Zlatorog defeated Heios 75-73 and won the first stage of Slovenian Telemach League Championship. Zlatorog-Helios 75-73: Zlatorog had their largest lead of the game at 52-43 late in the third quarter. Miha Fon (194-G-84) and Matic Rebec (180-PG-95) hit back-to-back 3-pointers to ignite a 15-2 run that pushed Helios' advantage to 62-56. The visiting team still lead 69-65 with 1:20 left, but Zlatorog scored seven straight points to take a lead 72-69. Damir Rancic (199-G-83) tied the game at 72 with a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left. Zlatorog's Sasa Mucic (202-F-83) hit the first of free throw and missed the second with 8 seconds into the game. Dejan Cigoja (205-F-88) steal the ball with two seconds remaining and a pair of free throws to secure the win. Miha Lapornik (192-G-93) came of the bench for 18 points, Dejan Cigoja scored 18 points and Luka Lapornik (195-G-88) added 14 points.Helios' Djordje Majstorovic (209-C/F-90) juts missed a double double with 18 points and 9 rebounds and Damir Rancic added 17 points. Hopsi-Elektra 75-64: The home team scored seven straight points to take a lead 50-45 late in the third period and never looked back from there. After trailing 51-54, Hopsi made a 12-0 run to go up 66-51, the largest lead of the game. Goran Jagodnik (203-F-74, agency: Beo Basket) scored 18 points and grabbed 13 points, Hugh Robertson (198-G-89, college: S.Florida) netted 13 points, Isiah Martin (203-F/C-89, college: Indiana St.) added 11 points and Mirko Mulalic (195-F-88) had 10 points. Elektra was led by Andrej Podvrsnik (186-G-87) who came off the bench for 19 points and 8 rebounds and David Collins (213-C-85, college: Bradley) had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Maribor Messer-Slovan 80-87: After trailing 48-51 early in the second half, Slovan made a 13-2 run for its third straight win. Stipe Modric (206-F-79) finished with 25 points, Dejan Mlakar (192-G-88, agency: Global Sports Plaza) scored all of his 18 points in the second half, Jan Span (189-PG-92) added 13 points and Nejc Buda (211-C-91, agency: Kotnik Sports Agency) 10. Maribor used all of 12 , but its bench players were outscored by opposing reserves 25-51. Esmir Rizvic (213-C-82, college: Texas Tech) posted 15 points, Bojan Jovanovic (186-G-82) added 12, Jure Pelko (190-G-90) 11 and Igor Josipovic and Elvis Sarkinovic (195-G/F-85) both scored 10 points. Rogaska Crystal-Tajfun 79-75: Rogaska snapped a nine-game winning streak for Sentjur in the local derby, the longest in the club history, They take a lead at 23-20 middle through the second quarter and never looked back from there. They had their largest lead of the game at 61-50 early in the final period. Sentjur cut the deficit to two, 67-69, with 3:28 remaining, but Rogaska secured the win. Boban Tomic (190-G-88, agency: Alti Sport) came off the bench to score a game-high 19 points on an efficient 7-of-8 shooting, Tadej Horvat (196-G-87) added 16 points, Semir Smajlovic (209-C-87) had 12 points and 12 rebounds, Milos Miljkovic (204-F/C-84) added 11 points and Tadej Kostomaj (186-G-87) posted 10 points.Sentjur was led by Tadej Ferme (187-PG-91) and Mladen Primorac (210-C-90) who both scored 17 points, Emir Zimic (215-C-86) collected 13 points and 11 rebounds and Anze Pelc (190-G-90) added 11 points. LTH Castings Mercator-Grosuplje 59-67: Newly promoted Grosuplje recorded back to back wins for the first time this year. After tyinf at 50 with 4:11 into the game, Igor Tratnik (206-C/F-89) sank two 3-pointers and Boris Jersin (183-G-85, agency: Kotnik Sports Agency) added 2-pointer for a crucial 8-0 run to go up 58-50 with 40 seconds left. Sasa Zagorac scored 22 points for Grosuplje and Igor Tratnik had 16 points and 8 rebounds. LTH outrebounded Grosuplje 32-25, but the shot just 2of-15 behind 3-point lane and missed 10 free throws. Pavle Boljkovac (190-G-85, agency: Kotnik Sports Agency) was the lone scorer in double figures with 10 points.
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Gasper Okorn to continue his coaching career in Kuwait - May 19, 2013
Coach Gasper Okorn will not remain head coach of Geoplin Slovan Ljubljana in the next season. After two seasons at Kodeljevo, he moves abroad again, this time to Asia, where he will coach Al Kuwait SC from Kuwait, where another Slovenian, Marko Milic (201-F-77) has shined at the end of this season and become MVP of the finals, after he led his team to the national championship title.At the same time, Al-Kuwait reached an agreement with another player who comes from Slovenia [read more]
Coach Gasper Okorn will not remain head coach of Geoplin Slovan Ljubljana in the next season. After two seasons at Kodeljevo, he moves abroad again, this time to Asia, where he will coach Al Kuwait SC from Kuwait, where another Slovenian, Marko Milic (201-F-77) has shined at the end of this season and become MVP of the finals, after he led his team to the national championship title.
At the same time, Al-Kuwait reached an agreement with another player who comes from Slovenia. It's a Croatian power forward Jasmin Perkovic (205-F-80), who joined Union Olimpija Ljubljana in January and is looking to win Slovenian Telemach League with the team from Ljubljana.
Union Olimpija beat Krka 73-68 in Game 3 to avoid a sweep in the finals. Jaka Blazic (196-G-90) scored 14 of his game-high 17 points in the first half, Drazen Bubnic (206-F-86) and Jasmin Perkovic (205-F-80) both poured in 11 points and Klemen Prepelic (191-G-92) came off the bench for 8 assists.
After tying at 27 midway through the second quarter, Olimpija scored five straight points to go up 32-27 and never looked back for rest of the game [read more]
Union Olimpija beat Krka 73-68 in Game 3 to avoid a sweep in the finals. Jaka Blazic (196-G-90) scored 14 of his game-high 17 points in the first half, Drazen Bubnic (206-F-86) and Jasmin Perkovic (205-F-80) both poured in 11 points and Klemen Prepelic (191-G-92) came off the bench for 8 assists. After tying at 27 midway through the second quarter, Olimpija scored five straight points to go up 32-27 and never looked back for rest of the game. They had their largest lead of the game at 45-33 early in the second half. Olimpija still had a double-digit advantage at 65-55 with five minutes left. Krka cut the deficit to 66-70 with 52 second into the game. Teemu Rannikko (189-PG-80) hit just one free throw for Olimpija, but Edo Muric (202-F-91) missed a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to two. Olimpija was outrebouned 26-36 and missed 15 free throws, but they shot 56-percent from the field (27-of-48) to Krka's just 42 percent (24-of-57). Krka was led by Jakov Vladovic (187-PG-83, agency: XL Basketball Agency) with his 13 points, Matjaz Smodis (205-F-79) added 11, Domen Lorbek (198-G/F-85) posted 10 points and Jaka Klobucar (198-G-87) had 8 points and 9 rebounds. Game 3: Krka-Union Olimpija 68-73 (series 2-1) KRKA 68 (22+12+11+23):
Lorbek 10, *Vladovic 13+5 as, *Rojc, Lali 2, Smodis 11, *Pavic 8, *Lucic 8,
Pajic DNP, Bolcina DNP, *Klobucar 8+9 rbs, Anderson 6, E.Muric 2. UNION OLIMPIJA 73 (23+19+13+18): Kokol DNP, Rupnik 2, Prepelic 6+8 as, *Blazic 17, Rannikko 5, *Salin 9, *Bubnik 11, *Perkovic 11, *Mocnik 6, Sulejmanovic 2, Omic 4.
Grosuplje reached an agreement with head coach Dejan Mihevc , who inked a one-year deal with the Telemach League side. Mihevc, 35, arrives from London Leopards, to which he helped to win the 2011-12 British EBL Divison one title
Mihevc is the assistant coach of the U-20 Slovenian national team and he also coached the U-16 Slovenian national team from 2008-2010. He also served as assistant coach with Sentjur. [read more]
Grosuplje reached an agreement with head coach Dejan Mihevc , who inked a one-year deal with the Telemach League side. Mihevc, 35, arrives from London Leopards, to which he helped to win the 2011-12 British EBL Divison one title Mihevc is the assistant coach of the U-20 Slovenian national team and he also coached the U-16 Slovenian national team from 2008-2010. He also served as assistant coach with Sentjur.
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