We had a very important road game this past weekend on Saturday, March 13. We played Turow...a team in which we lost to during the Polish Cup tournament a few weeks ago in the same arena. If we were to win the game we would lock up 2nd place in the regular season in our league.Another obstacle we had to face was playing the game without our leading scorer who was not playing because of illness. But we were determined from the start as we fought hard and went blow for blow with them ending the 1st quarter up by two: 24-22.
The game was much anticipated in the public eye as Turow is a very good team and they had already beaten us a few weeks back. Many rowdy Anwil fans actually made the 8 hour trip to support us which gave us a little extra adrenaline from time to time. The game was nationally televised as well. And the viewers received a good show as there was plenty of emotion and hard played basketball. The game remained close throughout the first half ending with Turow up by 2 at the break.
The third quarter was ours though as we outscored Turow 24:14 and took a solid lead. We held on to this lead with some timely three point baskets and defensive stops. The final score was 88:80...a very exciting win for our club.
As always we had very balanced scoring on our side. We had 6 players in double figures including 16, 16, 15, 11, 10, and 10. I personally had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 steals.
As I said before, with this win we have now locked in second place in the regular season standing with a record of 20-3. Prokom has a record of 20-2 and we have yet to play them at home. We now have a home game Tuesday before the all-star weekend. After Tuesday's game we have a long break before our next game.
As a side note, the weather is nice here. It stays in the upper 30's and lower 40s most of the time. God bless you all!!
You were MVP of this great game Brett!!
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