{"id":899323,"date":"2026-09-20T21:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/899323\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T21:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:18:14","slug":"milan-claim-the-italian-supercup-title-behind-dominant-moses-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/899323\/","title":{"rendered":"Milan claim the Italian SuperCup title behind dominant Moses Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Armani Olimpia Milan have claimed the 2026 Italian SuperCup champions title after defeating Umana Reyer Venezia in the final 94-87.<\/p>\n<p>After a close battle <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/teams\/389-olimpia-milan.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Armani Olimpia Milan<\/a> have claimed the 2026 Italian SuperCup trophy.<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"article-widget__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/35693-moses-wright.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-406271-plsm.jpg\" alt=\"Moses  Wright\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                Position<br \/>\n                C\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Age<br \/>\n                27\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Height<br \/>\n                207 cm\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Weight<br \/>\n                106 kg\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Birth place<br \/>\n                North Carolina, United States of America\n            <\/p>\n<p>Milan took down <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/teams\/1172-umana-reyer-venezia.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Umana Reyer Venezia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legabasket.it\/game\/25359\/umana-reyer-venezia-armani-olimpia-milano\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">94-87<\/a> in the SuperCup final for their third Cup title in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Milan started off strong winning the first quarter by 14 points, but conceded 24 points in the second quarter as Venezia cut the lead to 10 points ahead of the second half.<\/p>\n<p>Venezia continued their dominance in the third quarter winning it by eight points, entering the last quarter with a two-point deficit.<\/p>\n<p>After three throws by <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/22918-leandro-bolmaro.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leandro Bolmaro<\/a> evened out the score to 79-79, <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/36490-glynn-watson.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glynn Watson<\/a> missed a three-pointer sending the game to overtime, where Milan built a seven point lead to win the game.<\/p>\n<p> Best performances of the game <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/35693-moses-wright.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moses Wright<\/a> led Milan with a 23-point, six-rebound, 25 PIR performance and was named MVP of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Leandro Bolmaro helped with 17 points, eight rebounds and two assists. He was accompanied by <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/18642-marko-guduri.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marko Guduric<\/a>, who had 15 points, five rebounds and three assists.<\/p>\n<p>Venezia gathered behind <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/20080-kyle-wiltjer.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Wiltjer<\/a>, who had 18 points, the most on the team. <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/21229-jordan-parks.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Parks<\/a> performed well with 15 points and seven rebounds. Glynn Watson and <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/16514-amedeo-tessitori.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amedeo Tessitori<\/a> both added 13 points.<\/p>\n<p>This is Milan&#8217;s seventh Italian SuperCup trophy and third in a row. All of their SuperCup titles have come since 2016, as the only other teams to win this title since then have been <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/teams\/985-dinamo-sassari.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dinamo Sassari<\/a> in 2019 and <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/teams\/90-virtus-bologna.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virtus Bologna<\/a> from 2021 to 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Milan:\u00a0Moses Wright 23 (6\/6 2PT, 11\/14 FT, 6 REB, 25 PIR), Leandro Bolmaro 17 (3\/9 2PT, 2\/3 3PT, 5\/6 FT, 8 REB, 2 AST), Marko Guduric 15 (5\/7 2PT, 5\/6 FT, 5 REB, 3 AST), Alec Peters 12 (4 REB, 4 AST), Giampaolo Ricci 10, Devon Hall 8 (7 AST).<\/p>\n<p>Venezia:\u00a0Kyle Wiltjer 18 (3\/4 2PT, 2\/4 3PT, 6\/6 FT), Jordan Parks 15 (7 REB), Glynn Watson (5 REB, 2 AST) and Amedeo Tessitori (10 REB, 3 AST) both 13, Ky Bowman 11, Leonardo Candi 8.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_4\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789939094_240_bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Like what we are doing? 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