One more win in the books

Sopron Basket - ZTE NKK 104-48 (21-9, 20-19, 37-11, 26-9)
Sopron

Sopron Basket: January 5/3, Czukor 17/6, Walker 18/6, Varga A. 16/3, Krajisnik 19 Sub.: Brooks 10, Varga K. 9, Fegyverneky 6/3, Varga S. 2, Pfeiffer 2

ZTE NKK: Dzombeta 16/3, Mányoky J. 11/9, Szabó P. 8, Dömötör D. -, Tuchscherer 5 Sub.: Horváth F. 5, Úr B. -, Kulcsár B. 3/3, Horváth F. -, Szabó K. -, Németh K. -

Statistics

FGS: 42/70 60% ill. 18/55 33%

3-PTS: 7/19 37% ill. 5/16 31%

FTS: 13/15 87% ill. 7/10 70%

Rebounds: 42 (Czukor 9) ill. 24 (Dzombeta, Szabó P. 5-5)

Assists: 28 (Varga A. 6) ill. 12 (Dzombeta 6)

Steals: 16 (Krajisnik 5) ill. 8 (Dzombeta 3)

Turnovers: 11 ill. 11

Faults: 14 ill. 18

The game began with a quick lay-up by Megan, and then Alíz scored frot wo, to which Dzombeta answered back with a triple (3rd minute 4-3). After that Dalma, Megan and Tina were able to score, and in the middle of the quarter Zalaegerszeg called a time-out (10-3). After the short talk there came an exchange of buckets between Daéma and Dzombeta, to which Megan added another basket. The guests came closer with a basket by Petra Szabó, but Megan had an answer for that, too. However, after an open lay-up by Dzombeta it was Dávid Gáspár’s turn to call his team to the bench for a time-out (16-9). The first quarter came to an end after two buckets by the two Vargas, Sára and Alíz, giving us a double-digit advantage (10th minute 21-9).


Alíz picked up where she left off, she came up with a three-point play at the beginning of the second period, while at the other end petra Szabó was successful. The guests kicked it up a notch on offense, and put seven points on the board in just over two minutes, although we managed to keep up with them offensively (14th minute 28-16). The shootout was ended with a good defensive stop, and a three-point pla yby Dalma, which gave us an additional advantage, and thanks to two made free throws by Jeca we were getting close to a twenty-point difference, forcing ZTE’s next time-out (17th minute 37-19). ZTE answered back to Jeca’s two made shots with six points at the other end, and the half ended with a triple by Mányoki (20th minute 41-28).


Tina made a shot from inside the paint to start the third quarter, and from the guests Tuchscherer managed to score. After that Zsófi hit a triple to beat the buzzer, and after a basket by the guests Tina made a lay-up (23rd minute 48-32). After a while, Zsófi restored our earlier advantage of over twenty points with a three-point play, and then Dalma also scored. That launched a big run, we performed an 18-2 interval deciding the outcome of the game for good (28th minute 66-34). We didn’t hold back after that either, and kept increasing our lead, which was getting close to forty points by the end of the period (30th minute 78-39).


We had to wait for almost two minutes for the first basket of the final stage of the game, which was scored by Tina, and at the other end Fruzsina Horváth made a shot (33rd minute 80-41). After two home baskets Dzombeta made a double forcing Dávid Gáspár to call a time-out (84-43). Kami went behind the line to shoot three foul shots, two of which she put in, and after grabbing an offensive rebound Tina also got to stand behind the foul line for two points. In the middle of the quarter the difference passed the fifty-point mark with a triple by Megan, forcing Péter Ambrus to call his next time-out (36th minute 96-44). Petra Szabó put two points on the board to which Megan answered back with a triple. Our American player also made a lay-up after that, which got us over one hudred-points (101-48). After that Virág Pfeiffer came on court and scored her first basket, which meant that all of our players contributed to the final score with points (40th minute 104-48).

Dávid Gáspár:

Péter Ambrus: We knew that Sopron are the strongest team in the league, against whom we can't compete as well as in recent games, where we played tight first halves. Although I am happy for being able to play a good first half against Sopron as well. After the break our problems from earlier showed again. We had a lot of fouls gone in the game, we could have had more fouls drawn. Other than that, we can't get so many points scored on us. We had some major issues in communication on defense, that's what we have to work on the most. We are getting ready for two games, in which I expect a closer result. Congratulations to Sopron!

Tina Krajisnik: The result shows an easy win, but we fought hard right from the beginning. ZTE gave their best against us. I am happy the young players got more chances to play, and showed their worth.

Péter Ambrus: We knew that Sopron are the strongest team in the league, against whom we can't compete as well as in recent games, where we played tight first halves. Although I am happy for being able to play a good first half against Sopron as well. After the break our problems from earlier showed again. We had a lot of fouls gone in the game, we could have had more fouls drawn. Other than that, we can't get so many points scored on us. We had some major issues in communication on defense, that's what we have to work on the most. We are getting ready for two games, in which I expect a closer result. Congratulations to Sopron!

Judit Mányoky: I am proud of how we performed in the first half! Sopron is not on our level, they are a strong team, and the third quarter was a decisive period for us again. We are preparing for the next games hard! We came from a hard work tonight as well, and tried to practice some things of which we could take advantage in our upcoming games.