Preseason: Victories for Crvena zvezda mts and Mornar
Five ABA League clubs played their preseason games this Friday evening.
Aaron White (Photo: Crvena zvezda mts)
Five ABA League clubs played their preseason games this Friday evening.
Crvena zvezda mts faced their local ABA League rivals FMP in their 1st preseason game this summer and the reigning regional champions were victorious in this clash – 69:64. Zvezda’s summer signing Aaron White was the game’s top scorer with 23 points, while on the other side Ebuka Izundu made 13 points for FMP.
In another ABA League clash this evening, Mornar defeted Igokea on the road at the start of the friendly tournament in Laktaši – 78:76. Vladimir Mihailović, who returned to Mornar this summer, was the game hero as he scored 18 points tonight, including 2 key free-throws late in the 4th quarter that decided the winner. In the home team, DeShawn Stephens made 18 points for Igokea.
Zadar failed to win the Tomislav Knežević Memorial Tournament as they were defeated by Belgian side Oostende in the final – 77:62. Zadar’s 22-year-old guard Antonio Jordano was the leading scorer of the white-and-blue team with 17 points.
Preseason, Tuesday, 31 August 2021:
CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS – FMP 69:64 STATS
Igokea – MORNAR 76:78 STATS
Zadar – OOSTENDE 62:77 STATS
