ALBACETE, Spain (Interstat) — Palencia defeated Albacete 95-69 on Saturday in a Spanish Primera FEB game at Pabellón del Parque. Palencia improved to 1-0, while Albacete dropped to 0-1. Palencia led 27-14 after one quarter, 50-37 at halftime and 70-49 after three quarters, then outscored Albacete 25-20 in the final period. Josip Vrankic paced Palencia with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists in 24 minutes. Ingus Jakovics added 15 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists. Alvaro Martinez had 8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block. Alvaro Munoz scored 13 points and added 2 rebounds and 1 assist. Silvano Merlo had 6 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block for Albacete. Jose Gonzalez led Albacete with 17 points and 1 rebound. Tobias Borg had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Tanor Abdoulaye Ngom scored 10 points and had 4 rebounds. Nicklaus Reid scored 9 points and added 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block. Kjell De Graaf scored 9 points. Palencia shot 23-for-47 from the floor, 11-for-25 from 3-point range and 25-for-28 from the free-throw line.