Barking Abbey defeat Venezia to finish 5th at Euroleague #adidasNGT

Barking Abbey finished the Euroleague adidas Next Generation Tournament in fifth place after a thorough 74-54 win over Umana Reyer Venezia to round out the tournament on Sunday morning in Lithuania.

The East London side dominate the fourth to put emphasis on the victory, putting in their best performance of the tournament in particular on the defensive end.

Cameron Hildreth led BA again with 21 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals in what has been a coming out party on the continent for him, as he finished as the scoring, steals and index rating leader for the tournament.

“I think it’s probably our best performance of the tournament,” Head Coach James Vear said after the game.

“I thought defensively we were excellent from start to finish. We had a game plan and stuck to it for the full 40 minutes, I really thought it was our best performance.

“It’s been huge for the programme (competing in the ANGT), to get an invite alone was a big deal, but to come here and compete, get two wins, is huge for the programme. A lot of credit needs to go to the players, they were great from start to finish.”

Veron Eze and Elijah Walsh had their best outings with 17 points apiece, with Prince Adza and Flynn Boardman-Raffet adding 6 each, the latter also finishing with 10 rebounds.

Box score.

Do you like our work?

We have a tiny favour to ask. In 2018 we set out to make Hoopsfix sustainable by building our relationship directly with our readers. Up until now, Hoopsfix has been creating editorials, videos and podcasts to provide sorely missing coverage of the British game and its distinct culture and community.

We have funded Hoopsfix with our freelance work creating basketball media, but sadly that means not only does it fall behind our client’s priorities, but some of those clients are the same organisations we need to report objectively on putting us in a conflicted position.

We want to devote more time to our mission of helping British basketball reach its potential, and produce even more content for the basketball community by making Hoopsfix a sustainable 100% independent business funded directly by our readers through Patreon.

If everyone who enjoys our content chose to support us, our future would be much more secure. For as little as $3 per month, you can support Hoopsfix – and it only takes a minute.

We are tremendously honoured and humbled to have a community of people who value what we do, and we look forward to being at the forefront of the British game as it continues to evolve.

Support Hoopsfix