by UDINE, Italy — RaeQuan Battle scored 16 points as Old Wild West Udine beat Bertram Derthona Tortona 86-77 on Sunday in Italian Serie A Round 6 at PalaCarnera in Udine.
Battle’s 16 points came in a balanced Udine attack, with the scoring list showing no other Battle totals (rebounds, assists or minutes were not stated in the reports checked), so only his points are reported here.
Udine led 19-14 after the first quarter and 40-33 at halftime, then held a 57-53 edge after three quarters before closing out the fourth 29-24.
Derthona briefly took the lead in the third quarter, going ahead 52-47, before Udine answered with an 8-0 run to retake control, and two late three-pointers from Battle and Eimantas Bendzius stretched the lead to 78-68 with three minutes left.
Gianmarco Calzavara led Udine with 18 points, followed by Battle with 16, Marko Sisko with 14 and Bendzius with 12. Dante Maddox led all scorers with 28 points for Derthona, with Justin Durham and Giordano Bortolani adding 10 each. The win moves Udine to 3-3 in Serie A, while Derthona falls to 1-5.
Udine continues its Serie A season next; the next opponent was not verified from an official source at check time, so none is named here.
