KK Rogaška – KK Zabok 106:62 (23:18, 27:23, 24:9, 32:12)
Attendance: 250
Venue: Športna dvorana Rogaška Slatina
Scorers – Rogaška: Tabak 21, Sivka 21, Miličević 15, Riley 14, Kraljević 9, Durnik 9, Branković 6, Kavkler 5, Špan 4, Močnik 2, Jean-Baptiste, Colnarič
Scorers – Zabok: Lukačič 16, Garrett 12, Antonić 11, Tomič 6, Stipaničev 5, Kučan 4, Prskalo 4, Jacović 3, Martinko 1, Črnljević, Tomas, Bašić
The home players showed a completely different face this time. Excellent defensive play resulted in numerous fast break points. Rogaška was also great from 3 point line (11/24, 46%). Zabok were close in the first half (50:41), but after a 16:0 run by Rogaška in 3/4, the game was decided. It was 74:50 before the last quarter, and + 44 at the end. Markovinovič gave a chance to play to all his players and all of them were among the scorers.
Post-game quotes:
Peter Markovinovič, head coach of Rogaška: “I am really satisfied with today’s performance. We finally relaxed a bit and showed that we can play basketball. When we set the goals before the start of the season, we wanted to bring home players back to the club and give them a chance. The Alpe Adria Cup is a great opportunity to gain much-needed experience and it’s great to see that the two best scorers are from Rogaška Slatina.”
Patrik Tabak, player of Rogaška: “We have shown the right approach. We were aggressive in defense and confident in offense. We have shown some quality and we are looking forward to the rest of the season.”
Jakša Vulić, head coach of Zabok: “We were unacceptably bad, especially in the second half. We allowed Rogaška to go on a 16-0 run and the game was decided there. We made a lot of mistakes. I am disappointed, we have a lot of work to do.”
Mihael Tomič, player of Zabok: “We started the second half very badly. We didn’t score at all in the first five minutes. We played much better on our home court. We made a lot of mistakes in defense, and Rogaška had a lot of offensive rebounds.”
