Maccabi FOX hangs on for tough win in Kazan

Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv held on for a tough 73-74 road win at Unics Kazan’s Basket Hall on Thursday. The win lifted Maccabi to 4-4, while Kazan fell to 2-6. The visitors led by as many as 13 in the first quarter, but Unics came back and led by 4 in the fourth. A pair of late buckets by Sonny Weems and key block by Devin Smith carried Maccabi to victory. Smith finsihed with 16 points and 6 rebounds, Colten Iverson posted 12 and 6 and D.J. Seely tallied 11 points and 6 assists for the winners. Keith Langford scored 22, Pavel Antipov added 12 and Marko Banic for Unics.