BC Komárno – BC GEOSAN Kolín 68:69 (12:22, 13:17, 20:17, 23:13)
Attendance: 150
Venue: Mestská športová hala Komárno
Scorers – Komárno: Gatling 19, Gašić 15, Stuckey 9, Marković and Volárik each 8, Vicentić 7, Danielič 2, Dolník and Skvašik 0
Scorers – Kolín: Šiška 17, Petráš 14, Číž 9, Slavinskas 8, Novotný 7, Mareš 5, Novák 3, Dlugoš, Křivánek and Merta each 2, Jelínek 0
The match between Komárno and Kolín could decide the first place in the group C. Kolín started better, they win the first quarter 22:12. Komárno started the second quarter also very bad, in the fourteenth minute the guests were already leading by 15 points. At the halftime the score was 39:25 for Kolín. At this point Kolín was on the first place in the group, as they had to win in Komárno by more than 12 points. The second half brought a better game from the home team´s point of view, but even so, at one point the guests from Kolín was leading by 20 points. The last quarter brought more nervousness and also unexpected erasing of the deficit, even Komárno took the lead. The match was decided in the last seconds, with Mareš took the victory for Kolín.
Post-game quotes:
Zlatko Jovanović, coach of Komárno: “Difficult game as we expected, we were playing against one of the top teams from Czechia. Same scenario as every game: on offense, we didn’t share the ball enough that I would like. I think that was the problem in the first half of the game and there was a problem with rebounds. In the second half the players showed their characters, the last 15 minutes were full of really good basketball. It comes to the last ball, this time it goes to Kolín. Still, is it in our hands, we can still finish in the first place of the group, which could be a great success for the whole team and for the club.”
Shane Gatling, player of Komárno: “We had a better second half than a first half. I think, we are a very talented team with many new guys, some guys came 2 weeks ago, I came a week ago, so we are still getting to know each other. If we can put good halfs together, we can be a good team and a hard team to beat.”
Adam Konvalinka, coach of Kolín: “I think we were a better team for the first 25 minutes and we had a lot of energy. Then for the remaining 15 minutes, there was only one team on the court that dominated and that was the home team. The ending was happier for us and I don’t know wether deservedly or not, that’s how it is in endings of games. We’re obviously happy for the win, but that final 15 minutes is a warning finger for us.”
Ondřej Šiška, player of Kolín: “We had a great start to the game, we did well on offense and defense. Later on the home team tightened up in defense and I have to admit that their pressure defense was a novelty for us, this also helped them to get back into the game. We were a bit disturbed by the verbal shootouts between the benches, the home team started to shoot difficult shots too. We are happy to win, but we wanted to win by more than 12 points. Now we have to get the rest because we have another game on Saturday.”
