Historic night for Stipčević, as he leads Krka to first win of the season
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)
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
Players on court
| MOR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 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 | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 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) |
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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. |
