Virtus Rome had a big second half en route to 76-88 win over Belfius Mons Hainaut, improving to 1-1 in Group D on Tuesday. The visitors trailed 44-40 at halftime, but outscored Belfius Mons 32-48 after the break for a comfortable win. Jordan Taylor scored 22 points with 5 assists and 4 steals to lead in victory. Philipp Goss netted 15 points, Jimmy Baron 14, and Quinton Hosley 13 for the visitors. Belfius Mons lost despite five double-digit scorers. Demontez Stitt had 16 points and 7 assists, Talor Battle had 15 points, while Justin Cage collected 12 points plus 8 rebounds. Maarten Rademakers also scored 12, and Jason Love had 10 in defeat.

The hosts jumped to an early lead, and with baskets from Stitt, Cage and a triple from Robert Vaden held 13-8. Jimmy Baron hit the first three-pointer for the visitors to tie it at 15-15, but a triple from Battle helped Belfius Mons stay in front 20-18 after 10 minutes., before back-to-back threes from Rademakers and Stitt made it 30-20 early in the second. Virtus Rome rallied with triples from Baron and Taylor, before a jumper from Hosley cut it to 37-36. The hosts held 46-40 after the first possession of the third quarter, but the visitors answered with a 2-16 run during which Taylor scored 9 points, and Goss capped it from downtown for 48-56. Belfius Mons stayed close with long range daggers from Stitt and Rademakers, but Goss nailed another triple, helping the visitors to 60-66 at the end of three quarters. Love and Battle did not allow Virtus Rome to pull away, as Battle’s three-pointer made it 72-78, but after Hosley and Goss hit back-to-back threes, lifting advantage to 72-86, there was no coming back for the hosts.