Cherno More beats Levski Sofia behind balanced scoring
SOFIA (Interstat) — Euroins Cherno More defeated Levski Sofia 93-76 Monday at Universiada Hall, using a strong second half to pull away. The visitors led 42-41 at halftime and extended the margin with 26 points in the third quarter. Curtis Jones paced Cherno More with 19 points, five rebounds and six assists. Dachon Burke added 17 points, while Andrey Ivanov had 14 points and seven rebounds. Nikolay Stoyanov scored 13, Tsvetomir Chernokozhev had nine and Zane Knowles contributed eight. Daniel Hinkov led Levski with 23 points, five rebounds, two assists and one block. Stoyan Kainarov scored 15, Aleks Simeonov added 11 points, five rebounds and five assists. Cherno More shot 33 of 67 from the floor and 20 of 26 from the free-throw line, while Levski shot 25 of 57. Cherno More controlled the boards and converted timely free throws. Cherno More held a 9-2 edge in offensive rebounds and improved to 1-0. Levski fell to 0-1.