Italy (LegaDue) - Prima Veroli Won the 2011 Coppa Italian Championship!! (Scoonie Penn, Jarrius Jackson)

(2.27.2011 - Scoonie Penn & Veroli celebrate the 2011 Lega Due Cup Championship - Novara, Italy)

(2011 (LegaDue) Coppa Championship - Final Four in Novara, Italy)

2.26.2011 - Prima Veroli 91 vs 88 Umana Reyer (Coppa Final Four Semi-Finals)
- Jarrius Jackson: 19 points (4 threes), 2 boards
- Scoonie Penn: 14 points, 3 assists

2.27.2011 - Prima Veroli 81 vs Aget Imola 67 (Coppa Final Four Finals) !
- Jarrius Jackson: 27 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists !
- Scoonie Penn: 13 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds !

(Cup Finals promotion - Veroli vs Imola)

When we last checked in on Scoonie Penn & Prima Veroli (early February), they were making headlines in Italy as one of the hottest teams in the Lega Due. Veroli went on a tear in the first two months of 2011, going 7-2 & climbing in the top 7 of the league standings. Penn & Jarrius Jackson (Texas) and company wanted to ride their momentum into the 2011 Coppa Championship of late February, and that is exactly what would occur.




The Coppa Championship or Italian Cup is a competition outside of league play where a select number of teams (in the LegaDue's case 4 teams, but it varies across Europe) play in a weekend tournament to determine the National Cup Champion. The 2011 Coppa Final Four consisted of clubs Prima Veroli, Umana Reyer of Venice, Aget Imola, & Casale Monferrato. The games were played on a neutral court in host city Novara.

Veroli takes down Venice Again: Veroli met up with Umana Reyer in game one of the Final Four. These two squads played each other to overtime in the last matchup in Venice..with Veroli coming out on top. They wouldn't need an extra session to defeat Reyer this time, but it was another 4th quarter thriller as Veroli edged Umana Reyer by a score of 91-88. Jarrius Jackson led Veroli with 19 points, and Penn (pictured left) added 14.


Jackson wins MVP in Veroli's finals win! - Neutral fans in Novara probably hoped for another nail biter in the Final Four finals, but Prima Veroli had opposite plans. They blitzed their opponent Iget Imola in the first quarter (21-8), and coasted to a 81-67 finals championship!

Jarrius Jackson was unstoppable again for Veroli in the finals. The big time scorer from Monroe, Louisiana brought home the finals MVP behind a game high 27 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. Former Buckeye Scoonie Penn scored 13 points with 5 dimes & 4 rebounds.

BuckeyeBallersTV - Video highlights of Scoonie Penn & Jarrius Jackson at the 2011 Coppa Final Four!!