Another excellent win in the bank for Xavi Pascual's team as they took down MoraBanc Andorra by 102-71 in the Palau Blaugrana to record their fifth win in the ACB league this season. Parra and Punter were the architects of the win, the fourth in a row for the blaugranes.
The blaugranes did not get off to the best of starts at the Palau Blaugrana as Andorra scored six unanswered points early on. Nevertheless, points from Punter and a three pointer from Shengelia ignited the Barça offense and led them to a 16-4 lead at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter the Barça defense took over and before long their lead was stretched to 23-16 on 13 minutes. The visitors launched a comeback led by former blaugrana Kuric and brought the score back to 27-26 to the blaugranes. Clyburn stamped his authority on the game and took Barça into a nine point lead that became a 38-30 lead at half time.
Third quarter festival
In the second half Xavi Pascual's team took it up a notch to surge into a 10 point lead. Willy Hernangómez then added his talent to the equation and at one point Barça had a 22 point advantage at 73-51. Come the fourth quarter the game was over as a contest with Kevin Punter finishing the contest with 20 points in a 102-71 win for Xavi Pascual's team. Their next challenge will come on Friday in the Euroleague when they welcome Olympiacos to the Palau Blaugrana.
MATCH STATS
Barça, 102
MoraBanc Andorra, 71
Barça: Punter (20), Satoransky (-), Vesely (11), Clyburn (12) and Shengelia (9) -starting five- Hernangómez (13), Marcos (2), Parra (24), Brizuela (7), Cale (4), Fall (-) and Kusturica (-)
MoraBanc Andorra: Evans (12), Best (10), Okoye (8), Pons (9) and Pustovyi (11) -starting five- Udeze (3), Kuric (8), Luz (2), McKoy (5), Ortega (-), Guerrero (-) and Bassas (3)
Quarters: 16-14; 22-16 // 35-21; 29-20
