Napredak and Zrinjski facing each other in the derby of the winless
KK Napredak Rubin
16-11-2011 | 01:56 | Alexander Sotirov
KK Napredak Rubin Krusevac and HKK Zrinjski Mostar are facing each other tonight in Hala Sportova in Krusevac in what can be called the "winless" derby in Group B of the EUROHOLD Balkan League.Both teams have played two games so far in the competition, as they share the same balance after those games - 0-2.
Napredak are in their debut season in the Balkan League and are set to play their first ever home game in the BIBL. In their first game in the League they lost away from home to another rookie team - BC Hapoel Tel Aviv (74:66), while in the next game they showed a good performance against the defending champion KK Feni Industries, but despite that suffered another loss (77:72).
HKK Zrinjski Mostar have one season of BIBL experience behind them, as they made their debut in the competition last year. They started the new campaign with a loss against BC Levski (63:57), which was followed by a stunning home loss
against the young Montenegrin side KK Ulcinj (60:62).
Marko Puzic is Napredak′s top scorer in the first two games with 14.5 points per contest, as he also leads the team in steals - 1.5 average. Slaven Cupkovic adds 13.5 points along with 7.5 rebounds, which makes him the top rebounder of the team. Slobodan Pejovic leads the team in pаssing, dishing out 3.5 assists per game.
Armin Avdibegovic scores 14.5 points per game for Zrinjski, along with 3.5 assists - a team high that he shares with Luka Klarica, who adds 10.0 points. American Marcel Jones has been impressive - 13.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals, including a 20-rebound performance against Levski in Sofia. Youngster Bogdan Jovanovic leads the team in steals - 2.5 average over 12.0 minutes in two appearances.
The game tip-off is set for 18.00 local time in Hala Sportova in Krusevac. All the fans will be able to watch the game live on the Internet as it′s going to be broadcasted on Sportmedia.TV.
Borislav Peltekov and Iskren Manolov from Bulgaria and Petar Denkovski from Macedonai will be the game officials, with Branko Jovanovic from Serbia as the commissioner.
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