Dwight Murray takes Mornar-Barsko zlato to their first win of the season

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 5, Monday, 30 October 2023:

MORNAR-BARSKO ZLATO – Krka 86:83 (19:22, 23:28, 20:21, 24:12)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: At home in Topolica Sports Hall in Bar, Mornar-Barsko zlato have prevailed over Krka and grabbed an important win over their rivals in the bottom half of the AdmiralBet ABA League standings, thanks to a game-winning bucket by Dwight Murray. With this win, the Bar squad have escaped the very bottom of the standings and are now, just like Krka, on a 1:4 record after 5 games played this season in the AdmiralBet ABA League.

Key moments: Krka have been in front almost throughout the game in Topolica. Moreover, the hosts were only in a lead only one single time before the final minutes of the game, briefly at the score of 4:2. With several ups and downs on both sides, Mornar-Barsko zlato remained close, though, and managed to get in front when Nemanja Vranješ converted two free throw attempts into two points to take his team up 77:76, with 4 and a half minutes to go. The crucial moment arrived with 30 seconds left in the game, when Dwight Murray hit a three-pointer for the lead of his team with the score of 86:83. Krka did have two 3-point shot attempts in order to tie the game in the end and take the game to overtime, but they missed both.

Man of the match: Nemanja Vranješ led his Mornar-Barsko zlato to the win with game-high 21 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and steal each and a game-high valuation of 21. He is our man of the match!

Can’t trick the stats: Turnovers were the ones that cost Krka a win in the end. They had 14 turnovers and Mornar-Barsko zlato only 5.