Ilian Evtimov made his professional debute

From NC State to Adecco

01-05-2006 22:06

[b]Ilian Evtimov[/b] played his first professional game, after graduating from North Carolina State. Ilian was signed by [b]Adecco Estudiantes[/b], team who is well-known to the basketball lovers in Bulgaria, few days ago. Anyway, he made his debut against Caja San Fernando - the former team of his older brother Vasil. Adecco won the game [b]88:84[/b], in front of 6.500 spectators in Madrid Arena. The two teams showed high-quality basketball, and the game was really challenging until the third period (25:14), when Estudiantes sealed their victory. The 201-cm tall bulgarian forward, who took [b]#16[/b] in his new team, spent 8 minutes on the floor, but didn't managed to score a basket. He only had 1 assist and 1 rebound. [b]Will McDonald[/b] was the best player for Adecco. The 206-cm tall former South Florida Bull scored 27 points in 38 minutes. After that win, Estudiantes is at the [b]8th[/b] spot in the ranking, and if maintains on that position, Adecco will participate in the playoffs, instead of Todor Stoykov's [b]Pamesa Valencia[/b]. In the next round, Adecco is facing the championship leader Unicaja Malaga.