Ulcinj won against OKK and threw Zrinjski out

KK Ulcinj defeated OKK Beograd 87:79 at home in Ulcinj and took the third place in Group A from HKK Zrinjski Mostar. This win sealed the team′s pass to the next phase of the EUROHOLD Balkan League and knocked out Zrinjski from the elimination phase of the BIBL. Both teams share a 4-4 balance, but Ulcinj have advantage in the direct games between the two teams. OKK Beograd finish second with a 5-3 balance.   The home team was motivate to pursue the win from the very first minute of the game, which was last at home for them in the group phase. Dragan Zekovic scored the first basket, giving OKK a 0:3 lead, but that was one of the few moments when the Serbian team would be ahead in the score. Ulcinj′s first lead was after Radoje Djurkovic scored for 8:6 with 7.34 left. A couple of minutes after that OKK managed to decrease the difference to one point - 13:12, but after 10 minutes of play KK Ulcinj had a 25:20 lead.   Nikola Jeftic and Dusan Milosevic increased the lead to 29:20 in the beginning of the second period. Aleksandar S. Radulovic sinked two free-throws to give Ulcin  their first double-digit lead - 32:22 with 7.46 left in the half. OKK weren′t able to decrease the difference in the next minutes, as the best they could do was drop it down to 43:37 with 2.51 to go. Halfway through the game Ulcinj led it 52:40.   Sinisa Tepavcevic and Dragan Zekovic exchanged baskets in the start of the third quarter for 54:42. With 8.09 to go Ulcin led by 14 - 56:42 after another basket by Tepavcevic. OKK′s answer was an 8-0 run which decreased the difference to six points - 56:50. Jeftic scored a basket for 58:50, but Zekovic gave one back for 58:52. Zivkovic and Dundjerski scored for 58:55 with 2.26 left in the quarter. Djurisic gave Ulcinj a 60:55 lead right after that. After 30 minutes of play Ulcinj still had the lead - 69:63.   Nikola Jeftic and Milos Djurisic scored to give Ulcinj a 10-point lead early in the fourth - 73:63 with 8.47 to go. Uros Lucic and Dragan Zekovic decreased OKK′s trailing to 73:68 with 6.17 on the clock. The next minutes were strong for Ulcinj, as Milosevic and Marko Mijovic made the lead 79:71, before Radoje Djurkovic and Aleksandar Radulovic finished an 8-0 run for 83:71, 2.13 before the end. Slobodan Dundjerski made one out of two free-throws for the final score of 87:79.   Milos Djurisic scored 18 points and added 5 rebounds and 5 assists in Ulcinj′s win. Aleksandar S. Radulovic shot 7/7 from the free-throw line for his 17 points. Radoje Djurkovic added 14 points, while Marko Mijovic had 13 and 7 assists.   Dragan Zekovic scored 23 points for OKK in their losing effort. Slobodan Dundjerski and Dragan Mitrovic added 14 each, as Dundjerski was one rebound away of a double-double, finishing with 9 boards. Uros Lucic added 13 points and Srjdan Zivkovic had 10.