Georgia – Thomas Spagnolo claims Georgia Superleague weekly honour

ThomasSpagnolo American Thomas Spagnolo (201-F-91) put on an amazing game in the last round for league’s second-best Rustavi and that’s him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 2.The 25-year old forward had a double-double of 21 points and twelve rebounds, while his team beat Olimpi (#7, 0-2), the league’s bottom-ranked team 82-68. Rustavi is placed at 2nd position in Georgia Superleague. But it’s just the very beginning of the season and Rustavi won both games without losing any. It’s too early to say anything as the standings can be changed completely after next round. In the team’s last game Spagnolo had a remarkable 80.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Rustavi’s top player in his first season with the team. Appalachian State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Spagnolo is in league’s top in rebounds (3rd best: 11.5rpg) and averages solid 1.5bpg and 63.6% FGP.The second most remarkable performance in last round’s games was 25-year old forward Giorgi Barbakadze (203-F-91) of Kutaisi. Barbakadze impressed basketball fans with 25 …

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