Budućnost VOLI looking for their 4th consecutive win, Igokea m:tel want to end their losing streak
Budućnost VOLI and Igokea m:tel are approaching the Saturday’s game in completely different mood.
Vladimir Jovanovic (Photo: Buducnost VOLI/Filip Roganovic)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 19, Saturday, 11 February 2023:
Where? Morača Sports Hall, Podgorica
When? 21:00
Story of the game: Budućnost VOLI and Igokea m:tel are approaching the Saturday’s game in completely different mood.
Budućnost VOLI are on a 3-win streak in AdmiralBet ABA League and it seems that the blue-and-whites have finally found the right rhythm. On top of that, they will be stronger in the rest of the season for Belgian guard Emmanuel Lecomte who has joined the team recently and who might make his regional league debut in the upcoming match.
On the other side, Igokea m:tel will want to forget everything that happened over the past two months. The boys from Laktaši are on a 8-game losing run, while they scored their last win in the league back on December 4 last year. Igokea m:tel have therefore put their AdmiralBet ABA League status in danger as they are very close to the relegation zone, so they simply need to bounce back as soon as possible in order to stay in the safe waters.
What is important to mention ahead of this game is that Igokea m:tel have never defeated Budućnost VOLI in Podgorica. The two sides have face deach other 11 times in the Montenegrin capital and Budućnost VOLI triumphed in all 11 games.
Match-up in focus: Budućnost VOLI guard Trae Bell-Haynes was unstoppable in the past three games as in each of those rounds he scored 20+points and found a place among the AdmiralBet ABA League Fantasy team of the week. Igokea m:tel will try to respond with Bryant Crawford who is the team’s 2nd best scorer in the ongoing season and someone who had numerous outstanding performances in the 2022/23 regional league campaign.
Head-to-head in the regional league: In total 18:5; In Podgorica 11:0.
