (8+7 assists+4 rebounds+2 steals), Clarke (8+8 rebounds+3 assists+1 steal), Sheleketo (6+3 rebounds), Kliuchnikov (5+2 assists), Morris (0+2 rebounds), Zibirov (0).
Keravnos Strovolou: Abukar (19+3 rebounds+2 steals), Bussey (17+3 rebounds+2 assists+1 steal).

GAME PHOTOS

The winner of the clash will be defined according to the sum of the points after two games. The Game 2 is to be held in Saratov already on Thursday at 7.00 p.m. The key point of the game in Nicosia was a 7-point run in the middle of the last quarter allowing the visitors to increase their lead to a 13-point gap. The best player of our team was Branden Frazier who scored 19 points (17 of them in the first half), making 4 of 5 three-pointers. The Russian made 8 turnovers comparing with 13 turnovers made by the Cypriots. Avtodor shooted well from the arc – 46.2% (12 of 26 three-point attempts were successful). However, they missed 11 points from the free-throw line (11 from 22 attempts were made, or 50%).