"Energy-Invest" Rustavi became champion of the 9th Dudu Dadiani Memorial. "Energy-Invest" won Dudu Dadiani Memorial for the 4th time.
The club held the final match very well. Team of Mikheil Beruashvili played well in defence as well as in attack and finally, the match finished 72:60.
Players of "Energy-Invest" played actively. They often attacked their opponent. Levan Tsekvava and Beka Tsivtsivadze scored balls from a long distance and their team won the first half 25:15.
The second 10 minutes finished with the same score but MIA won this time. Team of Archil Jgenti attacked its opponent more actively. Davit Imnadze and Davit Barbakadze scored points for MIA. At the last seconds of the first half, Davit Berishvili equalized the score. In the third quarter, "Energy-Invest" was leading with a little difference. Of course, it was clear that everything would have been decided in the last quarter. Before the start of it, "Energy-Invest" was winning 58:56.
As "Energy-Invest" was playing without a mistake in defence, players of MIA decided to score points from a long distance. Almost all players of MIA tried to score 3 points but in vain. Team of Jgenti shot 33 3-point and scored only 4 of them. Jolivet Tujan and Samuel Lamu, 2 Cameroonian legionaries of "Energy-Invest", rebounded balls of MIA.
Everything was decided 2 minutes before the final whistle. After the shots of Tsivtsivadze, Artsividze and Tsekvava, "Energy-Invest" had a 10-point advantage. MIA scored only 4 points in the last quarter.
Beka Tsivtsivadze was named as the best player of the tournament. Sandro and Nita, nephew and niece of Dudu Dadiani, awarded the winners with the Cup.

IX Dudu Dadiani Memorial.
October 24. Academy of MIA.
Final

Energy-Invest - MIA 72:60
(25:15; 15:25; 18:16; 14:4)
Energy: Tsekvava (23 points, 8 rebounds), Tsivtsivadze (21 points, 5 rebounds), Artsividze (6 points, 5 assists), Khmelidze (6 points, 5 rebounds), Tujan (7 points, 13 rebounds), Lamu (6 points, 8 rebounds), Abaishvili (3)
MIA: I. Berishvili (4), Lejava (3), Koton (2), Markoishvili (10), Imnadze (6 points, 13 rebounds); D. Berishvili (6), Lapanashvili (2), Nikoladze (7), D. Barbakadze (10), Shermadini (9), Tomaradze (1)
Referees: Zaza Machaladze, Maka Kupatadze, Davit Berekashvili
Commissar: Merab Ratishvili


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