Albacete holds off Cantabria Estela in one-point home win
ALBACETE, Spain (Interstat) — Albacete held off visiting Cantabria Estela 82-81 Sunday at Pabellón del Parque. Cantabria Estela fell to 4-1 despite Shon Jenkins Kyler’s 15 points and Lotanna Nwogbo’s 17 points and seven rebounds. Danilo Ostojic added nine points and seven rebounds, while Miha Lapornik scored 10. Albacete improved to 3-2 as Silvano Merlo finished with 11 points, three rebounds and 11 assists. Nicklaus Reid had 11 points and seven rebounds, Pablo Cordoba scored 13 and Alen Malovcic added 10 points and six rebounds. Albacete shot 28 of 62 from the floor and 19 of 24 from the free-throw line, while Cantabria Estela was 29 of 70 and 15 of 19. Cantabria Estela shot 8 of 31 from three-point range, and Albacete shot 7 of 26. Cantabria Estela had 10 offensive rebounds to Albacete’s six and committed 23 fouls to Albacete’s 25.