After a long game defeat against Ulm

Cedevita Olimpija has suffered a double-overtime loss against ratiopharm Ulm in the fourth round of the 7DAYS Eurocup. The squad, led by former Slovenia National Team captain, has confirmed its win after 50 minutes of the game. In the end, the score on the scoreboard was 101:96.

The green and orange squad has managed to come up with a great comeback, leading to the thrilling finish. Even though they fought until the last second, the Dragons have been defeated after a double-overtime with the score of 101:96.

The Ljubljana side hasn’t been in the right mood at the start of the game. After four minutes, the visiting side has been up 13:0 and until the end of the quarter, they have increased their advantage to 17 points (29:12). In the second quarter after two successful three-point attempts, first by Edo Murić and then by Jacob Pullen, the Stožice stands have woken up. After a minute of break captain Jaka Blažič has scored from long-range and cut the gap to seven points. But the hosts did not stay in such a rhythm until the end of the first half and the score was 48:31 in favour of Ulm at the big break.

In the second half of the game, the lively fans have seen a different face of the Jurica Golemac’s team. After five minutes of the second half, the hosts have first got close to the visiting team, and afterwards got into the lead. They won the third quarter with the score of 31:11 and after 30 minutes ofe the game, the score was 62:59. The last quarter did not give a winner, since the result has been tied at 71:71.

Zach Auguste had two free throws at the end of the first overtime and could have handed the win to the hosts, but missed the first one and took the game into the second overtime with the score of 81:81. The thrilling game ended after overtime number 2. The guests have celebrated with the score of 101:96.

Jaka Blažič had a captain-like performance, that ended with 26 points. He has written down 6 rebounds and 5 steals alongside into his stats. Edo Murić put in 21 points and Jacob Pullen 20.

On Saturday, the last of the three consecutive home games is awaiting the Dragons. At 21:00, they will be facing Mornar-Barsko zlato.

QUOTES AFTER THE GAME:

Jurica Golemac, Cedevita Olimpija Head Coach:
»Congratulations to Ulm for the win. We haven’t started the game the way we have prepared ourselves. We have been bad espcially in the opening five minutes of the game and afterwards it has been tough to turn the game upside-down. Regarding the second half, I cannot blame them anyything, since they have given all they have. In the end, we have lacked energy and luck.«

Edo Murić, Cedevita Olimpija player:
»There’s a long game behin us. In the first half, only they have been on the court and in the second half we have managed to turn it around. We have demonstrated how we should be playing, but we must do that for entire 40 minutes. We were close to the win and in the end one situation was decisive. We have seen how we should be playing. That’s what we need to do in every game. I hope that this game would be a great lesson for us. We should have won that, but we must go on and we hope for the best.«

7DAYS EUROCUP, GROUP B, ROUND 4
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – RATIOPHAR ULM 96:101* (12:29, 19:19, 31:11, 9:12, 25:30)
Cedevita Olimpija: Pullen 20 (9 assists), Ejim 10 (8 rebounds), Keene, Murić 21 (8 rebounds), Auguste 12 (11 rebounds), Blažič 26 (6 rebounds, 5 steals), Hodžić 5, Ščuka, Dimec 2, Radovanović, Carmichael, Rupnik.
*In double-overtime

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