KB Sigal Prishtina is in the final of EUROHOLD Balkan League

KB Sigal Prishtina is the second finalist in EUROHOLD Balkan League. The team lost 80-86 the second game away at Kozuv but the advantage from the first was more than enough for them to qualify. Sigal had won by 24 points at home and managed to controll the margin with a very good three-points shooting. The visitors responded to each run by Kozuv and practically didn′t give any hope to the home side. In the final Sigal Prishtina will meet BC Rilski Sportist and they will host the first game on 21st of April. The second and decisive one will be in Samokov on 29th.

Kozuv started very well the game and scored the first 6 points. The team had the lead in the next minutes and went up to 9-2 but then Dardan Berisha and Edin Bavcic took over. The first scored a triple and then a basket and a foul while the second had a total of three three-pointers in the first quarter. With the third one Sigal took its first lead of the game and the visitors were up by 1 after ten minutes.

Kozuv managed to make a 9-0 run before the middle of the second quarter which made the difference 7 points. Sigal though once again fought back and tied the score with 1.26 to go before the break. Then Nesovic scored for the home team and after 20 minutes they were up by 2 points.

The second half′s start was good for Kozuv as with 7-0 run the team went up by 9 points. A bit later the hosts missed three chances in one offense to take a double digit lead as Sigal responded with 8-0 run to cut the gap to only a single point. At one moment the score was tied and Kozuv went on to score 6 points in a row. This gave the team the lead and after 30 minutes it was 7 but still far away from what they needed.

Sigal scored the first two baskets in the last quarter and with was exactly what they needed. That decided the overall outcome and until the end it remained to be seen who would win this second match. Kozuv continued to have the lead until the end and at finally finished the season with a victory.

Aleksej Nesovic was the top scorer for the winners with 18 points but he also made 5 turnovers and missed all of his 6 three-point attempts. Filip Sepa added 13 points while Vladimir Brckov and Milan Janjusevic had 12 points apiece.

The visitors scored 12 three-pointers which proved to be too much for the home side. Dardan Berisha finished the game with 22 points while Edin Bavcic had 20 and 9 rebounds.

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FULL STATS FROM THE GAME KK KOZUV - KB SIGAL PRISHTINA