We won the Krasznai Cup

Sopron Basket - UNI Győr Mély-Út 66-46 (20-13, 21-15, 14-5, 11-13)

Sopron Basket: Fegyverneky 4, Varga S. 2, Czukor 2, Brooks 26/9, Határ 8 Sub.: Walker 13/6, Krajisnik-Jovanovic 9, Varga K. 2, Varga A. -, Pfeiffer V. -
UNI Győr Mély-Út: Cs.: Kiesel 18, Dombai 4/3, Dubei 4, Török Á. 4, Barnai 3 Sub.: Lass 5/3, Weninger 4, Mansaré 2, Révész 2, Keita -, Baffy -, Milkovics -

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This year's Ferenc Krasznai Memorial Game was arranged with limited entry, and was played between our team and our county rivals Győr. We were eagerly looking forward to the debut of Megan Walker who was still struggling with jet lag, sinc she had only arrived to Sopron on Monday.

We played in a great pace from the tip-off this time as well, forcing our opponents to call a time-our ealy on (4th minute 9-3). Six minutes into the game, at 11-5 Megan came on the courtand in the 8th minute her strong effort under the rim brought her first points (16-8). Nine minutes into the game the difference reached the ten-point mark, but after that GYőr quickly cut their deficit in half with a triple and and a quick fast-break (9th minute 18-13). The scoreboard showed 20-13 at the end of the quarter. Győr kept going strong, which brought them success. However, in the middle of the period our confident lead was restored (16th minute 30-21). Following a time-out by Dalma Iványi we increased our lead over ten points with a jumper by Zsófi (32-21). Jeca played unstoppably tonight, and came up with 15 points until half-time. Megan (10) and Betti (8) came right behind her. At the other end Kiesel played very effectively (11), but nobody else rose to the occasion on her side (41-28).

We saw a balanced fight after the break (26th minute 46-33). In the middle of the quarter we exploded again, and a couple of minutes later our fans were able to cheer for a 20-point advantage (53-33). We were energetic not only on court, but also at the bench, our head coach and the resting players have all been cheering on their teammates on court. Our defense worked extremely well in this quarter, no matter who was on court on our side! The fact that we had only allowed our opponents five points says it all (3rd quarter 55-33). The green shirts have missed many lay-ups as well, but those only seemed to be easy situations. Our defenders were all over the players on the opposing side. We got stuck for a while on offense while our key players were resting, and Győr took advantage of that, and came a bit closer (33rd minute 55-40). Then Zsófi and JEca came back in, and the latter came up with a triple right away. (34th minute 58-40). Approaching the final minutes Dávid Gáspár called his team to the bench (36th minute 62-42). In the final minutes Virág Pfeiffer also got the opportunity to play, as Dalma Iványi sent her young guns on court, too (66-46).

Next time we will play against ALUINVENT-DVTK away from home before the start of the championship next weekend.