Ognen Stojanovski out indefinitely due to injury - Nov 5, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Feni Industri started the season good, finding themselves in 2nd place of the Superleague standings with 5 wins and only one loss. However they received a blow after finding out their starting shooting guard, Ognen Stojanovski (189-G-85) is set to miss significant time due to the injury. Stojanovski has hurt his knee during practice and initial tests have shown probable ligament damage [read more]
Feni Industri started the season good, finding themselves in 2nd place of the Superleague standings with 5 wins and only one loss. However they received a blow after finding out their starting shooting guard, Ognen Stojanovski (189-G-85) is set to miss significant time due to the injury. Stojanovski has hurt his knee during practice and initial tests have shown probable ligament damage. Further tests will show the real extent of the injury and whether surgery will be needed, but for now Stojanovski is set to be out of action indefinitely. It remains to be seen how will Feni Industri cope with the new situation. It is still not know whether the short-term replacement will be signed, or will Feni use the players it has at its disposal to overcome this situation. Ognen Stojanovski started his career with Rabotnicki 2000 in Macedonian D-2 League. In 2002 he signed with Rabotnicki with whom he won host awards. He has won 2 national Cups in 2004 and 2005. He has also won 5 National titles including 4 consecutive from 2003-2006. Last season, Stojanovski had a very good season with the club winning the 5th title. Stojanovski also had some good displays Balkans League. He played in 12 games and posted averages of 12.8 points and 2.6 assists per game while shooting 66.1% for 2 and 40.4% behind the arc. Good games during the season earned him appearance at the Macedonian League All-Star Game in 2009.
Three out of five matches were played in Round 7 of Macedonian first league. Game between Vardar 2000 and Torus was postponed by the league commissioner due to illness of more than a half of Torus players. Other game which did not take place was the macthup between Feni Industri and Amak SP, because Amak SP did not show up in Kavadarci at all.
MZT Skopje - Ovce Pole 61-69
Ovce Pole recorded an important away win as they managed to overcome MZT Skopje 61-69 [read more]
Three out of five matches were played in Round 7 of Macedonian first league. Game between Vardar 2000 and Torus was postponed by the league commissioner due to illness of more than a half of Torus players. Other game which did not take place was the macthup between Feni Industri and Amak SP, because Amak SP did not show up in Kavadarci at all.
MZT Skopje - Ovce Pole 61-69 Ovce Pole recorded an important away win as they managed to overcome MZT Skopje 61-69. Visiting team came out strong from the start and had this game basically wrapped by the end of third quarter. With 10 minutes left to play, Ovce pole was up 59-45 and they managed to routinely close out the game for a win. Nebojsa Ristic (194-G/F-77) led Ovce Pole with double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds, while Marko Todorovic was also exceptional with 16 points and 12 boards. For MZT, Nisavic scored 18, while Pavlov finished the game with 16 points.
Pelister - Rabotnicki 87-78 Pelister managed to finally break the string of poor results with a win over Rabotnicki 87-78 after overtime. Most of the game was spent in a close matchup as Pelister came out stronger in the first half, but Rabotnicki managed to turn things around in the second. At the halftime, Rabotnicki held 37-40 lead and they increased their lead in the third. In the fourth quarter, Rabotnicki entered holding 53-60 lead but Pelister managed to make one final run and has tied the game at 71 at the end of regulation. In the overtime, they won the period 16-7 which was enough for them to secure victory. Petar Apcev (199-F-89) and held led the way for hosts with 19 and 18 points respectively. On the other side, Gjorgji Cekovski (202-F/C-81, agency: Arik Krayn Services) had game high 26 points and 16 rebounds.
Plejmejker Kubus - Vardar Osiguruvanje 68-84 Varadar Osiguruvanje had an easy job against Plejmejker Kubus, rolling over them 68-84. Pero Blazevski (200-C-72) and Damjan Stojanovski (197-F-87) scored 17 points each, while Simic added 16 for visiting team. For Plejmejker, Darko Stanimirovic (198-F-83) scored 17 points while he received help from Gjorgioski and Despotovic who added 16 points apiece.
Superleague, Round 6: Nothing new on top as Vardar Osiguruvanje remains perfect - Nov 3, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Torus - Pelister 92-88
This was an important away victory for Tours, while Pelister continued with a run of poor form. Dimitar Karadzovski (189-G-84, agency: Global Sports Plaza) led the way for Torus with 23 points. Aleksandar Opacic (208-F-86, agency: Global Sports Plaza, college: Furman) and Jovan Markovski each added 17 points. On the other hand, Srdjan Vokic led the way with 23 points while Aleksandar Held contributed with 15 [read more]
Torus - Pelister 92-88 This was an important away victory for Tours, while Pelister continued with a run of poor form. Dimitar Karadzovski (189-G-84, agency: Global Sports Plaza) led the way for Torus with 23 points. Aleksandar Opacic (208-F-86, agency: Global Sports Plaza, college: Furman) and Jovan Markovski each added 17 points. On the other hand, Srdjan Vokic led the way with 23 points while Aleksandar Held contributed with 15.
Ovce Pole - Feni Indistrija 72-86 Feni Industri continued with good form with 72-86 away win against Ovce Pole. Duo of Dusan Knezevic (207-C-80, agency: BeoExcell) and James Life (194-G-83, college: Massachusetts) were too much for hosts to handle as they finished the night with 25 and 20 points respectively. Nebojsa Ristic had game high 29 points for Ovce Pole but he did not receive enough support from the rest of his teammates.
Rabotnicki - MZT Skopje 75-44 In a derby match of Round 6, Rabotnicki recorded a 75-44 blowout win against MZT Skopje. Thanks to great play by Dimitar Mirakovski (180-G-81, agency: Interperformances) and Gjorgji Cekovski (202-F/C-81, agency: Arik Krayn Services) who scored 19 points each, Rabotnicki controlled the game from the start and was able to rout its opponent. For MZT, only Filip Gjorevski with 12 and Aleksandar Sovkovski with 11 reached double figures.
AMMAK SP - Plejmejker K. 70-98 Amak SP suffered home loss at the hands of Plejmejker Kubus. After they scored only 6 points in the first quarter, Amak players could not hope for better as they lost in the end 70-98. Darko Stanimirovic (198-F-83) with 24 and Nenad Zivcevic (204-F-87, agency: Global Sports Plaza) with 23 led visiting team in scoring. Edis Nuri had 17 points and 18 rebounds for Amak.
V.Osiguruvanje - Vardar 2000 92-76 Vardar Osigurivanje celebrated 92-76 home win over Vardar 2000. Led by Damjan Stojanovski (197-F-87) with 22 points, the home team had a fairly easy job on the night, dominating the game and securing the 16-point win. Aleksandar Kostovski and Kiril Nikolovski added 19 apiece for the winning side. For Vardar, Ivica Dimcevski had 26 points.
Rabotnicki rolls over Ovce Pole in last game of Round 5 - Oct 31, 2009 [read more]
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