Basketball
79-72: Panczar and Jaworski lead to victory, boosting Bilbao’s cup ambitions
This Sunday in Milivilla, outsiders Melwyn Panzal and Justin Jaworski led Surne Bilbao to a 79-72 victory over Dreamland Gran Canaria, igniting Biscaia’s ambitions for another Copa del Rey appearance.
With this win, the Men in Black maintain their unbeaten league record at the Bilbao Arena this season, and with a balance of four wins and five losses, they are provisionally on the verge of qualifying for the cup at the end of the first round.
It was an undisputed victory, but it was also a very tough battle for Jaume Ponsant-Sarnau’s team. They found Panczal (15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals, 5 fouls received, 31 PIR) and Jaworski (25 points, 4/4 T3) when they needed them most.
The Frenchman Louis Labailley (10) gave them a four-point lead (57-61), the biggest yellow advantage of the entire match, which was already repeated several times in the final quarter.
If Sweden’s base work lasted 40 minutes, the American guard came on in the final stretch and flipped the result with nearly consecutive 3-point plays. Two of his 3-pointers were almost unbelievable because of the distance he threw them.
Previously largely drawn from coach Xaka Rakovic’s squad, the team is left in a precarious balance with three wins and six losses, jeopardizing the Slovenian coach and Argentine Nico Brussino’s desired offensive plans for the top eight (17 points, six rebounds).
Tobey’s basket a minute and a half into the game started a very difficult first quarter, with a lot of fast breaks and mistakes, leaving us with an astonishing 2-4 score after 6 minutes of play.
Both teams started to lose their nerve, reaching a 14-16 lead in less than four minutes, and Wong’s two triples gave the visiting team eight points, giving the local team more points in a difficult contest.
Granca also started the second quarter with a basket from Samar (14-19), but Surun was the first to try to break free, gaining an 11-2 and 5-point advantage (25-20) with Fry’s 5 points and Javorski’s 3+1.
technical sheet
Surne Bilbao – Dreamland Gran Canaria, 79-72
79 – Surne Bilbao Basket (14+20+21+24): Frei (5), Normantas (6), Hilliard (6), Petrasek, Hlinasson (5) (starting 5). Panczar (15), Javorsky (25), Lazarevic (3), Krampli (10), Bagayoko (4), Sila, Font.
72 – Dreamland Gran Canaria (16+18+21+17): Albichy (5), Angola (5), Brussino (17), LaBaley (10), Toby (6) – starting five. Samar (7), Wong (10), Salvo (2), Perros (7), Quas, Maniema, Vila (3).
Partial: 14-16, 34-34 (rest). 55-55, 79-72 (final).
Referees: Jordi Arriaga, Juan de Dios Hoyon, Ariadna Chueca. There are no exclusions.
Incident: The ninth day of the Endesa League match, played in front of a crowd of 8,283 at the Bilbao Arena in Milivilla. Official data.
The Canary Islanders recovered and were beginning to reduce the advantage of the locals, who were leading on the scoreboard in the second quarter (25-25, 28-28, 29-29, 34-34), until Albisy’s triple, which almost hit the horn, tied the first half.
After the break, in the drive of great effort and hard work, the trend of the second quarter was maintained until the game was tied (55-55) at the end of the third quarter, with Javorskiy already warming his wrist, and Frenchman Pierre Perros leading the visiting team.
Then, in the final quarter, the first threat of a yellow came, 57-61, making it 57-63, a huge advantage for the visiting team, and Panczal and Jaworski giving them a 77-72 victory.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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Bayern announced the appointment of the team’s head coach on its official website. Svetislav Pesic.
The most successful coach in German basketball history signed a contract with Munich until the end of the season.
The Serbian specialist will replace Gordon Herbert as head coach, with whom the German champions agreed to end their cooperation early by mutual consent.
76-year-old Pesic took over as head of Bayern Munich for the second time. He first joined the Munich team in the autumn of 2012 and remained with them until 2016, winning the first Bundesliga title in the club’s history in 2014.
Svetislav’s greatest achievements include the 2002 World Cup title with Yugoslavia, the 1993 European Championship victory with the German team, and the gold medal at EuroBasket 2001 with Yugoslavia. At club level, the Serbian specialist won the treble in Spain, including winning the Euroleague with Barcelona in 2003. Alba won five championships and two German Cups with Berlin.
In 2024, Pesic won the Olympic bronze medal with the Serbian national team, which he led until last summer, by beating Germany and finishing third in the match.
Source: Sport UA
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Head coach of BC Zaporozhye Dmitry Shchiglinsky He summarized the results of the team’s last matches in 2025 against Krivbass (68:84) and Niko-Basket (78:67).
“Going into the last calendar bubble this year we clearly understood how important this was for us in terms of tournament position. “Krivbass” were right behind us in the table and “Niko-Basket” were playing at home, so both matches promised to be extremely difficult. We were also without our captain Anton Buts, who was injured, which significantly affected the preparations.
We had a bad start to our match against Krivbass, the opponent scored their first long range shots, became confident and kept control of the match for most of the game. We managed to reduce the difference to 4 points in the fourth quarter, but unfortunately we did not have the strength to do more. Krivbass’ last attack with 11:0 gave them an important victory. In the absence of Anton Buts, they had to use rotation and it was not easy for Vyacheslav Kiktev to counter the opponent’s big players.
Our expectations were also the highest for our second match against Niko-Basket. We recently met with this team at the Ukrainian Cup and made a comprehensive analysis. I would like to thank my assistant for her quality work. We analyzed the mistakes in the previous match in detail and focused on playing defense. Even though we made many interventions at the beginning of the match, we could not immediately gain the scoring advantage. The team added more after the first quarter. There were quick breaks, easy points and a more organized attack, and these ultimately brought results. We got the win we needed.
Overall, I am happy with the results of this dough. We maintained our place among the top four teams in the Super League, so I evaluate the performance positively. Playing without one of the starting five players is a serious challenge for our team. I thank the men for their character; “After the defeat in the first match, no one gave up and the next day we played a high-quality game, first of all, as a single team.”
Source: Sport UA
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5 matches were played in the eighth round of the regular season in the Super League. Four more matches were played in Nikolaev and one in Rivne.
Six clubs played their matches during the weekend and the symbolic team was determined according to the results:
Mikhail Gorobchenko (Dnepr) – 8.5 points, 7.5 assists, 3.0 steals, 3.0 rebounds (PE 18.5)
Alexander Peacock (Krivbass) – 15.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists (PE 24.0)
Vladimir Konev (Dnepr) – 15.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists (PE 20.0)
Tarig Eisa (Zaporozhye) – 19.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.5 steals (PE 15.5)
Yaroslav Karpyuk (Kyiv-Sepet) – 15 points, 13 rebounds, 2 steals (PE 23)
Dnepr forward was chosen as the MVP of the tour Vladimir Konev. The leader of the Ukrainian champions helped his team to two confident victories in Nikolaev. He recorded 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists (RE 16) in the match against Niko-Basket (96:56) and 18 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists (RE 24) against Kryvbas (77:58). In these two games, Vladimir showed high efficiency in attack, converting 7 out of 11 three-point shots and 4 out of 6 two-point shots.
Source: Sport UA
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