FIBA Asia Champions Cup: Iran’s Petrochimi Advances to Semis
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Petrochimi booked a place at the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2016 semi-final after defeating Iraq’s Al Shorta 88-67 in Chenzhou, China on Friday.
Gerald Robinson led the way for Petrochimi in this game, and he got a lot of help from Rouzbeh Arghavan, Mehrad Atashi and Mohammad Hassazadeh. Petrochimi needed all that production, too, since import James White struggled with 1-of-12 field goal shooting.
Justin Hawkins, meanwhile, had a huge game for Al Shorta, scoring 31 points, but his partner in crime, DeAndre Rice, went ice cold, making just 2 of his 16 field goal attempts to finish with 10 points.
This was a good bounce back triumph for Petrochimi, which reeled from their double-digit loss to Al Riyadi a couple of days ago.
Petrochimi will play China Kashgar in the semi-final on Saturday.
The 24th edition was held in 2013 in Amman, Jordan where Iranian club Foolad Mahan Isfahan emerged victorious beating Al Rayyan from Qatar in the final.