Virtus secured an away win against Napoli with a score of 88-75 in the fifth round of Serie A, making them, along with Venezia, the only undefeated teams in the Italian championship.
Virtus weathered the storm on their visit to Naples and secured another victory. After a closely contested first quarter, the second quarter was the one that made a significant difference.
The black-and-whites from Bologna turned the tide in their favor during this stretch, outscoring their opponents 23-6, and went into halftime with a 46-28 lead. For an experienced and quality team like Virtus, it wasn’t too challenging to maintain that lead until the end, which they successfully did.
Jordan Mickey led the visitors with 17 points, Marco Belinelli contributed 14, Tornike Shengelia had 12, and Ognjen Dobric finished with eight points.
In Igor Milicic’s team, Tomislav Zubcic was the standout performer with 20 points, while Tyler Ennis added 16.