Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana ended its Slovenian cup title drought, while Partizan NIS Belgrade and Slask Wroclaw won their quarterfinals clashes on Friday night.
Domestic cups: Cedevita lifts Slovenian cup
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Slovenia: Cedevita Olimpija lifts the trophy
Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana lifted Slovenian Cup trophy for the 21st time, but the first since 2017 with 80-99 win over Helios Domzale in the final on Friday night. Cedevita had five double-digit scorers, paced by Yogi Ferrell's 2 points on 5-for-8 three-point shooting. Zoran Dragic netted 21 points with 8 rebounds, while Zach Auguste collected 14 points and 10 rebounds. Jaka Blazic scored 13, Edo Muric had 11 points plus 9 rebonds, and Alan Omic scored 10 in a win.
Cedevita opened the game with three-pointers from Muric, Dragic and two from Ferrell to open 5-16 lead. Helios quickly rallied, however, tying it at 29-29 early in the second quarter on a triple from Bine Prepelic. Ferrell and Omic helped Cedevita restore the lead, but Helios made another run at the end of the half, and took 46-45 lead into the break. In the third, Ferrell scored 5 points then Blazic nailed back-to-back threes to open 53-63. Ferrell's three-point play and Dragic's three-pointer opened a 13-point margin, and Auguste made it 64-75 after 30 minutes. Auguste scored 4 more points in the fourth, before Blazic's three-pointer opened 68-88 with 6 minutes left, as Cedevita was on its way to lift the Cup trophy for the first time in five years.
Serbia: Partizan cruises to semis
Partizan cruised in its Serbian Cup quarterfinals game with 101-48 win over Borac Zemun. Partizan took control in the first quarter, pulling away to 22-12 lead behind Kevin Punter and Balsa Koprivica. Borac stayed close thanks to shooting 6-for-12 from long range, but Zach LeDay, Aleksa Avramovic and Tristan Vukcevic made sure Partizan takes 47-30 into halftime. Led by Dusan Miletic and Uros Trifunovic, Partizan scored the first 11 points of the third quarter, and cruised to a victory that sets up a semifinal clash with FMP Zeleznik on Saturday. Vukcevic led Partizan with 16 points, Nemanja Dangubic had 14 point, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, while Alen Smailagic scored 12 points. Trifunovic finished with 11, and Avramovic with 10 points and 6 assists in a victory.
Poland: Trice leads Slask into semis
Slask Wroclaw advanced from the quarterfinals of the Polish Cup with a 77-88 win over Czarni Slupsk, and will next play Ostrow Wielkopolski in the semifinals on Saturday. Travis Trice starred with 28 points and 9 assists in a victory. Kerem Kanter and Aleksander Dziewa scored 12 points apiece, while Szymon Tomczak scored 10 for Slask which never trailed after the opening 4 minutes, but did not pull away until the third quarter. That's when Trice and Tomczak kept Slask in front before back-to-back threes from Jakub Karolak opened 54-66. Slupsk rallied and tied it at 71-71 with under 7 minutes to go, but Kanter and Trice scored the next 6 points, before a pair of buckets from Ivan Ramljak helped Slask hold on.