Dragons to fight for third place in Opatija
Cedevita Olimpija has suffered a defeat after overtime against Italian side Carpegna Prosciutto of Pesaro and will face Partizan NIS in Friday’s game for third place. Head coach Jurica Golemac could count on all players this time and all except young gun Luka Ščuka have written their names in the scorers’ list. After a tight … Continued
Cedevita Olimpija has suffered a defeat after overtime against Italian side Carpegna Prosciutto of Pesaro and will face Partizan NIS in Friday’s game for third place.
Head coach Jurica Golemac could count on all players this time and all except young gun Luka Ščuka have written their names in the scorers’ list.
After a tight beginning of the game and the lead by Pesaro (22:21) after the opening quarter, the Dragons got in front in the second quarter and departed for the big break (44:39) with six-point advantage. After the Ljubljana side led by 13 points after 3 quarters, the comeback of the Italians followed in the final quarter and they were up right before the end of the game, but Jacob Pullen scored a triple in the final second to take the game into overtime (91:91).
In the ovetime, the Italians have had more energy and prevailed in the end with the score of 109:105.
In the third place game on Friday, the Dragons will face Partizan NIS. The game will take place at 17:00.
QUOTE AFTER THE GAME:
Jurica Golemac, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana Head Coach:
»Congratulations to Pesaro for winning the game. We played well at times and catastrophically at times. This is something that is happening to us for the third preparatory match. We don’t have time for practice, so we can’t fix those mistakes. At one point we didn’t break the match, we thought it was over and allowed our opponents to catch the rhythm. We gave them the opportunity to come back after falling behind and win the match in the end. These are the things we need to work on.«
PRESEASON TOURNAMENT (Opatija, Croatia; 1-3 September 2021)
SEMI-FINAL
Wednesday, 1 September:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – CARPEGNA PROSCIUTTO (PESARO) 105:109 (21:22, 23:17, 26:18, 21:34, 14:18)
Cedevita Olimpija: Pullen 25, Ejim 7, Keene 11 (6 rebounds), Murić 5, Auguste 16 (7 rebounds), Blažič 23 (6 rebounds), Hodžić 1, Ščuka, Dimec 6, Radovanović 2, Carmichael 6, Rupnik 3.
THIRD PLACE GAME:
Friday, 3 September, at 17.00:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – PARTIZAN NIS
