Romania earns second win in Belgrade - Jul 3, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
University Games, Day 2: Mexico - Romania 73-78
Romania managed to grab the second win on the World University Games in Belgrade. After victory against United Arab Emirates, the Romanians were better than Mexico 78-73. It means that Romania and Lithuania are on top of Group B together with 2-0 record. Mexico fell to 0-2.
Titus Nicoara (200-F-88, agency: Interperformances) was the best player in the winning squad collecting 21 points and 13 rebounds [read more]
University Games, Day 2: Mexico - Romania 73-78
Romania managed to grab the second win on the World University Games in Belgrade. After victory against United Arab Emirates, the Romanians were better than Mexico 78-73. It means that Romania and Lithuania are on top of Group B together with 2-0 record. Mexico fell to 0-2. Titus Nicoara (200-F-88, agency: Interperformances) was the best player in the winning squad collecting 21 points and 13 rebounds. Andrei Mandache (190-G-87) and Mihai Silvasan (200-F-85, agency: Court Side) also demonstrated nice performance adding 19 pts each. Fourth scorer of the team was Ionut Dragusin (221-C-85) with 14 pts. He also grabbed 9 rebounds beside that. On the other side, Jose Luis Bucio (179-G-86) top-scored with 17 points. Joel Reynoso (195-G-85) had 13, while Joaquin Villanueva (207-C-86) and Gabriel Giron (188-G) contributed with 12 pts each. The Romanians resolved question about the winner in the last quarter. Both teams were pretty leveled until that moment, when Titus Nicoara and his teammates exploded. They scored 23 points, the most off all quarters today, while Mexico stopped on 5 less. That was the difference at the end. Romania will meet Lithuania tomorrow, while Mexico will take on United Arab Emirates.
Romania prevail against United Arab Emirates - Jul 2, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Romania - UAE 116:53
Radu Paliciuc (198-G/F-88) netted 22 points to lift Romania to the first win at the 2009 Universiade in Serbia. Romania thumped UAE in preliminary Group B. Titus Nicoara (200-F-88, agency: Interperformances) added 16 points and 5 boards for the winning side. Romania led from start to finish. They stunned their Asian counterparts with a 22:9 rally in the starting frame [read more]
Romania - UAE 116:53 Radu Paliciuc (198-G/F-88) netted 22 points to lift Romania to the first win at the 2009 Universiade in Serbia. Romania thumped UAE in preliminary Group B. Titus Nicoara (200-F-88, agency: Interperformances) added 16 points and 5 boards for the winning side. Romania led from start to finish. They stunned their Asian counterparts with a 22:9 rally in the starting frame. United Arab Emirates tried to level things up in the second quarter but their effort was well matched by Romania. The European team piled up a 19-point advantage into the main break. UAE defense collapsed in the third stanza conceding 37 points. Romania entered the final stanza ahead by insurmountable 50 points. They fired 33 points in the final term and celebrated an overwhelming win at the end. Ioan Macaveiu (197-G-88) delivered 12 points in the victory. Khalifa Khalil Ibrahim (180-G-91) and Qais Omar Ahmad (200-C-91) netted 14 points each for UAE. Omar Khalid Faqqas (195-F-91) knocked down 8 points in the losing case. Romania got a 40:29 advantage on the glass and forced their opponents to intolerable 43 turnovers. Romania will face Mexico, while UAE will challenge Lithuania in the next round.
Otpopeni adds new player for 08/09 season - Jun 30, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Otpopeni continued with signings for the next season. After arrival of big guy Nenad Sulovic (202-F/C-85), the team announced signing of point guard Igor Mijajlovic (193-G-84, agency: Beo Basket).
The 25-year old Serbian player spent last season in two teams. He started it with Mega Hypo Leasing and in January moved to Radnicki 034 Group. He appeared 16 times in Serbian league with Hypo Leasing averaging 9.1 ppg and 2 rpg. He also had 3 games in Balkan League adding 8 [read more]
Otpopeni continued with signings for the next season. After arrival of big guy Nenad Sulovic (202-F/C-85), the team announced signing of point guard Igor Mijajlovic (193-G-84, agency: Beo Basket). The 25-year old Serbian player spent last season in two teams. He started it with Mega Hypo Leasing and in January moved to Radnicki 034 Group. He appeared 16 times in Serbian league with Hypo Leasing averaging 9.1 ppg and 2 rpg. He also had 3 games in Balkan League adding 8.7 ppg and 3.7 apg. With Radnicki 034 Group Igor Mijajlovic played 9 more games in Serbian A league registering 9.8 ppg and 3.2 apg. Both his teams were close to reach the Superleague. Before Hypo Leasing and 034 Group, Igor Mijajlovic played for Masinac Kraljevo. Unfortunately he was sidelined for the entire 07/08 due to injury. Just a month before that Mijajlovic was a member of Serbian University Team on the World University Games 2007 in Bangkok. Otopeni ended regular season 08/09 as No.6 with 18-10 record. The cruised past CSU Brasov with perfect 2-0 in the Quarterfinals, but later they met Timisoara loosing the Semis with 2-3.
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