BIBL KK Karpos Sokoli 2000 - KK Kumanovo 01.02.2017 by @BalkanLeague - Post Details
BIBL KK Karpos Sokoli 2000 - KK Kumanovo 01.02.2017
Kumanovo holds on for a very important win in Skopje KK Kumanovo 2009 started in a perfect way the Second Stage in SIGAL UNIQA Balkan League. The team faced the fellow Macedonian side KK Karpos Sokoli 2000 away in Skopje and thanks to a great first half managed to win 106-101. The visitors built a big advantage in 20 minutes and then survided a big scared in the last two to get a great road victory. It puts them at a 3-0 record and top of the group while Karpos is at 1-2 like Teodo and Peja. Next week Sokoli will visit Teodo as Kumanovo will go to play in Peja. The teams exchanged points early but then a quick 10-2 run for the visitors put them ahead by 9. They continued to have the lead throughout the first quarter and in the second it was increased. That happened thanks to a great 16-2 run which made the difference 18 points in the middle of the period. After that Kumanovo hold on and at the break the visitors led by 20. The visitors controlled the score in the third quarter and never really allowed Karpos to come close. Just before the middle of the last period the difference was 18 points but then the hosts made a 22-7 run which brought them back to just 3 points with over a minute left to play. Kumanovo though responded with 4 straight and after the visitors made their free throws to hold on for the win. Danilo Mijatovic was the top scorer for the visitors with 27 points. Marjan Janeski had 18 and 9 rebounds as Dimitar Karadjovski added 16 points and 6 assists. Bojan Trajkovski did very well for the hosts finishing with 25 points. Darko Sokolov added 16 while Zoran Vrkic had 14 and 6 rebounds.
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BIBL MKK Feni Industries - KK Teodo 03.07.2017
Feni: We played like it was All Stars match MKK Feni Industries defeated KK Teodo, 100-97, in the first game of the quarterfinals phase of SIGAL-UNIQA Balkan League. “We played like it was All Stars match. Our defence was bad, but our offence was amazing. If we play defence like today, we can′t win the next games. Our biggest advantage used to be our defence, but in the last few matches we conceded a lot of points, and that is not good for us. Our situation is very complicated now, but if we play another game with a lot of points like today, we have a chance to win as guests, too”, head coach of MKK Feni Industries, Ljupco Malinkov, said. “We played well during the whole game, except for the last 10 minutes, probably as a result of lack of concentration, or because we are tired. We played very bad defence, conceded 97 points, which cannot happen when you play on home ground. Anyway, we have a three-point advantage, and we will try to keep it or to win in Tivat. We showed that we can play well against Teodo, and that we can also win”, added the Croatian shooting guard of MKK Feni Industries, Matija Cheskovic, who netted 39 points for the 100-97 victory agaist KK Teodo last night. Teodo: We can still advance to the semifinals 08-03-2017 | 12:23 | KK Teodo cut a 18-point deficit and managed to keep its chance to advance to the semifinals of SIGAL-UNIQA Balkan League, regardless the defeat from MKK Feni Industries, 97-100, in Kavadarci in Game 1 of the competition quarterfinals. “The players of Feni were really motivated today. They scored 18 three-point shots, and it shows how hard was this match for us. We showed character, we got back into the game after a 18-point deficit, we lost by only 3 points, and that is a great result for us. Now everyone think that we will win against Feni at Tivat, but Feni showed this season that they can play on high level as guests, they are really experinced team, so we are expecting interesting match, which could be decided by one or two shots”, the assistant coach of KK Teodo Rajko Krivokapic, said. “We knew that it was going to be a really tough game in Kavadarci. Feni scored a lot from beyond the arc, and that was something that we did not expect, but at the end, it was not a bad result and we still have a chance, which is the most important thing for us”, added the 25-year-old guard of Teodo, Miroslav Damjanovic.
BIBL Peja - Tirana 25.01.2017
Big win for Peja to finish top of group B KB Peja is the winner of group B in SIGAL UNIQA Balkan League. The Yellows finished the First Stage with 7 wins and 3 defeats after downing SK Tirana 96-72 at home. That means that even if Feni wins its match against Karpos Sokoli can′t reach the first position. Tirana on the other side finished its first season in the competition with 3 wins and 7 defeats but surely will take a lot of positives from its participation. Peja started slowly and led by only 4 after ten minutes. In the second period things changed and the hosts stepped up a gear. With a 15-4 run to open it the difference reached 15 points and it remained in that area until the break. Peja continued to play better in the third quarter as the advantage reached over 20 points to leave the last quarter just a mere formality. The home side′s biggest advantages came from the 3-point shooting and the turnovers. Peja hit 12 triples from 33 attempts while Tirana had 6 of 17. The home side also had only 10 turnover compared to 22 for the visitors which led to a 24-10 point advantage. Jamie Billie had his best game since joining Peja to finish with 23 points and 8 rebounds. Mirza Ahmetbasic scored 16 points while Alban Veseli added 11. Endrit Hysenagolli finished with another double-double for Tirana with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Gerti Shima scored 16 points as Red Vogli had 8.
BIBL Beroe - Kumanovo 24.01.2017
7 for Beroe to finish top of group A BC Beroe finished first in group A of SIGAL UNIQA Balkan League. The Stara Zagora team hosted KK Kumanovo 2009 in a direct battle for that position and played much better to take 91-70 victory. With it Beroe finishes with 7-3 record while the Macedonian side is at 6-4. After a slow start Beroe stepped up to take 19-9 lead. Kumanovo responded thanks to Danilo Mijatovic and cut the deficit to 2 as after ten minutes it was only 4. Beroe kept leading in the second quarter when 7-0 run after the middle of it made the difference 10. At the break it reached 11 points while in the second half it never went to single digits again. The hosts started it on a 6-0 run to go up by 17 and in the last period it went over 20 as Kumanovo never really threathened. Beroe dominated under the basket grabbing 20 offensive rebounds compared to only 4 for Kumanovo. That led to 20 second chance points to only 4 for the visitors. The hosts also had 15-2 points advantage in points after turnovers which also was crucial for the win. Aaron Jones had a good game for Beroe finishing with double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Brandis Raley-Ross added 16 points and 6 assists while Omari Gudul scored 11. Danilo Mijatovic was the top scorer for Kumanovo with 18 points as Radoslav Pekovic had 12.
BIBL SK Tirana - KK Karpos Sokolo 2000 17.01.2017
KK Karpos Sokoli 2000 made a huge step towards the Second Stage in SIGAL UNIQA Balkan League. The Skopje team visited SK Tirana and thanks to a great run in the third quarter managed to pull away and eventually win 100-83. With that result the team threw out the hosts from the competition. This win may be enough for Karpos to advance if Trepca loses tomorrow away at Peja or next week at Sutjeska. The Skopje team has the advantage from the two games and if the two teams finished with the same record The Macedonian will take the higher position. As for Tirana this defeat means the team is 100% out of the competition. It currently has 3-6 record but even with a win in Peja next week can′t qualify. Nonetheless it was a great debut for the Albanian side as the team had some good performances and nice wins. Shortly after the start Tirana managed to score some points and went up by 6. The team led until the end of the first period and also in the first minutes of the second one. That was before Karpos made a 7-0 run to go up by 4 as after that the visitors kept leading. Their advantage even reached 8 points but Tirana ended good the first half to close the gap to just 2. The hosts managed to tie the score after the break but shortly before the middle of the third quarter Karpos started the decisive run. The visitors scored 13 points in a row to take a big lead which after 30 minutes went up to 16 after they finished with on a 19-3 run. In the last ten minutes the players of Karpos Sokoli controlled the game and had no trouble to finish with a win. Dragan Zekovic had a very good game for the winners finishing with 25 points and 5 rebounds. Filip Sepa also did well with 22 points as Bojan Trajkovski added 12 and 7 rebounds. The top scorer for the home side was Griffin Ramme with 19 points as he also dished out 5 assists. Endrit Hysenagolli had another double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds as Erkand Karaj also scored 14.
BIBL MKK Feni Industries - KK Sutjeska 18.01.2017
Feni keeps the perfect home record with good defense MKK Feni Industries continued to play very well and to win at home. The Kavadarci team hosted KK Sutjeska and performed good from the second quarter onwards to take a big 80-55 victory. With it Feni secured at least the second place in group B as the teams holds the tie-breaker advantage over Sutjeska. The Montenegrins will surely finish third in the standings regardless of the result in the last game against Trepca. The visitors played good in the first quarter and led by 6 at the end of it. However after that Feni stepped it up on defense and allowed only in the next three quarter. Just before the break the hosts took the lead and increased it to 9 points after 30 minutes. The match was finally decided with 13-0 run in the fourth period which made the difference 20 with less than six minutes to play. Feni scored a total of 11 three-pointers from 32 attempts compared to just 3 of 22 for the visitors. This turned out to be the big difference between the teams as Sutjeska couldn′t recover. Matija Ceshkovic had another good game for Feni finishing with 24 points. George Sharabidze had a double-double with 18 and 10 while Jane Petrovski had 11 points. Sutjeska had no player who scored in double digits. Zdravko Boskovic and Jermayne Thomas had 9 points each while Djoko Salic added 8.
BIBL Top 5 - Week 8
This past week SIGAL-UNIQA Balkan League had six games in its schedule. We had some good battles, interesting moments and of course nice plays worth to be seen. Enjoy with the 5 best plays of the week as well !