29th of April - Day two

BK Povazska Bystrica – Pontevecchio 75 – 62
(21-16; 40-20; 63-39)

BK Povazska Bystrica: Chovanec 8, Zilincic 7, Samek 17, Kostelansky 14, Veliky, Hroncek, Kvasnovsky 4, Jvrdon, Skulavic 1, Belavy 2, Butko 22. All. Skorvanek

Pontevecchio: Marsigli 9, Patuelli 1, Di Marco 20, Frascari 16, Clari 6, Marcantonio 6, Stefanelli 2, Schippa 2, Conte. All. Tiburti

The game starts with no team able to take a big lead and after 7 minutes the scores is 12-10 for Bystrica. The Slovakian team can run away before the end of the first quarter thanks to four 3 pt shots and after ten minutes the score is 25-16.
The 3-2 zone of Skorvanek’s boys is too hard for Pontevecchio to attack and after 20 minutes of play Bystrica leads by 20 (40-20). In the second half, Pontevecchio plays zone defense too and they are able to reduce the gap but never to tie the game. At the final buzzer, the score is 75-62


Granarolo – KK Drazen Petrovic 21 – 129
(4-33; 10-69; 17-101)

Granarolo: Farati, Bernaroli, Pastorelli, Zobo 6, Gualandi 2, Moretti 2, Franchini, Gamberini, Brotza 4, Soverini, Pieri 1, Nanni 2, Puzzo 2, Argilli, Fava 2, De Cecco. All. Calore

KK Drazen Petrovic: Bilic 5, Kandido, Bilac 3, Vudrag 23, Spanja 19, Zubak 10, Gulam 12, Skoric 14, Paic 6, Aleksic 10, Cicin-Sain 10, Bacic 17. All. Huljev

The Croatian powerhouse is too much for the young Granarolo team where all players are born in ’96. Not much too say with a Granarolo team that never stop fighting and the talented team from Sibenik that run at every possibile occasion with all five players on the floor. At the end, the score is 21-129 with eight player in double digit in score for Sibenik.


HKK Capljina Lasta – BSL 64-55
(18-16; 8-14; 17-19; 21-6)

Capljina Lasta: Vrankic, Jelicic, Sutalo 2, Juric 4, Jurkovic 9, Iznezevic 4, Bender D. 1, Milanovic, bender I. 17, Maslac 15, Karamatic 12, Jakisa. All. Jelcic

BSL San Lazzaro: Tonelli, Tinti 18, Orsoni, Ventura 12, Guidi 2, Taglioli, Schiaretti, Pascoli 11, Borgia, Miceli 10, Polla 2, Vialli. All. Rocca

First quarter with Capljina always leading thanks to good field goal precision and second and third fractions with BSL more aggressive with its zone press defense. The Bosnian team looks tired by the long bus trip to Bologna, but the start of the last quarter is a big surprise: coach Jelcic team run away with a 9-0 break and never look back. The final score is 64-55 for Capljina.

Castiglione Murri - OKK Kruscevac 58-83
(18-23; 7-26; 20-22; 13-12)
Castiglione Murri: Iafrate 1, Monesi, De Nittis 3, Grazi 14, Fiorentini 1, Rizzi 4, Andalo’ 3, Tabellini 11, Lemoli 8, Malaguti, Flamini 8, Coen 3. All. Vecchi

OKK Kruscevac: Spasojevic, Stevanovic 2, Grcak 7, Arsic, Nikolic 9, Krasic 10, Vujatovic 5, Veljkovic 10, Dimitrijevic, Simeunovic 24, Stojanovic 8, Grubisic 8. All. Vujatovic.

The second quarter decides the final result of this match played in Paladozza with Kruscevac winning it with a large 7-26 score. All the other quarters are played with equal effort by both teams with Kruscevac more physically imposing and Castiglione Murri quicker and sometimes even more aggressive. The final result is a +25 for the serbian team (58-83).