Ahead of the Dragons a new European spectacle with Ulm

On Wednesday at 20.00, the Stožen giant will be the venue for the fourth round of the 7DAYS EuroCup competition, while Ljubljana’s Cedevita Olimpija will host the German ratiopharm Ulm and try to get back on the winning track on the European stage. Tickets to watch the match are already available, and the TV broadcast will be available on Šport TV 1.

The basketball players of Cedevita Olimpija will host the German ratiopharm Ulm, led from the bench by the former excellent organizer of the game, Jaka Lakovič, on Wednesday at 8 pm in their home town of Stožice in the match of the fourth round of the 7DAYS EuroCup. Ljubljana will try to record their third European victory and at the same time return to the winning track after the defeat last week in Bursa, Turkey.

It will be possible to watch the live broadcast of the match on Šport TV 1.

Unlike Cedevita Olimpija, the Ulpma ratiopharma basketball players have two defeats and one victory after three matches in the European Cup. The latter was recorded in the last, third round, when they beat Uman Reyer Venezia 90:83 on the home floor. The top scorer in Ulm’s ranks was Semaj Christon with 19 points and he also awarded seven assists. He was followed by Karim Jallow with 18 points and seven rebounds. The German basketball players suffered their first defeat in the European season against the leading team in Group B, Budućnost VOLI (79:86), and the second against the Italian Virtus (76:87). Christon is also the team’s top scorer in the 7DAYS EuroCup with an average of 15.7 points per game.

In the German national championship, Ulm has four wins and three defeats after seven matches, and among other things, they beat Bayern Euroleague (86:83) in the first round. On Saturday, in the seventh round, the basketball players from Ulm competed with the Braunschweig team, and won with 90:76, ​​and the most points, 22, were scored by Jaron Blossomgame.

After two consecutive victories in the European Cup, Cedevita Olimpija lost in the third round away to Bursa against Frutti Extra Bursaspor. After the introductory lead of the Dragons, in the second half, the initiative on the floor was taken by the home basketball players and in the end they were looking forward to the victory with 93:84. Already on Saturday, the selected players of the head coach Jurica Golemac were active again, this time in the regional league, and in the seventh round they recorded a high victory against Split (86:60).

STATEMENTS AHEAD OF THE GAME:

Jurica Golemac, head coach of Cedevita Olimpija:
“We expect a tough match. Ulm has been rising in form lately and is playing great. Our rivals beat very good teams that stand up to them. Jaka Lakovič is also coming with the team, an excellent young coach who has already proven himself. The Ulm team is very disciplined and organized, the game of the team has a head and a tail, so we have a difficult task ahead of us. Just like in the last few home games, we want the fans to join us in the hall and support us, because it is much easier for us with them. We’re going to need them to be our sixth player and give us the wind in our backs.”

Jackie Carmichael, player of Cedevita Olimpija:
“We’ll have to play really good defense. We have to play 40 minutes of really good basketball, because Ulm is a very smart team with a lot of experienced guys and really good veterans. Also, a few guys played in the NBA, so they have that knowledge. We know, that the second unit, that comes of the bench, plays well. We have to lock in and play good. We know, that they’ll probably watch the Bursa game, and see, that we struggled with their physicality. We have to come in and play really good defense.”

7DAYS EUROCUP, GROUP B, ROUND 4

Stožice Arena (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Wednesday, October 10, at 20.00:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – RATIOPHARM ULM

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