Red-hot Mornar down Igokea
The squad from Bar kept the perfect score in the 2019/20 ABA League season.
Derek Needham (Photo: Mornar)
ABA League Round 2, Saturday, 12.10.2019:
MORNAR - Igokea 92:78 (21:13, 21:20, 23:18, 27:27)
Game recap: If there were some doubts about this brand new Mornar team ahead of the new season, now you won’t find any of them. Because the boys from Bar are playing some top-class basketball! Mornar have defeated Igokea in their first home game in the 2019/20 season, therefore keeping the perfect score in the ABA League.
Key moments: The home team have dominated the court throughout most of the match, while they definitely broke their opponents at the end of the 3rd and at the beginning of the 4th quarter. During that period Mornar made a 16:0 run and increased their lead from 54:51 to 70:51. At that point it was clear that Mornar would take the win in this match.
Man of the match: Well, Derek Needham might actually take the MVP of the round award after putting up a stunning display this evening in Bar. Mornar’s starting point guard scored 22 points, he also had 7 rebounds and 6 assists, while his overall index rating was 34.
Can’t trick the stats: Take a look at this – Mornar scored no less than 17 three-pointers in this match! 17!!! Derek Needham, Jacob Pullen and Antabia Waller made 4 each, Damir Markota dropped 3, while Milko Bjelica scored 2. Just imagine what will happen when the team’s 2nd best 3-point shooter from the previous season Nemanja Vranješ recovers from injury and rejoins the team…
Stats
Players on court
| MOR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 10 | Mugoša M. | 01:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Raley-Ross B. | 17:42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | Pavićević L. | 01:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Markota D. | 20:00 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 51 | Bjelica M. | 23:57 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| IGO | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Simeunović D. | 01:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Talić D. | 01:30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Stević O. | 23:32 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| 22 | Ilić D. | 18:06 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 24 | Kočić S. | 01:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:27 (Q4) | 19 TALIĆ D. assist | |
| 00:27 (Q4) | 92 : 78 | 22 ILIĆ D. made 3 points (jump shot) |
| 00:28 (Q4) | 13 RALEY-ROSS B. assist | |
| 00:28 (Q4) | 92 : 75 | 48 MARKOTA D. made 3 points (jump shot) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Needham D. | 34 | - | 21 | Stević O. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Pullen J. | 22 | - | 15 | Stević O. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Bjelica M. | 9 | - | 6 | Clifford D. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Needham D. | 6 | - | 5 | Cvetković A. |
