STIP, North Macedonia (Interstat) — KK Tikvesh defeated KK Stip 93-65 on Saturday, pulling away after halftime. Lamar Sukes Davion led Tikvesh with 17 points, nine rebounds, two assists and one block. Tedrick Wolfe added 12 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and one block. Angel Kecovski scored 14 points with five rebounds, four assists and one block. Ivica Dimcevski paced Stip with nine points and 12 rebounds. Stevan Gligorijevic contributed 10 points and six rebounds for Tikvesh. Jovan Aleksandrovski scored 13 points, Aleksandar Kostoski had 11 points and seven assists, and Bryce Hamilton Cameron added 13 points and five assists. Daniel Hankins Sanford also scored 13 points. Todor Zlatev added eight points and four rebounds. Tikvesh outscored Stip 30-9 in the fourth quarter. Tikvesh shot 36 of 55 from the floor and 8 of 15 from 3-point range. Stip shot 22 of 65 overall and 8 of 36 from beyond the arc. Tikvesh improved to 1-0, while Stip fell to 0-1.