KB Bashkimi recorded a very important win in group A of SIGAL-UNIQA Balkan League. The Prizren team hosted the champions KB Sigal Prishtina and showed big heart to win it 85-74 (17:25, 27:12, 21:20, 20:17). The visitors were the better in the first minutes but the energy of the home side players changed the things and at the end they held on to the precious win. It′s Bashkimi′s second in a row after four straight defeats while for Sigal it was second defeat from two games. On Thursday the champions will host KK Kumanovo 2009 while Bashkimi′s next game as away against the same Macedonian opponent.
Kejuan Johnson had another monster game for the winners finishing with 29 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds and 4 steals. Eric Palm also did well and added 18 points while Ermin Jazvin had 12 and 16 rebounds.
Malcolm Rhett and Andrew Lawrence had 16 points apiece for the visitors while Jabarie Hinds added 12.