North Macedonia

Regular Season Round 20: Badel - Vardar 62-59

Date: April 8, 2026
The most exciting game of round 20 in the Prva A Liga took place in Skopje. This derby game ended with only three-point defeat on the road of one of their biggest challengers Vardar (13-7) to third ranked Badel (14-6) 62-59 in the game for the third place. Badel forced 20 Vardar turnovers. The best player for the winners was American guard Arin Freeman (170, college: UIC) who scored 19 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. The other American import forward Lindsey Cleary (183-1997, college: CMS) chipped in a double-double by scoring 14 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists. Freeman is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market. Four Badel players scored in double figures. Badel's coach used a ten-player rotation in such tough game. The former international forward Milica Nikolic (188-2006) produced a double-double by scoring 21 points and 10 rebounds and Montenegrin guard Snezana Aleksic (173-1989) added 11 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists respectively for the guests. Badel maintains third position with 14-6 record having just three points less than leader Kriva Palanka. Vardar at the other side keeps the fourth place with seven games lost. Badel are looking forward to face Probasket (#5) in Kavadartsi in the next round. Vardar will play against Sport Tim and is hoping to prove to their fans that this time they can win.

  BADEL62
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
3 yQRRBij, SQaj 35 1-61 (49.0%) 5-5 (5%) 9-68 (02.4%) 9 8 7 3 4 68 8 6 5 0 67 83 5
88 ClRiQF, vajdsRF 35 9-68 (02.4%) 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 4 7 68 3 6 8 4 5 6 6 63 80 5
1 mIshVILi, vnuMaZi 41 6-2 (68.0%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5 4 4 4 0 3 3 5 6 8 4 6 5
86 ORUQushRLsVi, zILiji 40 0-7 (00.1%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 3 0 4 0 6 5 8 5 1 66 1 5
33 ChIliVIsVi, oLi 48 8-2 (80%) 6-3 (80%) 1-9 (20.9%) 4 8 0 8 8 3 6 5 5 6 64 68 5
65 SjisUisILi, KniQi 1 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 8 8 5
2 bilajILsVi, viQi 0 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 -4 5
9 gaBaUQanRLaZ, oLi 3 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -8 5
68 OijVILi, giQani 4 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5
63 CIliVILsVi, ziji 8 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 5
7 KaUijILsVi, XRji  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
99 AURLijILsVi, wRIdIQi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   88-07 (49.4%) 6-9 (63.4%) 60-83 (18.0%) 60 86 41 69 62 84 68 4 4 61 18 13  


  VARDAR (coach: Aleksandar Asadanov)59
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
63 XaVIlaZ, balaZi 40 9-60 (31.9%) 6-6 (655%) 3-3 (655%) 4 9 65 8 4 8 8 5 6 3 86 86 5
84 SlRVsaZ, AjRJiji 44 8-0 (35%) 8-2 (80%) 6-8 (05%) 6 3 0 3 6 9 8 5 5 3 66 63 5
1 wisRLsVi, qlRji 46 8-1 (44.4%) 6-3 (80%) 3-7 (33.3%) 5 3 3 3 3 1 8 8 5 4 66 65 5
7 cifaQILsVi, bIjaVi 45 5-4 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 4 8 0 8 6 5 8 5 6 6 1 7 5
6 XaVIlaZ, mIniji 88 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5 6 6 6 8 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 5
60 wQinVILsVi, wRi 67 6-8 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 4 4 1 6 3 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 5
9 baURLi, biQani 64 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 -8 5
0 gJijDiQILsVi, biQUaji 68 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 8 3 5 5 5 5 6 3 4 5
2 OaslRLsVi, ziji 7 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 6 4 5 5 5 5 8 8 -8 5
45 wisILsVa, SjDRli  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
43 XiZhRLsVi, bali  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
65 baUVILi, valR  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   61-47 (36.5%) 1-61 (49.0%) 7-61 (01.4%) 66 80 41 62 84 62 7 4 4 85 07 09  


Height: 183 cm
Position name: F
Born: Sep 10,1997
40
MINS
35
14
POINTS
21
9
D.REB
7
3
O.REB
3
12
T.REB
10
4
ASSISTS
2
3
STEALS
2
1
TO
4
0
BLOCKS
0
7/12
58.3%
2FGP
7/15
46.7%
0/1
0.0%
3FGP
1/1
100.0%
0/1
0.0%
FT
4/4
100.0%
25
RANK
21
Height: 188 cm
Position: F
Born: Jul 11,2006
Born: 2006
Badel  62
VS
59 Vardar
62
Points Scored
59
60
Starting Five Points
51
2
Bench Points
8
21
Defensive Rebounds
25
15
Offensive Rebounds
11
36
Rebounds
36
17
Assists
18
12
Steals
9
16
Turnovers
20
3
Blocked Shots
3
18
Personal fouls
23
22/59
37.3%
2FGP
16/39
41.0%
1/7
14.3%
3FGP
6/16
37.5%
15/24
62.5%
FT
9/16
56.3%
64
Rank
57

Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)