Colom’s triple double leads Unics Kazan into Last 32

Quino Colom recorded Unics Kazan’s first triple double and just the seventh in competition history in leading his team to a 91-77 victory over Buducnost VOLI Podgorica and into the Last 32. Unics improved to 6-3 in Group D and will go into its Eurocup Regular Season finale with a chance to finish atop the group standings. Colom recorded 15 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists and 6 steals in a tremendous performance; he had the triple double just one minute into the fourth quarter! Keith Langford led all scorers with 26 points, while Latavious Williams added 17 points and 7 rebounds and Arturas Milaknis netted 11 points. Unics outrebounded Buducnost 40-26 – including 15 offensive rebounds to Buducnost’s 20 defensive boards. After Buducnost scored the first 11 points of the game, Unics roared back with a 13-2 second-quarter run in which Colom dished 3 assists and never trailed again. Tadija Dragicevic paced Buducnost with 19 points and Sead Sehovic scored 13.

Buducnost stunned the hosts early as Aleks Maric scored 6 points, Sead Sehovic dished a pair of assists and Suad Sehovic drilled a triple to cap a 0-11 opening run. More than four minutes passed before Langford got Unica on the scoreboard with a three-point play and Milaknis added a triple. Langford all but erased Buducnost’s great start with free throws that gave him 9 points and drew the hosts within 12-16, however Suad Sehovic responded with a four-point play. Maric split free throws and rejected Williams to give Buducnost a 17-23 edge after 10 minutes. Colom and Bojan Subotic traded triples to start the second quarter. Unics made its move a few minutes into the quarter when five players scored, Colom dished 3 assists and Langford totaled 4 points in a 13-2 charge that made it 37-30. Vadim Panin’s three-point play gave the hosts their first lead. Dragicevic kept Buducnost in the picture, but Williams put Unics up 46-38 at the break.

Langford and Williams scored to give Unics a double-digit lead early in the second half. A Nemanja Jaramaz three got the visitors as close as 54-47, but Milaknis connected from downtown to restore a comfortable margin. Colom dished his 10th assist for the last basket of the quarter to Williams for a 65-53 Unics advantage. Colom grabbed his 10th rebound a minute into the fourth quarter to establish a triple double. Buducnost continued to first and Jaramaz made it 72-61, but Lanford’s three-point play and Art Parakhouski’s put-back made it a 16-point game midway through the fourth quarter. The lead peaked at 89-71 as Unics cruised to victory and into the Last 32.