London Lions pick up first EuroCup victory with win over Trento

London Lions picked up a historic first win in the EuroCup, defeating Aquila Basket Trento 80-75 at the Copper Box Arena on Tuesday evening.

Lions came from behind, finishing the game on an 10-1 run to steal one despite being short-handed with both Sam Dekker and Kosta Koufos ruled out with injury.

Ovie Soko was dominant, finishing with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-8 shooting, Vojtech Hruban had 17 points and 5 assists, while Tomislav Zubcic added 13 points.

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Ovie Soko got off to a hot start scoring 13 of London Lion’s first 16 points including a thunderous dunk down the lane, but it was Trento who held a 27-21 lead after the opening period.

A Luke Nelson pull up three, followed by a Zubcic steal and dunk pulled Lions back to within 1, 32-33 with 5 minutes left in the half. Trento led 44-41 at halftime.

A Mo Soluade steal and three, followed by a Josh Sharma bucket inside saw Lions bring it back to three, 55-58 forcing Trento into a timeout. Zubcic followed it with another triple to tie it up, sending the Copper Box into a frenzy to finish the quarter.

In the fourth, a steal and big dunk from Spagnolo pushed the Trento cushion to 6 with 3:49 remaining, however, Lions refused to go away, reeling off their big finish to pick up the win.

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