USK Praha vs. KK Vrijedosnice Osijek
78:67 (20:16, 37:29, 54:51)
Referees: Blahout Petr, Kučírek Martin, Linhart Tomáš (all CZE).
Audience: 415.
Venue: Sportovní hala Folimanka, Praha (CZE).
Scorers USK Praha: Whack 17, Sehnal 14, Mareš 12, Appleby 8, Fait 8, Tůma 8, Vukosavljevič 6, Štěrba 3, Křivánek 2.
Scorers KK Vrijedosnice Osijek: Abu 15, Pavlovič 14, Ihring 9, Vrkič 8, Gospič 8, Darling 5, Perič 4, Boras 2, Sango 2.
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Do you want to win next time? You must rebound the ball. That was the taste after first match between Osijek and USK. Croatia represent won 86:69 and had ten offensive rebounds. Owls confirmed that they play good ball last few days and won first quater 20:16. Osijek was still in the game, especially because of Abdul Abu, who was killing the rim in first game part by 4 dunks. At the beggining of second quater Dalibir Fait scored back to back threes to make it 26:16. Since that moment Osijek had 8:2 run and offset the game. USK had 47% for 3 points at half (8/17) and it was the main source of their offensive power. Owls held the lead in third quater 54:51, but Osijek tied the game and show that they did not gave up. Key factor of second half was Rashad Whack. He scores 15 points at second half and save the win for a home team. Stats talk straight – USK made 14 three point shoots.
MVP of a game is Jakub Tůma for 8 points and 5 assists in 21 minutes .
Dino Repeša, head coach of Praha: “Congratulation to our team for a victory. It almost give us TOP 8 in Alpe Adria Cup whitch is a big acchivement for us. It was a tough game for us. The are well coached by coach Krstič and play a good basketbal with good players. They are one of the most serious club generaly in Croatia and for us it is always nice to win with this teams. I hope we will continue our winning strike against Kolin on Sunday.”
Rashad Whack, player of Praha: “Today was a good win for us. We moved forward and everybody contributed. The game is full of runs but we found the way to the victory. It was a team win.”
Vladimir Krstič, head coach of Osijek: “Congratulation to Prague team. They were shooting amazing tonight. Tha was the key. They shot 54% for three pointers. You have to play amazing to beat the team with such amazing shooting percent.”
Abdul Abu, player of Osijek: “Both teams played really hard. USK come today and made a lot of shoots. They shoot over 50 % for three and that was the difference.”
