KK Velika Gorica – BKM IMMOunited Klosterneuburg 100:78 (32:18, 17:22, 26:18, 25:20)
Referees: Mohoric, Palcic, Gostisa (all Slovenia)
Attendance: 50
Venue: Gradska sportska dvorana Velika Gorica
Scorers – Velika Gorica: Cvitković 16, Konjević 13, Baković and Uljarević each 12, Savić 11, Cinać 10, Kapusta 9, Kaljžić and Majić each 7, Mašić 3, Miloloza and Sokol 0
Scorers – Klosterneuburg: Murray-Boyles 23, Burgemeister 14, Bauer and Moschik each 12, Bavcić 7, Alper 6, Leydolf and Nuhic each 2
Gorica opened the match with two three-pointers and imposed a rhythm that the guests from Austria couldn’t follow. The home team opened the game with three-pointers by Konjević and Majić, and after less than two minutes it was already 10:2 on the scoreboard. The guests briefly returned to the match with a few tied points, and after a three-pointer from Murray-Boyles, the result was reduced to 12:11. However, Sesar’s team worked at full steam in the first quarter and Savić locked this section with a three-pointer with the result 32:18. In the second quarter, the players from Klosterneuburg played more aggressively on defense, and won this period of the game with the result 22:17, so they went to the big break with the advantage of +9 for Gorica (49:40).
At the beginning of the second halftime, the Bulls are doing a mini series of 14:4, and after a three-pointer by Kapusta, the result is 63:44. In the 26th minute, with a three-pointer by Cvitković, the hosts reached an advantage of +20 and it was clear that the points would remain in Velika Gorica. Until the end of the game, the home team routinely maintain the difference, and with 4 points from Cinac, that becomes the biggest advantage and the final result of the game 100:78.
Post-game quotes:
Josip Sesar, coach of Velika Gorica: “We have prepared really well for this game, played as we agreed in the last few days and untill the halftime we were controlling the game. In the second half, we tried to divide minutes because we have another important game on Saturday in domestic championship. Tomorrow we have day off and then we are gettong ready for the next games.”
Tomislav Cvitković, player of Velika Gorica: “First of all, I would like to congratulate my team on a good fight and hard work. We got into the game well and we thought we would win this game easily, but the guests came back into the game in the first quarter. However, we kept the level of our game and came to the 2nd victory in the Alpe Adria Cup and now we are preparing for next game on Saturday. “
Chris O’Shea, coach of Klosterneuburg: “Congratulations to Gorica, they play really good basketball, they shoot really well. Tough game for us. We came with 7 main players, without any inside players. That showed in our rebounding. But I’m happy with how we fought throughout most of the game and we went forward.”
