Openjobmetis Varese, record success in the 2-point shot against Sassari

Hugo Besson

Second victory in the last 3 races for Openjobmetis Varese who beat the parquet of Banco di Sardegna Sassari with a score of 88-112. In the last two victories, the red and whites have scored 112.5 points on average, reaching a seasonal average of 86.7 points per game, climbing into third place behind Bologna (88.6) and Brescia (86.7).

Very high two-point percentage for Varese, who scored 23 of 28 two-point attempts for 82.1%, i.e. the second best percentage from inside the arc in the history of the club, after the 82.4% (28/34) achieved in match of the 2005/06 season against Cantù. This season, only Virtus Bologna shot with a higher percentage from two points, respectively in the matches against Sassari (85.2%) and Treviso (84.6%).

Best shooting performance of the season for Varese, who closed the match at Palaserradimigni by exceeding 60% shooting for the first time in this championship (62.9%, 39/62) For the first time in the season, Openjobmetis Varese scored twice figure 7 men, (Niccolò Mannion, Hugo Besson, Gabe Brown, Sean McDermott, Skylar Spencer, Davide Moretti and Leonardo Okeke).

The best it was Niccolò Mannion with 24 points (with 11 assists and a total rating of 34), thus further raising his points average to 19.9. The Italian point guard is the only player in the championship with an average rating above 20 (21.2 in 16 games), ahead of Miro Bilan’s 19.3. Mannion is also the second best in assist average with 6.6, behind only the 6.9 distributed per game by Tyler Ennis.