ESP - Gasol erupts for 21 as AKASVAYU romp

MADRID (ACB) - Akasvayu Girona made it two wins from two at the start of the new ACB season after seeing off ViveMenorca 99-81 on Saturday.

Spain ace Marc Gasol led the way with 27 points and seven rebounds for reigning EuroCup champions Akasvayu, who last weekend claimed the scalp of Tau Ceramica with a hard-fought home win.

Fernando San Emeterio, scorer of 21 points in that victory over Tau, added 13 points and six rebounds against ViveMenorca, whose leading light was once again American Chris Moss with 22 points and 10 boards.

Moss won three player of the week awards for ViveMenorca during the last campaign - all of them coming during a golden spell in the last month and a half of the regular season.

However, Estudiantes, who reached the final four of last season's EuroCup, were unable to follow up their opening-weekend victory over 2006 Spanish champions Unicaja Malaga as they were easily beaten 81-64 at AXA FC Barcelona.

Italian ace Gianluca Basile led six players into double-figures scorer for Barca with a game-high 21 points while Jordi Trias added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Catalan giants, who continue their 100% record.

Unicaja bounced back from that loss to Estudiantes with an 84-60 triumph over promoted Grupo Begar Leon, while in Saturday's other game iurbentia Bilbao Basket defeated Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas 80-74.

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