Five visitors finished in double figures as the Bristol Flyers posted the first win in 16 days after a 107-85 road success against the 2023 ENBL bronze medalist Polski Cukier Start Lublin at the Hala Globus in eastern Poland.
Players of the game
Bristol guards did outstanding job.
CJ Jackson led the Flyers with 24 points and six assists.
A former Eastern Florida State College and Ohio State guard was born on Europe day – May 9.
Trejon Jacob had a team high 25 points on 9/13 shooting from the field, including a 4/8 effort from the three point line.
A Florida International University star registered a team high three steals.
Tevin Olison posted nine points, six rebounds and five assists before he was fouled out.
Liam O`Reilly scored 33 points for Polski Cukier Start Lublin.
A former Gardner-Webb guard tied the second best shooting performance in the ENBL history.
Key stats
Bristol Flyers stormed out of the gates for a 31-20 lead after the first quarter.
Their finish was no less impressive, as the Flyers controlled the fourth quarter too, 30-19.
Andreas Kapoulas men attacked in the paint successfully, 62-32.
Bristol outrebounded Lublin, 44-28, especially on the offensive end, 16-8.
The Flyers had 28 assists on 42 field goals, while the hosts registered 18 assists on 29 field goals.
Game notes
Bristol Flyers improved to 2-1, while Polski Cukier Start Lublin dropped to 1-2.
The Flyers have a 2-0 record on the road.
Start has a 5-0 win and loss ratio in the PLK home games and 0-2 in the ENBL action.
Andreas Kapoulas had only nine men in his game roster.
Points | ENBL records | 30 points club
Kristen Kasemets 39 November 21, 2023, Valmiera 91-97 Keila
Jakub Garbacz 33 January 31, 2023, Wolves 87-75 Ostrow
Liam O`Reilly 33 November 21, 2023, Lublin 85-107 Bristol
Jerai Grant 32 January 4, 2023, Budivelnyk 73-59 TalTech
Cleveland Melvin 30 December 21, 2022, Prishtina 69-89 Lublin
Kristupas Žemaitis 30 January 17, 2023, Sopot 89-86 Alytus
Bryce Alford 30 January 25, 2023, Zielona Gora 78-73 Šiauliai
Trevon Allen 30 November 15, 2023, CSO Voluntari 89-68 Liège
Highest scoring game | ENBL records
211 points, Šiauliai 104-107 Brno, 83-83 double OT (December 28, 2021)
206 points, Zielona Gora 106-100 Valmiera (October 31, 2023)
192 points, Trefl Sopot 92-100 Ironi Ness Ziona (December 1, 2022)
192 points, Zielona Gora 109-83 Šiauliai (September 27, 2023)
192 points, Start Lublin 85-107 Bristol (November 21, 2023)
Format
Four best teams from each group will qualify for the playoffs (A1-B4, A2-B3, A3-B2, A4-B1).
The 2024 playoffs – home and away, best-of-two series – will take place from February 1 until March 20.
The 2024 Final Four will take place on April 9-10.
Standings, as of November 21, 2023
Group A
Uniclub Casino Juventus 2-0 (+31)
Bristol Flyers 2-1 (+38)
Polski Cukier Start Lublin 1-2 (-12)
Landstede Hammers Zwolle 1-0 (+15)
Tartu Ulikool Maks&Moorits 1-0 (+12)
Spartak Pleven 0-2 (-29)
Svendborg Rabbits 0-2 (-55)
Hapoel Beer Sheva
Group B
CSO Voluntari 3-1 (+45)
Zastal Zielona Gora 3-1 (+21)
Šiauliai 2-1 (-16)
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles 2-1 (+20)
Royal Basket Liège 1-1 (+2)
Keila Coolbet 1-1 (-23)
Basket Brno 0-3 (-21)
Valmiera Glass ViA 0-3 (-28)
Tie-breaker 1: Zielona Gora vs Šiauliai 1-0, +26.
Tie-breaker 2: Šiauliai vs Newcastle 1-0, +2.
Tie-breaker 3: Šiauliai vs Voluntari 1-0, +8.