The Dragons facing a challenging away game in Split

Cedevita Olimpija will travel to Split on Thursday, where they will face the home team of Split in the second round of the regular season of the regional league on Friday at 17:00.

On Friday at 17:00, the players of Cedevita Olimpija will face the home team of Split in the Small Hall of KK Split in Dalmatia in the second round of the regional league. The team of head coach Jurica Golemac will try to record their second consecutive victory in the new season.

The telecast of the match will be available on Arena Sport Slovenija 1 Premium.

“A visit to Split is always very dangerous. Our rivals have a team that has heads and tails, and is made up of very good individuals. The team has experienced players and some youngsters who give energy. We saw that they were in Podgorica with Budućnost VOLI wants equal 28 minutes of the match. We are preparing seriously for Friday’s match. We have to play better in defense than in the match with Borac. We have to improve some things, so we expect a better match than our last one. We are confident, we know that they are favorites, our the task is to show our quality,” The Dragons head coach Jurica Golemac announced before the match in Split. Marko Jeremić, who has been playing in the regional league for many years, said before Friday’s match: “Our expectations are high before every game. We set ourselves a goal and entered the season with a win, I hope that we will continue in this rhythm. The team Split, despite being at the bottom of the regional league standings for the last few seasons, is made up of experienced players who know how to play in this competition and have been part of the competition for many years. ourselves if we want to win.”

Cedevita Olimpija entered the new regional season with a Sunday victory over Borac Mozzart from Čačak in the home hall. After a slow start to the game, the Dragons stepped on the gas pedal in the second half of the second quarter and after 40 minutes of play the scoreboard read 98:81 in favor of Golemac’s squad. Edo Murić scored 17 points, Alen Omić and Yogi Ferrell registered 17 each, Amar Alibegović registered 16, Aaron Harrison 12 each.

Split’s basketball players entered the new season of the Croatian national championship with a home victory over Zagreb’s Cibona (84:71), while in the first round of the regional league, the people of Split suffered a heavy defeat on the road at Budućnosti VOLI (59:94). In both games, Split’s best scorer was Shannon Shorter, who scored 21 points in the game against Zagreb, adding nine rebounds and five assists, and scored 19 points and grabbed four rebounds against the team from Podgorica.

In the preparatory period, Split played six preparatory matches, and the team from Dalmatia recorded four victories.

After visiting Split, Cedevita Olimpija will return to the Slovenian capital, where they will play two home matches next week. On Wednesday at 20:00 in Stožice in the first round of the 7DAYS EuroCup, the Turkish team Frutti Extra Bursaspor will be visiting, and next Sunday at 17:00 in the third round of the regional league, Crvena zvezda mts will be hosting in Stožice. Tickets for both matches are now available.

REGIONAL LEAGUE, ROUND 2

KK Split Small Hall (Split, Croatia), Friday, October 7, at 17.00:
SPLIT – CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA

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