Igokea make the first step towards finals in BiH
Igokea have beaten OKK Sloboda Tuzla in the first round of the BiH National Championship Semi-finals and need only one more victory to reach the Finals. In the other Semi-final pair, Bosna Royal Jelly prevailed over Zrinjski.
(Photo: Igokea/Nenad Vuruna)
In the first round of the Semi-final series in Bosnia and Herzegovina national championship, Igokea have prevailed over OKK Sloboda Tuzla at home in Laktaši Sports Hall and are now separated by only one step from reaching the Finals, in which they would face the best team of the second pair, where Bosna Royal Jelly and Zrinjski are fighting one against another. The Dragan Bajić’s squad’s task was all but easy this time around, as they have turned the game in their favour no earlier than the last seconds, after they have entered the last minute with only a point of advantage (81:80).
The winner was decided with Vuk Radivojević’s free throws with 4 seconds left on the clock, which put his team up by 3 and all Sloboda could do before the end was to cut the deficit to only 1 in the end (86:85). Radivojević was also the top scorer of the home side with 24 points, while Strahinja Mićović added 17.
In the second pair of the Semi-finals Bosna Royal Jelly were the ones to make the first step towards the Finals, as they have beaten Zrinjski at home in Sarajevo with the final score of 74:66.
BiH National Championship, Semi-finals, Round 1, Saturday, 22.4.2017:
IGOKEA – OKK Sloboda Tuzla 86:85 (20:17, 24:13, 26:25, 16:30)
Radivojević 24, Mićović 17; Hasandić 26, Rikalo 16.
BOSNA ROYAL JELLY – Zrinjski 74:66 (23:18, 16:14, 20:16, 15:18)
Jošilo and Vasiljević 15; Šamadan and Brummitt 16.
