Tau Baskonia down Manresa 80-67 for first home win

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Tau-Manresa. Photo: EFE

Igor Rakocevic and Stanko Barac led TAU Baskonia to down Manresa 80-67 and achieve their second win this season in the ACB league.

The game was close just for the first quarter with the Basques leading by two points 17-15. TAU broke the game in the second period working well in defense and scoring easy baskets catching their opponents on the counterattack.

At the end of the second quarter, the home team led the scoreboards 39-24. Manresa were unable to trim the difference during the third and fourth quarter.

Rakocevic led the winners with 19 points and Barac added 11 points and 10 rebounds. Mickeal, McDonald and Teletovic were also in double figures.

For Manresa, Guillem Rubio scored 19 points and Diego Sánchez added 17 points.