Roma beat Scafati and leaves the crisis period behind

In Italy's Serie A basketball, Roma beat Scafati 103-90 in their home game and came out of a crisis period. The first period was fast and high-scoring. Both teams focused more on creating offense than on defense. Scafati shot 85 percent from the field in the first period and ended it ahead 29-25.

The gap stayed small in the second period. After Mannion and Strautins hit three-pointers to put Scafati in front, Bucchi had to call a timeout. At halftime, Scafati led 53-51 over the Romans.

At the start of the third period, Roma went ahead on an 11-point run. Scafati came back through Charlie Moore's steals and closed the gap to 71-73. At the end of the period, Olynyk's 12 points kept Roma ahead 78-76. Offurum was Scafati's most effective player with 18 points.

In the first three minutes of the final period, Roma opened an 11-point lead. Three-pointers from Mannion and Corey Davis Jr. broke the game open. Roma also tightened its defense and gave its opponent no easy baskets. Olynyk and Davis Jr. each scored 16 points. For Scafati, Charlie Moore scored 22 and Offurum scored 20. Bucchi's team has won only one of its last six games and sits last in the standings, outside the play-off zone.