Tabiat Basketballers Beat Lions in BCL Asia

Date: 08 June 2025 - 22:44

News ID: ۱۴۰۳۷۷

TEHRAN – Iran’s Tabiat Basketball secured a spot in the Basketball Champions League Asia (BCL Asia) 2025 quarterfinals right in their very first game of the tournament on Sunday.
The recent FIBA WASL runner-up was able to tick off a box in its checklist by keeping Zhejiang Guangsha Lions in search of a win following a 99-85 victory at the Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sport Hall.
Stedmon Lemon finished with 29 points, while Ivan Buva produced 27 alongside 7 rebounds and 6 assists as the reinforcements took turns in leading the Iran Basketball League outfit’s second-half surge.
Coach Mehran & Co. have also helped Ulaanbaatar Xac a great deal as the Broncos are also through to the next round after the Lions fell to their second defeat in as many games in Group A.
Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos, the reigning BCL Asia-East champion, is set to be Tabiat’s next assignment on Monday in a battle for the pool’s no. 1 seed.