Historic night for Stipčević, as he leads Krka to first win of the season

Saturday, 02. October 2021 at 17:00

In the only AdmiralBet ABA League game of Saturday, Krka have prevailed over Mornar-Barsko zlato to grab their first win of the 2021/22 season.

Rok Stipcevic (Photo: Krka/Drago Perko/kosarka.si)

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 2, Saturday, 2 October 2021:

KRKA - MORNAR-Barsko zlato 89:80 (25:28, 20:10, 21:16, 23:26)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: In the only AdmiralBet ABA League game of Saturday, Krka have prevailed over Mornar-Barsko zlato to grab their first win of the 2021/22 season. Mornar-Barsko zlato pulled away early in the game, but it has been Krka that have come up with a major comeback in the remainder of the match, dominating the final three quarters and grabbed their first win of the AdmiralBet ABA League season. On the other side, Mornar-Barsko zlato are still without a win after 2 games played in the season.

Rok Stipčević had a fantastic performance for Krka, as he has scored no less than 9 three-pointers (9/10), which is the third-best 3-point scoring achivement by any player in a single AdmiralBet ABA League game in the league history. Only Teemu Rannikko and Josip Sesar scored more in a single game before (10 each), both of them back in 2005. His percentage of 90% of 3-pointers scored is also the highest 3-point shooting % in the league history in at least 10 attempts made in a single game by any player so far.

Key moments: With 3 minutes remaining in the first quarter, the visiting side were still in front by 11 points (13:24), but Krka fought back and in the 13th minute, Jan Kosi tied the game at 30.30 for Krka. The game remained close until 23rd minute, when the score was 45:43. That’s when Krka came up with 9:0 run over the next 2 minutes, to pull away to the double-digit lead (54:43). As it turned out later, this has been crucial for the outcome of the game in the end.

Man of the match: Rok Stipčević had a simply stunning performance for Krka, as he led the Novo mesto side to the win in Leon Štukelj Sports Hall with 33 points, hitting 3-pointers 9/10 (90%), alongside 7 rebounds, 1 assist and steal each and a valuation of 36. He is rightfully our man of the match!

Can’t trick the stats: Krka have dominated the glass all game long and had 31 rebounds in comparison to only 18 by Mornar-Barsko zlato. That’s what turned the game their way!

Stats

Mornar-Barsko zlato
00:00 Q4
85 : 90
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Players on court

MOR Min P R A S F V
3 Lewis III J. 22:53 23 2 0 0 3 20
4 Micovic S. 21:53 6 3 1 0 2 4
5 Davis Jr. C. 15:16 7 2 1 1 4 5
6 Jeremić M. 20:21 3 1 1 1 2 -1
9 Smith T. 30:55 10 7 1 2 4 18
BOR Min P R A S F V
3 Đoković I. 19:09 5 1 2 1 1 5
5 Hale H. 14:48 6 2 2 1 3 -1
13 Tomašević B. 10:59 6 0 0 1 3 4
30 Novaković A. 28:55 10 5 2 1 3 16
44 Čarapić U. 23:47 10 4 0 0 2 14

Last 5 actions

Min Score Action
game finished
end of 4. quarter
00:02 (Q4)85 : 90 13 TOMAŠEVIĆ B. made free throw (2 of 2)
00:02 (Q4)85 : 89 13 TOMAŠEVIĆ B. made free throw (1 of 2)
00:02 (Q4) 13 TOMAŠEVIĆ B. foul on
00:02 (Q4) 3 LEWIS III J. foul (personal)

Top players

VALUE (INDEX)
Lewis III J. 20 - 28 Lešić S.
POINTS
Lewis III J. 23 - 23 Lešić S.
REBOUNDS
Smith T. 7 - 7 Lopez L.
ASSISTS
Gordić N. 5 - 7 Lopez L.
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