Basketballghana.com can report Ghana Forward Ben Bentil has registered a double double to lead Olimpia Milano to its latest league win in the Italian Serie A 2021-2022 Regular Season.
The impressive mark for the Ghanaian who recently joined Milano, happened in a 72-60 win over Tortona this past weekend to give Milano’s 13th win in 14 league games this season.
Bentil led all Milano players in scoring and rebounding and paced the entire game in the rebounding category; the 6 foot 8 inch player registered 18 points, 13 rebounds and three assists in 29 minutes as a starter. (Click highlighted text to watch game highlights)
His game leading performance came with no turnovers attached as the former Dallas Mavericks player converted two of five three point shot attempts and five of seven two point shot attempts. He scored all two free throw attempts.
Bentil missed out on the game’s lead scorer title as Tortona’s Tyler Cain scored 19 points in the contest as the team prepares to play Barcelona on Tuesday, January 11 in the EuroLeague.
By Yaw Adjei-Mintah
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