Spišskí Rytieri – KK Šenčur GGD 88:77 (19:10, 25:18, 17:18, 27:31)
Referees: Trmal, Tiberiu, Jäger (all Austria)
Spectators: 250
Venue: Mestská športová hala, Spišská Nová Ves
Scorers – Spišskí Rytieri: Gavrilovič 30, Dennis 14, Morsell 13, Hlivák 12, Stevanovič 11, Židzik 4, Antoni and Krajňák each 2, Baťka and Richardson 0
Scorers – Šenčur: Ahmedović 19, Rebec 16, Martinčić and Ozegović each 15, Malovčić 10, Tešić 2, Daneu, Ivkovič, Korman and Strmčnik 0
Spišskí Rytieri entered the match with good energy and they made a bigger points run thanks to Dennis. With good defense they guarded the result, and the 1st half finished 44:28. In the 2nd half they lost a concentration, Šenčur made some shot, but Ivan Gavrilovic scored 30 points and thanks to him, they reached the Final 4 quite easily.
Post-game quotes:
Štefan Svitek, coach of Spišskí Rytieri: „First, I want to congratulate our players on reaching the Final 4 in the AAC. Second, I want to thank our opponents for today’s performance and thank that, they didn’t stop playing after first half and fighting till the end. We played very well, especially in the 1st half in defence, which made us score runs. In the 2nd half we again had bad moments, but we got the victory.“
Marko Stevanovič, player of Spišskí Rytieri: „Very physical game, we were running up, and down, especially in the 2nd half. After the 1st excellent half, we lost concentration, in the 2nd half, we have to take care of that. We are looking for the Final 4 and I hope we didn’t say the last words. Ivan Gavrilovic was brilliant today.“
Miljan Pavkovič, coach of Šenčur: „After the bad 1st game, we came here to fight, but the 1st half we played very badly, we looked like we were sleeping. We started to play in the 2nd half, but it was not enough to win the game. I can only congratulate Spišskí Rytieri and wish them good luck and success.“
Jan Rebec, player of Šenčur: “Very tough game, very physical played. We lost the chance in the home game a we knew, that it would be very hard in Spišská Nová Ves. Spišskí Rytieri played very well in the 1st half and they deserved to play in the Final 4.”
