Dayshon Scoochie Smith hits game-winning 2-pointer to lift Mega over Mornar

ABA League Round 18, Sunday, 7 February 2021:

MEGA SOCCERBET - Mornar 90:89 (25:24, 14:27, 22:16, 29:22)     

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: What a game! Mega Soccerbet have defeated Mornar after Dayshon Scoochie Smith scored a game-winning 2-pointer in the final seconds of the 4th quarter. Mega Soccerbet have made a major comeback in this game as they were down by 15 points at one moment in the 2^nd half. Still, the boys coached by Vladimir Jovanović refused to surrender and eventually they managed to pull off a stunning comeback and to win in this super exciting match.

Mega Soccerbet now have the overall score of 12-6, while Mornar are at 13-4.

Key moments: Mornar were up by 4 points – 86:82, with less than a minute remaining on the game clock. However, the visitors then started missing their free throws. In the final 20 seconds of the game, Mornar’s players missed three free throws and gave Mega Soccerbet a chance to take over the lead. And that is exactly what happened. At the score of 89:88 for Mornar, Kenneth Gabriel missed both free throws 6 seconds before the end, while in the remaining time Dayshon Scoochie Smith went coast-to-coast to score a 2-pointer and to win the game for Mega Soccerbet.

Man of the match: Dayshon Scoochie Smith was the hero of the day for Mega Soccerbet, while the man of the match award should go to the hands of his teammate Marko Simonović who finished this match with 23 points, 7 rebounds and with the overall index rating of 27.

Can’t trick the stats: Mornar missed 7 free throws for the entire game, while they missed 3 of them in the final 20 seconds and that cost them a win.