Samir Saptahovic of KB Peja is the top performer in this week′s matches in EUROHOLD Balkan League. His team recorded its first victory in the competition after defeating SCM U Craiova at home and the point guard′s performance was one of the reasons about that. He had 25 efficiency rating which was enough for the best performance this week.
 
Saptahovic was in the starting line-up in his team and played a total of 29 minutes. He finished with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the win. Saptahovic was 6/7 for 2 points and 4/6 from the three-point line.

SCM U Craiova responded well after its two previous defeats in EUROHOLD Balkan League by taking a huge away win. Just two days after losing to KB Peja in Kosovo, the Romanians met the other Kosovo team - KB Sigal Prishtina, and won away 83-72. This put them with a 3-4 record and with an important away win while Sigal lost for first time at home and now stands at 4-2. The teams exchanged leads in the first two quarter and after 20 minutes the score was tied. Craiova made its break in the third quarter when the team made a good run to pull away. With a 9-0 run the visitors took a 12-point advantage and later it became 16. At the end of the quarter the Romanians had a good lead but in the last the hosts started on a 12-2 run and suddenly were down by just 3 points. Nemanja Maric responded with a triple and from then on Craiova led until the end. With less then two minutes to play a basket by Maric made it a 10-point game and the visitors criused on to take the victory.  Craiova killed its opponent with the three-points shooting. The visitors made 16 out of 32 attempts for 50% while Sigal was just 5 of 25 for 20%. Top scorer for the winners was Le Var Seals with 24 points. Mirko Kovac had 17 while 16 scored Nemanja Maric. Those three players combined for 13 triples. For the home team once again top scorer was Dardan Berisha with 14 points as he also dished out 8 assists. Aurimas Kieza and Blerim Mazreku added 11 points apiece.

FULL STATS FROM THE GAME KB SIGAL PRISHTINA - SCM U CRAIOVA SCHEDULE AND RESULTS FROM EUROHOLD BALKAN LEAGUE CURRENT STANDINGS IN EUROHOLD BALKAN LEAGUE

KK Kumanovo 2009 now has five straight wins in EUROHOLD Balkan League. The team played its first away game since the start of the season and defeated KK Teodo in Tivat 72-67. Thanks to this Kumanovo stands at a 5-1 record while Teodo is with 1 victory and 6 defeats.  It was an even game for most of the time with the hosts having a small advantage in the first minutes of the second quarter and then the visitors led until the end of the half. The second started on an 11-3 run for Kumanovo and the team′s advantage went up to 10 points. From then on they were in front as the hosts twice came close - first to 3 and then to 4 points, but after 30 minutes the guests were up by 7.  Kumanovo had a good lead in the last quarter as once the hosts cut the deficit to 4 points but the visitors immediately hit a triple. In that minutes they made three in a row to take a 10-point lead which practically decided the game. Kumanovo didn′t score in the last 02.30 minutes but the players of Teodo managed to have only 5 more points. Vukasin Mandic was the top scorer for the winners with 27 points. Uros Lukovic had 10 points and 4 rebounds in his return to the team as Marjan Mladenovic had the same stats. Savo Djikanovic had a double double for the hosts with 17 points and 12 rebounds while Nikola Korac added 13 points.

FULL STATS FROM THE GAME KK TEODO - KK KUMANOVO 2009 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS FROM EUROHOLD BALKAN LEAGUE CURRENT STANDINGS IN EUROHOLD BALKAN LEAGUE

KB Peja recorded its first win in EUROHOLD Balkan League. The team started its debut season in the competition with four straight defeats but tonight managed to overcome SCM U Craiova at home and won 80-65. This put Peja with a 1-4 record while the Romanians stand now at 2-4. Craiova will play once again in two days as they meet the other team from Kosovo - Sigal Prishtina on Thursday.   Peja won the first three quarter which proved to be more than enough for the win as the team build its advantage steadily. First with a 10-2 run in the first quarter they went on to a 10-point advantage and then in the second with a 16-4 run the lead went up to 19 points. From that point on Peja controlled the match and cruised on to take the victory.   The difference between the two teams was the three-point shooting. The players of Peja made 11 out of 22 attempted triples while Craiova was just 4 of 23.   Samir Saptahovic was the top scorer for the winners with 24 points. Fred House had 18 and 6 rebounds as Drilon Hajrizi scoreed 15 points.   Travis Bureau had 19 points for the visitors while Bogdan Popescu scored 13.

FULL STATS FROM THE GAME KB PEJA - SCM U CRAIOVA   SCHEDULE AND RESULTS FROM EUROHOLD BALKAN LEAGUE 
CURRENT STANDINGS IN EUROHOLD BALKAN LEAGUE

This week in EUROHOLD Balkan League will offer three games and in two of them will take part SCM U Craiova. The Romanians will play in two matches in Kosovo as they first visit KB Peja and then KB Sigal Prishtina.
 
KB Peja is looking for its first win and the team will hope that it will achieve it this time around. Fred House, Samir Saptahovic and the other were close to defeating their rivals Sigal Prishtina last week in the tournament and now will aim to do better and outclass Craiova. On the other hand the Romanians come to this game after a big defeat at BC Balkan last week and must improve their performance in order to do better in this match. Bogdan Popescu, LeVar Seals, Rade Dzambic and the rest of the team are quality enough players to give us an interesting game in Kosovo.
 
The second match for the week sees KK Teodo hosting KK Kumanovo 2009. The home team has a new coach who surely will try to add something different to the team. However the main weapons remain the same as Savo Djikanovic, Nikola Vucurovic and Nikola Korac are the ones that need to lead the team. This match will be the first for Kumanovo away from home. So far the team has 4 wins and 1 defeat but all are registered in their own gym. Now Royce Parran, Vukasin Mandic and Ivan Miskovic - the three top scorers in the competition, will try to do as good as they did at home.
 
The last game will offer the battle between Sigal Prishtina and SCM U Craiova. The hosts will try to remain unbeaten in their own gym which is one of their main goals for the season. Dardan Berisha is in good form so far and his shooting will be one of the main weapons for Sigal. It will be very important what the physical condition of the visitors will be as they will play two games in three days. However we should expect another interesting match as has been the case so far in the tournament.