The March madness on the Stožice floor begins with a showdown with Budućnost

Cedevita Olimpija will start on Tuesday with a series of four consecutive matches on the home floor. In the 14th round of the group work of the 7DAYS EuroCup, Podgorica’s Budućnost VOLI is coming to the Stožice Arena at 8.30 pm. Tickets to watch the match are already available, as well as the March Madness ticket package.

The Cedevita Olimpija basketball players will play the match of the 14th round of the 7DAYS EuroCup group stage with Budućnost VOLI on Tuesday at 8.30 pm. The Ljubljana Dragons will try to extend their undefeated streak in the last period, while chasing their tenth consecutive victory, the third after returning to the floor after the competition break. The rival of the squad of head coach Jurica Golemac is extremely attractive, it was the Podgorica team that inflicted the last defeat on Ljubljana before winning the 7DAYS EuroCup, regional league and Spar Cup.

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

Both teams were active in the regional league on Saturday. While Cedevita Olimpija recorded a victory on the road in the Montenegrin city of Bar, where they defeated Mornar-Bar Gold with 101:79, Budućnost suffered a defeat on the road in Zadar (63:65). Four minutes before the end of the match in Dalmatia, the Podgorica basketball players had five points, but then they did not score a single point until the end of the game. The locals took advantage of this, turned the match in their favor and recorded a close victory. For Buducnost, DJ Seeley scored the most points, 14.

This season, Cedevita Olimpija and Budućnost competed three times, twice in the regional league and once in the European Cup. In all three matches, the head coach Aleksandar Džikić was better, the last time they beat the Ljubljana team was on January 30 in Morača, Podgorica. In the 18th round, the Dragons showed a hearty performance, and the home team won with a score of 93:91 only at the very end of the match. At Budućnost, the best scorer was Justin Cobbs with 17 points, while Zoran Dragić scored 20 points for Cedevita Olimpija, who also collected six rebounds.

Buducnost has eight wins and five losses in the 7DAYS EuroCup after 13 games. This season, the Podgorica team has already managed to beat Valencia, they have defeated Virtus Segafredo Bologna twice, and in the period before the competition break they suffered three defeats in four matches, beating only the Italian giant. On the other hand, Cedevita Olimpija beat Frutti Extra Bursaspor (103: 86) and ratiopharm Ulm (104:96) before the competition break.

STATEMENTS AHEAD OF THE GAME:

Jurica Golemac, head coach of Cedevita Olimpija:
“Budućnost, which we know well, is coming to us in Stožice. We will definitely have to play good defense, above all we will have to raise the level of aggression if we want to parry our rivals. I invite all the fans to come and help us in these home matches because we will definitely need help from the stands. We have to do our best on the home floor to record a new victory in the 7DAYS EuroCup, which would make it easier for us to continue the season.”

Zach Auguste, player of Cedevita Olimpija:
“In the past three games against Budućnost we didn’t get the chance to beat them, so we have to come to this game locked in, determined and focused. We have to put a lot of focus on defense. Our offense will come, as we’re a very talented team. We really have to focus on our defense and try to get the win.”

7DAYS EUROCUP, GROUP B, ROUND 14

Stožice Arena (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Tuesday, March 10, at 20.30:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – BUDUĆNOST VOLI