Jānis Timma | Photo: Santiago de Campos “Obradoiro”
Latvian basketball player Jānis Timma scored 18 points on Saturday in the victory of Santiago de Compostela's “Obradoiro”, represented by him and Jānis Strēlnieks, in the Spanish top league (ACB) in the game, while Andrzej Pasechnik scored 12 points in Palencia's win in Bilbao.
Santiago de Compostela's team defeated Andorra's MoraBanc 101:89 at home, winning an important success in the fight to stay in the ACB. Timma played 26 minutes and six seconds, making six of eight long shots. 18 points is his record this season in Spain. Timma also had a stat line with two rebounds, one assist, a fumble, four steals, three sacks and a +/- of +20.
“Palencia” won away from “Bilbao” with 97:80. In 23 minutes and three seconds, Pasečnik made four out of eight two-point shots and all four free throws on the court, and also marked his statistics with eight rebounds, one assist, an error, three fouls, four fouls, an efficiency ratio of 17 and a +/- indicator + 11.
UCAM of Murcia, represented by Artur and Rodion Kuruc, is fifth with 20 wins in 31 games, “Baxi” of Manreza, represented by March Steinberg, is in eighth place with 18 wins, “Obradoiro” is in 17th place with nine wins in 32 games, and “Palencia”, which is already has lost hope of staying in the ACB, with a record of 6-26 it is the last in the 18-unit championship.