Levski was too much for HKK Zrinjski

BC Levski defeated HKK Zrinjski Mostar 98:77 at home in Universiada, as that was the first loss for the Bosnian team in Group A of the EUROHOLD BIBL. Now both teams share the same balance - 3 wins and 1 loss.   In the opening minutes of the game neither team could break ahead with a bigger lead, and Levski and Zrinjski changed the leader a couple of times, before Levski had their first bigger lead - 12:7 in the sixth minute of the game. Zrinjski managed to cut their deficit down to two points - 16:14, but they couldn′t do anything more in the first quarter and after 10 minutes they were trailing by 7 points - 27:20.   Levski started the second quarter strong, and after 3 minutes they had their first double-digit lead for the night - 36:25, after Aaron Harper made a jumpshot. Zrinjski couldn′t decrease the margin, and the difference continued to grow - Donald Cole made a dunk for 51:31 as Levski were up by 20 with 2.28 remaining in the half. Halfway through the game the score was 17 points more for Levski - 53:36.   In the begining of the third period, HKK Zrinjski managed to decrease the difference a couple of times, as in several occasions they were down only by 12. However, Levski were doing a good job maintaining their lead, as once again it was varying between 12 and 17 points. After all, after 30 minutes of play Levski were ahead by the same difference like halftime (17 points) - 81:64.   The fourth quarter wasn′t much different than the third - Levski maintained ahead of their opposition with a good value over their heads, and not only that they managed to make the difference even bigger. 2.01 before the end of regular time, Levski were up by 24 points - 94:70. The final score was settled at 98:77.   Donald Cole had a great game for Levski, scoring 23 points along with 6 rebounds. Jason Crowe added 16 and 6 boards, but also had 5 turnovers. Aaron Harper scored 15 points and Stefan Georgiev added 12.    Lazar Simonovic was the top scorer for the visiting Zrinjski, notching in 19 points. Team captain Mate Peraljica added 15, and Armend Kahrimanovic finished the game with 13. Zeljko Sakic had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, as he also added 5 assists to his stat line.