When a team fighting for survival throughout the season starts a game by allowing 15 goals in just four minutes without scoring a single point, it becomes evident that the Mariners’ basketball players are struggling to secure their place in the AdmiralBet ABA League. Their performance certainly shows they are not competing at an elite level…

Barani faced their 12th consecutive loss in the regional competition, overwhelmed by Mega in “Topolica.” The situation is becoming increasingly dire for Mihailo Pavićević’s squad, especially after Cibona, their closest rival, secured a victory over Krka in Novo Mesto, giving Cibona two additional wins.

The Belgrade team achieved a decisive victory in the city under Rumija (113:83), while Mornar again appeared disorganized on both ends of the court, particularly due to the absence of Brenden Jenkins, the only player this season who has consistently scored 20 or more points.

The American guard scored his first points of the match (out of five) just over two minutes into the third quarter, by which time the outcome was already largely determined as Mega led by 34 points…

Without Jenkins, Mornar presents almost no threat offensively (defensively, the situation differs with or without him), allowing Mega to surpass the 101-point mark midway through the final period when the score was 64:XNUMX – they dominated Bar just as Budućnost Voli, Partizan, and Crvena zvezda, teams with significantly larger budgets, have done.

Mornar will face Borac next Saturday in the 20th round.

MORNAR – MEGA 83:113 (16:26, 19:33, 20:29, 28:25)

Bar – “Topolica” Hall. Attendance: 870. Referees: Hordov (Croatia), Majkić (Slovenia), Stojančević (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Mornar: Rogić 13 (6-4), Tomason 13 (4-2), Ćubić 2, RUNJIĆ 10 (2-1), BULJEVIĆ 4 (4-2), DZENKINS 5, CARTER 14, SMITH 8 (2-2), Bedijako, Pember 10 (7-6), Komnenović 2, Radetić 2.

Mega: KONDIC 14 (7-6), Miljenovic 2, JELAVIC 12 (2-1), MARKOVICI 14 (3-3), Kroflic, Macura 4, MILIJAŠEVIC 8, Radanov 10 (2-1), Jovic 21 (13-11), Tanaskovic 10 (2-0), Petrovic 15 (4-4), MALOVEC 3.

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