KK Vrijednosnice Osijek celebrated their first Alpe Adria Cup victory of the season. The team dominated USK Praha during the whole game and took the 86:69 win.
KK Vrijedosnice Osijek vs. USK Praha
86:69 (18:18, 44:34, 65:55)
Referees: Denis Hadžić, Krešimir Katić, Dino Barišić (CRO).
Audience: 100.
Venue: Dvorana Gradski vrt, Osijek (CRO).
Scorers KK Vrijedosnice Osijek: Abu 20, Vrkić 13, Ihring 12, Darling 8, Pavlović 7, Turalija 7, Mustapić 6, Šango 6, Perić 3, Mandić 2, Dmitrović 2
Scorers USK Praha: Vukosavljević 30, Whack 11, Krivanek 7, Tuma 7, Appleby 5, Mares 5, Bohm 2, Sterba 2
Statistics
Just in the beginning the guests could take a lead. They opened the game better and came to the advantage of 3:9. By the end of the first quarter the hosts returned and Šango scored two three-pointers for 18:18. In the second quarter the hosts took the initiative and a three-pointer of Vrkić puts them into the lead of 29:26, which by the end increased to 10 points. The first half time ended with the result 44:34.
At the beginning of the second half guests from Prague scored 0:10 and showed that they still should be taken seriously. The home team with Abu’s three-points and a dunk and Ihring’s 7 points regained back the lead of 10 points at the end of the third quarter (65:55). During the final quarter the home team came to their solid lead of 15 points and the match ended 86:69.
Vladimir Krstić, head coach of Osijek: “It was a successful game for us. We played against Prague which is a good team. We played well for 40 minutes but had a small fall when they made 10:0, but we came back and finally won.”
Mate Mandić, player of Osijek: “We opened the game well. The second half we started off bad, but then corrected some things and scored 10 points and ended the game with 15 points in our favor.”
Dino Repeša, head coach of Praha: “Congratulations to the home team for their victory. There were too many tactical mistakes in the preparation for the match. However, we consider thes league as an opportunity to try out some technical and tactical things and to give some more playing time to players who play less in the Czech championship, which is actually our priority.”
Filip Vukosavljević, player of Praha: “It was hard to play quite exhausted after 9 hours ride, but this is not an excuse. When we got them in the second half with 6 points, we did not have the strength to keep the score. There are plenty of games so we’ll see. We are not satisfied, of course, but nothing is lost. We are waiting for them in Prague and we hope to win with more points.”
