EXCELLENT FIRST HALF OF MEGA NOT ENOUGH FOR WIN AGAINST BUDUCNOST

Mega Bemax lost to Buducnost VOLI with 91:99 (30:27, 29:22, 14:25, 18:25) in a control match played in front of 500 spectators at Bemax Arena in Podgorica. Coach Dejan Milojevic’s players played brilliantly in the first half in which they held a constant lead along with 59 scored points, but in second half Buducnost first melted minus of 10 points in the third quarter, and in the end came to the victory.

The most efficient in the Mega Bemax ranks were Filip Stanic with 27 points and Marko Simonovic with 14. Zoran Nikolic with 20 points stood out in Buducnost.

Mega Bemax will play another game in Montenegro on Saturday against Lovcen from 5 pm.

Mega Bemax: Miskovic 6, Trifunovic 8, Music, Atic 11, Marjanovic 8, Asceric 5, Carapic 4 (5 assists), Tanaskovic, Simonovic 14 (5 rebounds), Macura 8. Cerovina, Stanic 27 (7 rebounds).

Buducnost VOLI: Cobbs 14, Ivanovic 3, Bamforth 16, Sehovic 14, Starovlah, Martin 12, Ilic 8, Wood 6, Z. Nikolic 20 (10 rebounds), Popovic 3, Meiers 6, D. Nikolic 5, Zugic 2.

Photo: Mega Bemax