Zadar put together a big team performance to defeat Mornar-Barsko zlato
Zadar get their first win of the new year as they defeated Mornar-Barsko zlato on their home court to snap their three-game losing skid. With this win, Zadar improved their playoff hopes as they hold a 8-7 record after 15 rounds.
Luka Bozic (Photo: KK Zadar/Zvonko Kucelin)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 15, Sunday, 15 January 2023:
ZADAR - Mornar-Barsko zlato 97:77 (23:16, 30:18, 25:15, 19:28)
Game recap: Zadar got their first win of the new year as they defeated Mornar-Barsko zlato on their home court to snap their three-game losing skid. With this win, Zadar improved their playoff hopes as they hold an 8-7 record after 15 rounds while Mornar-Barsko zlato drop to a 4-10 season record.
The hosts controlled the result all 40 minutes, not allowing Mornar-Barsko zlato to hold the lead once tonight. The first quarter was rather close, Zadar could not pull away but maintained the lead through the opening 10 minutes. Zadar made a run in the second quarter to build a comfortable lead heading into the halftime break. After the half, Zadar continued their dominance in the game, they held a big 32-point lead from which Mornar Barsko-zlato could not overcome. In the final quarter, Zadar youngster, 19-year-old Maksim Matulina, made his debut in the AdmiralBet ABA League.
Key moments: In the second quarter Zadar made a big 16:2 run to pull away from the visitors with a 17-point lead and giving them momentum heading into the second half.
Man of the match: Karlo Žganec was all over the court in tonight's win, scoring 14 points along with 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals.
Can't hide the stats: Zadar was better than Mornar-Barsko zlato in almost every statistical category except for rebounds where the visitors outrebounded the hosts 33:37.
Stats
Players on court
| ZAD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 6 | Klarica K. | 03:43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| 7 | Sikirić A. | 02:50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 12 | Čampara S. | 14:24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Matulina M. | 01:22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 17 | Njegovan I. | 02:50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MOR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 0 | Russell D. | 35:31 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Jones C. | 21:15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Glas G. | 27:08 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Vranković A. | 22:28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 41 | Vranješ N. | 18:55 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Božić L. | 25 | - | 22 | Pecarski M. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Davis Jr J. | 16 | - | 20 | Russell D. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Davis Jr J. | 8 | - | 9 | Pecarski M. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Božić L. | 10 | - | 5 | Russell D. |
