Return to the floor in Stožice with Gran Canaria

The Cedevita Olimpija basketball players will face Gran Canaria in the tenth round of the 7DAYS EuroCup in Stožice on Wednesday at 8.30 pm, presenting themselves to the home fans for the first time this calendar year.

After the Cedevita Olimpija basketball players have not stepped on the floor since January 3, and in the meantime the training process was somewhat interrupted by positive cases at COVID-19 in the Ljubljana team, head coach Jurica Golemac will return to competitive rhythm on Wednesday and return presented to home fans for the first time in the new calendar year. Gran Canaria is coming to Arena Stožice in the tenth round of the 7DAYS EuroCup group stage at 8.30 pm, and the Dragons will try to record their fourth victory in the European competition.

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

The team from Ljubljana will compete with the team from the Canary Islands for the second time this season. In the first clash in the Gran Canaria Arena, Cedevita Olimpija started the match with a bit of restraint, after the first ten minutes of the game they were ten points behind, then the Dragons moved to a higher gear and on the wings of the fantastic Jacob Pullen, who finished the game with 27 points. duel won with 79:77. Along with Pullen, Jaka Blažič (18) and Melvin Ejim (12) also scored double-digit points. At Gran Canaria, Nicolas Brussino scored 20 points.

Before the start of the tenth round of the European Cup, Gran Canaria is in second place in Group B with six wins and two defeats, and the ‘Canaries’ did not step on the floor in the previous round. Gran Canaria enters the clash with Cedevita Olimpija after the defeat in the Spanish national championship against Manresa (72:91). Most in the mood in the ranks of the team from the Canary Islands was Dylan Ennis with 20 points.

STATEMENTS AHEAD OF THE GAME

Jurica Golemac, head coach of Cedevita Olimpija:
“Certainly the expectations before the match cannot be too high, as we come from one unpleasant period in which we had problems. We have come together and we hope that we will all do our best. It is very difficult to expect an energetic and intense performance, but we will certainly do everything to keep the victory in Stožice. We are aware that Gran Canaria will come to Ljubljana with the desire to win, as we also celebrated the success on their home floor. The team consists of very good individuals who are good offensive players at the same time. Here are Dylan Ennis and AJ Slaughter. We must not forget Diop Khalifa and Artma Pustovyia, who are excellent. We have a match with a very demanding competitor ahead of us. But we play at home, so we have to do everything to win. We will also present ourselves for the first time with our new reinforcement, Zoran Dragić, and I expect that he will help us raise the level of our game in offense and defense.”

Melvin Ejim, player of Cedevita Olimpija:
“We know that Gran Canaria is a well-coached team. They also have very good players who play smart. We have to be ourselves, take care of our game, and stick to our approach ahead of the match. We have to play hard to be satisfied with the outcome.”

7DAYS EUROCUP, GROUP B, ROUND 10

Stožice Arena (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Wednesday, January 19, at 20.30:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – GRAN CANARIA

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