No trouble for Peja against Karpos Sokoli
After more than a month KB Peja continued its SIGAL-UNIQA Balkan League season with an easy win. The Yellows hosted KK Karpos Sokoli 2000 in group B game and had no trouble to take 90-64 victory. The home side took control early and their superiority was never in doubt as the lead kept growing. With that win Peja is now at 2-0 in the group and it two days will visit SK Tirana. Karpos on the other side is with 1-5 record and has a slim chance of going to the Second Stage. Next week the team will host KB Trepca.
The first 3 points in the game were scored by the visitors but then Peja hit the next 10 to take the lead for good. Soon the team′s advantage reached double figures and didn′t stop growing until the third quarter. It reached 33 points and then the hosts relaxed and in the last quarter Karpos managed to cut some of the deficit.
Peja hit 13 three-pointers from 34 attempts which compared to 6 of 19 for Karpos proved to be too much.
LaMarcus Reed and Cameron Rundles (7 assists) were the top scorer for the winners with 20 points. Alban Veseli also did well and finished with 15 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
For Karpos Sokoli, who was missing several key players, Goran Vrbanc ended up with 17 points and 6 rebounds. Dominik Mavra added 13 points and 6 assists as Dragan Zekovic had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
FULL STATS FROM KB PEJA - KK KARPOS SOKOLI 2000 GAME
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Delasport Balkan League 2023/2024 Regular Season | |||
1 | KB Sigal Prishtina | 8 - 2 | 18 |
2 | PAYABL EKA AEL | 6 - 4 | 16 |
3 | KB Peja | 6 - 4 | 16 |
4 | KK Lovcen 1947 | 4 - 6 | 14 |
5 | KK Plevlja | 0 - 8 | 8 |